Disney+ previews K-drama content for 2024-2025

38 September 16, 2024September 16, 2024

Disney+ previews K-drama content for 2024-2025

by tccolb

Looking ahead to the last quarter of 2024 and beyond, Disney+ unveiled a new video announcement, taking us on a speedy guided tour through their upcoming K-drama lineup. It’s been almost three years since Disney entered the K-drama scene and they’ve certainly been courting a mass of star-studded talents to continue gracing our screens in the seasons to come.

Drama: Gangnam B-Side (previously Bulk)
Release date: 2024
Need to know: Following Jo Woo-jin, Ji Chang-wook, and Ha Yoon-kyung into the underbelly of Gangnam, the crime series will be premiering first at the Busan International Film Festival in October before its wider release later this year.

Drama: Light Shop
Release date: 2024
Need to know: Joo Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young star in an ensemble cast, with our title’s light shop becoming the crossroads between the mortal and spirit realms. Production for the fantasy-horror is helmed by actor Kim Hee-won making his drama director debut, with scripts by the original webtoonist and Moving’s Kangfull.

Drama: Unmasked (previously Trigger)
Release date: 2025
Need to know: Centered around a mystery-documentary show, the office-thriller has a dogged Kim Hye-soo leading our truth-hunting team, working with Jung Sung-il and Joo Jong-hyuk to bring justice against baddies through their public broadcast.

Drama: Hyper Knife
Release date: 2025
Need to know: Pitting ~genius~ against ~genius~ in a teacher-student relationship that hits the fan, the suspense has Park Eun-bin facing off with Sol Kyung-gu. The medical series also stars bodyguard Yoon Chan-young and fellow doctor Park Byung-eun.

Drama: Knock Off
Release date: 2025
Need to know: Kim Soo-hyun brings us to the 1990s in this period black comedy as he journeys to become the king of fake designer sales. But trouble is afoot when his ex-girlfriend and cop Jo Boa begins a crackdown on the counterfeit market.

Drama: Nine Puzzles
Release date: 2025
Need to know: The mystery-thriller has profiler Kim Da-mi as the sole witness to an old unresolved case and cop Sohn Seok-gu still suspects that she’s culprit. But the situation becomes muddier with the sudden appearance of our title’s mysterious puzzle pieces and a re-surfacing serial murder.

Drama: Low Life
Release date: 2025
Need to know: Inspired by the real-life treasure ship discovery on Korea’s southwest coast in 1975, the webtoon adaptation and crime series is headlined by Ryu Seung-ryong, Yang Se-jong, and Im Soo-jung among other talents in the larger cast.

Although not featured in the teaser, preparations are also underway for the following to release in 2025:

Tempest, a spy romance starring Kang Dong-won and Jeon Ji-hyun
Made in Korea, a 1970s period crime series starring Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung

Lastly, on top of Disney+’s original programming, the platform will be streaming the following dramas for international audiences this fall (availability may differ by region):

SBS’s The Judge from Hell on September 21, starring Park Shin-hye and Kim Jae-young
tvN’s Jeongnyeon – The Star Is Born on October 12, starring Kim Tae-ri, Shin Ye-eun, and Ra Mi-ran

The full video can be seen below!

Via MBC, Sports Donga

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1 peiyeelai

September 16, 2024 at 10:14 PM

Disney+ continue to shine with all these dramas, while Netflix continue to deteriorate.

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Meloni

September 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM

1000% agreed. What I don't understand is why Netflix has become complacent with churning out mediocre productions. Isn't it bad ROI? Or did Squid Game make them enough money to not care?

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bomibeans

September 17, 2024 at 3:08 PM

I disagree. All of the Disney+ k-dramas have been / appear to continue to be quickly-produced badly-written cash grabs. Season 2 of Squid Game is worth 10 of these shows.

(Not to mention that Disney's domestic streaming content has been supremely inferior so far.)

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2 Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)

September 16, 2024 at 10:25 PM

Light Shop: given the title, can we at least hope the lights will be on so we can see stuff? (I'm still grumpy about Queen Boo). With Park Bo-young and Kangfull, I'm look forward to, you know, actually seeing it.

Hyper Knife: Extraordinary Surgeon Park Eun-bin?

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Seon-ha

September 17, 2024 at 10:49 AM

For the amount of money all these A-list actors must be (or ought to be??) getting paid, you should hope it'll all be visible. Each one of those posters looks more expensive than the next. 💸

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3 9TailedVixen (formerly 9TailedFox)

September 16, 2024 at 10:37 PM

I'm looking forward to:

1. LIGHT SHOP - Supernatural Horror, Joo Ji-Hoon, and Park Bo-Young sound right up my street. And if they can deliver the same way A SHOP FOR KILLERS delivered (tight episodes with very little filler and a brisk plot, excellent acting everything we can expect from a supernatural drama etc), then I'm in.

2. LOW LIFE - I'm willing to give this a shot.

Also - Ji Chang-Wook really seems to be leaning into the gangster genre for some reason.

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Diana Hansen

September 17, 2024 at 9:25 AM

I was thinking the same thing with Ji Chang-Wook.

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4 kiara

September 16, 2024 at 11:05 PM

HYPER KNIFE - Psychopath Park Eun-bin and Sol Kyung-gu.

LOW LIFE - Ryu Seung-ryong and Yang Se-jong. I haven't seen Yang Se-jong since "My Country." I hope Wookie doesn't regret turning it down.

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5 Kurama

September 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM

Disney+ got all the big names but it doesn't mean good dramas... I was very excited for Blood Free and at the end, it was super disapointing.

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jillian

September 17, 2024 at 5:06 AM

Blood Free, Tyrant and Red Swan were disappointing for me too. Hopefully these new dramas are better.

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Blue (@mayhemf)

September 17, 2024 at 5:32 AM

Even though BF ended terribly I still enjoyed the drama 😅

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jillian

September 17, 2024 at 5:39 AM

The ending was indeed terrible. Joo Ji Hoon as a bodyguard was its only redeeming factor. 😅

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Kurama

September 17, 2024 at 6:04 AM

I enjoyed it when it was about meat.

I think it lost its interest when it became about making super humans.

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Bunny Sonaki

September 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM

The Impossible Heir too.

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6 redfox

September 17, 2024 at 2:53 AM

not even one is available here. but one of our main 3 TV channels has picked up the first kdrama on our channels ever: Witch´s diner.

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Kurama

September 17, 2024 at 4:35 AM

This drama was kinda weird, how did they choose?

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redfox

September 17, 2024 at 7:59 AM

yes I am curious, like based on what. same channel has shown Charmed, Angel and X files so maybe they like dark fantasies? it´s like their style I guess?

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welh

September 18, 2024 at 11:19 AM

I think it could be the international star power of Song Ji-Hyo (popular from Running Man); it was her last drama. It was shown on TVING streaming platform owned by CJ ENM, Naver and JTBC, who are probably trying to license more of their drama libraries to offset the current local entertainment downturn.

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Cecee is done DramaQueening

September 19, 2024 at 4:36 AM

I haven't watched Witch's diner! Tell me more :)

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Kurama

September 19, 2024 at 4:45 AM

A witch opens a restaurant that would make food that grants a customer's wish. But in exchange for granting their wish, the customers has to give her something she wants. The witch was quite cruel.

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7 Unaspirated

September 17, 2024 at 4:53 AM

Honestly all of these seem like they could be great, but I think I’m most excited for Light Shop. I’m such a sucker for a bridge between mortal and spirit realms! Good cast and writer too.

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8 jillian

September 17, 2024 at 5:03 AM

I am looking forward to these especially Nine Puzzles and Light Shop.

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9 Blue (@mayhemf)

September 17, 2024 at 5:33 AM

Need to subscribe to Hulu in Q4

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Unaspirated

September 17, 2024 at 1:10 PM

Possibly. We can let you know if any of these actually show up first though!

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10 Antonella73

September 17, 2024 at 6:44 AM

Actually, I would like, that in addition to so many new productions, streaming channels would also recover the 'old' kdramas
There are so many titles, even on VikiRakuten, as well as on Netflix, Prime and Disney, that here in Italy are not available
Every time I read your comments, especially when you mention your favorite Kdramas, I immediately go to check and most of the time the fateful message appears: "this content is not available in your region"
8-(

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Babylilo

September 17, 2024 at 3:36 PM

There are reasonably-priced VPN services that would allow you to access some of these shows. Might be worth looking into.

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11 vienibenmio

September 17, 2024 at 7:06 AM

What does Disney+ have against romcoms? Lol

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12 Islander north

September 17, 2024 at 9:14 AM

Hoping these become available on Hulu for viewers in the USA.

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Babylilo

September 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM

I have a package that includes both Hulu and Disney+. There's a lot of crossover content, although sometimes Disney offers only the dubbed versions.

It's really annoying to wait for some shows to appear on these channels until long after they've been released elsewhere. The titles don't even come up in the search until they're available, so I can't add them to my watchlist.

BTW - When I watch on these channels, every so often there's an interruption (a second or two) in the middle of a scene. I suspect that these are spots where commercials are inserted on the cheaper plan. It's really annoying; I don't feel I should have to deal with it if I'm paying extra for the commercial-free plan.

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13 Babylilo

September 17, 2024 at 3:39 PM

I’m tempering my expectations for now. So many beloved stars, so many promising premises…but how many times have we been burned before?

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kiara

September 19, 2024 at 9:08 AM

Sadly, too many times.

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14 bong-soo

September 17, 2024 at 4:06 PM

I almost never read News Posts that start “Disney+…….” but I figured I better check this one to see what dramas I will have to unfortunately ignore.
In an alternate universe where DramaFever was still with us I would have liked to have a chance to watch:
KNOCK OFF.
NINE PUZZLES
LOW LIFE. (My last Yang Se-jong drama was in 2019: JTBC’s stabby MY COUNTRY: THE NEW AGE (Netflix)). Looks like I will have to wait somewhat longer for my next YSJ drama.)

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bong-soo

September 18, 2024 at 3:44 PM

Those large computer monitors in the KNOCK OFF pic with Kim Hyun-soo bring back memories. Matter of fact when my office entered the computer age I swear the monitors were bigger than the ones in the pic. My buddy at work burned out his first mouse playing DOOM (totally against the office rules).
Our monitors also acted as televisions and we all watched the 8 month O.J. Simpson trial live in 1995. It was a wonder any work got done (but it did, it had to lol).

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15 Relisher

September 17, 2024 at 7:18 PM

I've missed Kim Hye Soo so much, I'm really looking forward to her drama, I hope it's a good one because the premise is appealing to me. Park Eun Bin's as well, it looks like a more somber role for her, I'm excited!