Kim Hye-joon inherits A Shop for Killers from Lee Dong-wook
by tccolb
A new poster and teaser have arrived for Disney+’s upcoming action A Shop for Killers, a secret business that our heroine Kim Hye-joon (Connect) comes to own, inheriting it from her shadowy uncle Lee Dong-wook (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938) when he suddenly meets his death.
After she lost her parents, Jung Jin-man (Lee Dong-wook) had taken in his niece Jung Ji-ahn (Kim Hye-joon) and the trailer opens with a glimpse of their past, when the child Ji-ahn – played by Ahn Se-bin (Evilive) – had asked if Uncle will only be gone for a short while. Jin-man reassured her that he’d be back soon. But we quickly cut forward to the present, where the now adult Ji-ahn is faced with Jin-man’s funeral.
We then start to see suspicious people appearing in Ji-ahn’s vicinity, including an armed Seo Hyun-woo (Celebrity) and Geum Hae-na (Cannonball). In voiceover, we hear Jin-man’s advice to his niece: “Listen well, Jung Ji-ahn. Those who bark are the ones who are weak. If they were strong, they wouldn’t bark.” As Ji-ahn prepares for a fight, Uncle Jin-man continues to guide her through her training: “Open your eyes wider, the more scared you get, and look straight. You have to get stronger.”
Meeting with Park Ji-bin (Blind), Ji-ahn consults him on her current predicament, revealing the text message that she received from the bank. Someone deposited 70,000,000 KRW to her account and the total balance is now 18,753,000,000. Yowzers. Digging deeper, they then find that the business Ji-ahn now owns is a website that sells weapons.
It doesn’t take long for the danger meter to go haywire and we hear Jin-man’s final warning that, “Every decision comes with responsibility. I’ll leave the choice to you.” With the intermittent text screens, the teaser then closes on the deciding question to our heroine: “The dangerous inheritance that your uncle left, will you continue to run that shopping mall?”
Production for the action drama is being led by a team of three with PD Lee Kwon (Rescue Me 2) having a hand in writing and directing, working together with PD Noh Kyu-yub at the helm and co-writing the scripts with Ji Ho-jin. Disney+’s A Shop for Killers will be holding their grand opening on January 17.
Via News1
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1 lapislazulii
December 20, 2023 at 11:56 PM
ooOoooOOO alright then, disney+ attached to it means I'm expecting quality production, hopefully the story follows suit!
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Midnight
December 21, 2023 at 12:12 AM
And terrible subs.
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lapislazulii
December 21, 2023 at 12:34 AM
can't have it all 😭 (or nothing at all if you're geo blocked by the big mouse 💀)
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2 redfox
December 21, 2023 at 12:55 AM
POV: you want to make a drama with Lee Dong Wook but you can only afford to hire him for a day .
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Midnight
December 21, 2023 at 2:15 AM
😂
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
December 21, 2023 at 12:55 PM
The MDL lists him at #1 as main role. Maybe he'll have lots of flashbacks or hang around his niece dispensing advice like Dexter's father.
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3 marblebees
December 21, 2023 at 5:45 AM
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4 marblebees
December 21, 2023 at 5:48 AM
I am still confused how this drama is connected to the Killer's shopping list... mdl lists this as a spin-off of some sort and both dramas are based on a novel of the same writer, but Park Ji-bin played a totally different character in the previous drama. Does this series have no connection to the killer's shopping list besides having the same novel writer/universe? If so, why even cast the same person for two different characters instead of casting someone new?
Anyway, even though i would love some cameos from the other drama, i love both main leads and was waiting to see them again in a thriller :3
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
December 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM
Budget ... previous drama connection ... 🤷♀️
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5 Kitsune Moon
December 21, 2023 at 5:51 AM
looks intriguing! LDW!!!
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
December 21, 2023 at 12:57 PM
I love his serious vibe! 🤣
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6 bbstl 🧹
December 21, 2023 at 9:03 AM
Just have to say, I hate to see the encouragement of using guns in kdrama.
Since it’s Disney, I can’t see it anyway.
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hacja
December 21, 2023 at 2:45 PM
With Moving, Vigilante, Worst of Evil, and now this show, Disney is definitely the go-to kdrama channel for celebrating brutal violence.
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bbstl 🧹
December 21, 2023 at 7:05 PM
So, I should be glad I can’t see it, sounds like! 😎
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7 Diana Hansen
December 21, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Love Lee Dong-wook, hate D+ (don't have it) so here's hoping it will join Day of Kidnapping and show up somewhere down the line. Or Hulu, you COULD pick it up right?
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9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
December 22, 2023 at 9:35 AM
In my part of the world, Disney+, Hulu, and National Geographic are all bundled in under the Disney+ app. I've heard that Disney is headed that way for North American subscribers.
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Diana Hansen
December 23, 2023 at 7:55 AM
interesting combination there!
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8 jillian
December 21, 2023 at 3:43 PM
I hope LDW will have a lot of scenes. If he is the main role, he probably faked his death or there will be a lot of flashbacks.
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9 cozybooks
December 21, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Aha - so not your typical shopping mall. Not going to lie I was excited for another quirky neighborhood vibe, but this also works :)
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10 9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)
December 21, 2023 at 8:14 PM
This looks *very* good. If Disney+ can pull off something at the level of MOVING and *not* make it another THE WORST OF EVIL, they will have a winner on their hands.
Lee Dong-Wook would appear in extended flashback scenes I suppose?
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