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Hulu K-drama Light Shop is a supernatural mystery thriller that tells the story of a light shop in the middle of a dark alley that everyone is afraid to pass through. The 8-part series released 4 episodes to open with and will release the second half of the show, 2 episodes at a time, over the next two weeks. This leaves us ruminating on what’s coming next, because the first four episodes only leave us curious. The series follows multiple characters, none of whom can truly be labeled the protagonist of the show. However, some have a more significant role than others, and this is because they might be the living, rather than the “almost” dead. My recap will probably help us understand that a little bit better. With that, let’s get into the first 4 episodes of Light Shop.

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Hulu’s Light Shop is a far cry from Gangnam B-Side, and I’m overjoyed by the prospect. The dark mystery series takes a deep dive into the purgatory between life and death. In it, we’re often confused about who is human and who is a spirit because many humans are able to see and interact with the spirits. At the end of a terrifying alley is a light shop that is always open late at night. Its bright interior attracts anyone who passes through the alley to visit unprompted. In the first four episodes of the series, all released in one go, we meet a few characters who are afraid of this alleyway. By the end of the fourth episode, there is a major twist that leaves you shocked. Not only is this a big revelation going forward, but it also sheds new light, both figuratively and literally,...

"How did you find your way here?" Hulu has revealed an official US trailer for an intriguing new Korean streaming series called Light Shop, which is made for Disney+ in South Korea as one of their mainstream offerings in that country. The series is an adaptation of Kang Full's webtoon also called Lamp Shop, which is turned into Light Shop or Lightshop Keeper for its worldwide debut. A group of strangers, each struggling to come to terms with a traumatic event in their past. Going about their lives, each individual is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway. Guarded by a vigilant shopkeeper, the light shop could hold the key to the strangers' pasts, presents and futures. The full ensemble cast features Ju Ji-hoon as the owner of the shop, Park Bo-young, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha,...

Premiering on December 4, Light Shop was marked as one of Disney+’s tentpole Korean series for 2024 when the streamer’s slate was first announced earlier this year.

Created and written by Kangfull, the mastermind behind Disney+ hit series Moving, Light Shop tells the story of a light shop, its shopkeeper, and a group of strangers who are mysteriously drawn into the shop.

Light Shop is based on a webtoon that Kangfull published in 2011.

Ju Ji-hoon, who plays shopkeeper Jung Won-young, said that finding the right tone for his seemingly aloof, brooding character was the key challenge for him while filming Light Shop.

“The easy part was, I don’t have to use emotions,” Ju told Deadline. “But the difficult part to express is that there’s a reason why I don’t have these emotions. Later on in the series, I have to show why I’m so unexpressive.

“Light Shop”, directed by Kim Hee-won, based on the webtoon by Kang, is a new live-action supernatural TV series, starring Ju Ji-hoon, Park Bo-young, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Shin Eun-soo, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Sun-hwa and Kim Ki-hae, streaming December 4, 2024 on Disney+:

“…a group of strangers each have a hard time processing a disturbing experience from their past.

“Each of them is going about their normal lives when they are all strangely pulled to a light shop located at the end of a dubious alleyway.

“A cautious shopkeeper guards the light shop, which may contain the key to the strangers' pasts, present and futures…”

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With Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Season 3 and Star Wars’ ‘Skeleton Crew,’ December is set to be a big month for Disney+. Here’s everything that’s coming to Disney+ in December:

Dec. 2 “Mickey and the Very Many Christmases” Dec. 3 Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Original” “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” Dec. 4 “CMA Country Christmas” (premiere) “Light Shop” (four episode premiere) “Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends” Dec. 5 “Wild Crime” (Season 4) Dec. 6 “Buddy’s Holiday Recipe Rumble” (Season 1) “Critical Incident” (Season 1) “Paris Has Fallen” (Season 1) Dec. 7 “Destruction Decoded” “Inside the Enchanted Forests” Dec. 9 “Blue Minisodes” “The Simpsons Funday Football” (Live 5 p.m. Pt) Dec. 10 “Coup!” “The Real Full Monty” “Sugarcane” Dec. 11 “Big City Greens” “Dream Productions” (all episodes) “Mickey Mouse Funhouse” “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew” Dec. 13 “The Bravest Knight: Season 2A” “Elton John: Never Too Late” “Invisible” (all episodes) Dec. 16 “Law & Order” (Seasons 1-20) “Morphie and the Magic Pets” Dec.

Disney+ unveiled its upcoming Korean slate, including new titles The Murky Stream and The Manipulated.

Korean historical drama The Murky Stream will star Rowoon, Shin Yeeun and Park Seoham, the streamer announced at the Disney Apac Showcase in Singapore.

The Murky Stream will be directed by Choo Changmin (Masquerade) and written by Cheon Sungil (Netflix’s All Of Us Are Dead).

The Manipulated follows mild-mannered Taejung (played by Ji Changwook), who is wrongfully imprisoned for a heinous crime. He soon discovers that a mysterious figure named Yohan (played by Doh Kyungsoo) orchestrated his downfall. Fueled by vengeance, Taejung sets out to make Yohan pay.

The streamer said that among the top 15 best performing international original titles released on its platform last year, nine of them were Korean titles, based on views.

This year, Korean action drama A Shop For Killers became the most viewed series on Disney+ in Apac.

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Disney+ confirmed today that the second season of Moving is in development, after the Korean series ranked as the No. 1 Korean original globally on the streamer.

This marks a continuation of Disney+’s collaboration with Kangfull, creator of Moving as well as Light Shop. The first four episodes of Light Shop will debut on Disney+ on December 4.

Moving is an action fantasy series starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung and Cha Tae-hyun.

Based on Kangfull’s webtoon of the same name, it follows a trio of teenage high school students who discover that they have superpowers.

“Moving is an action fantasy series but at its core, it is a coming-of-age story about friendship, family and human relationships,” said Carol Choi, Executive Vice President of Original Content Strategy, The Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific.

The series first premiered on Disney+ in August 2023, and later received the most number of nominations...

“Star Wars: Visions,” a Lucasfilm anthology series of animated shorts from around the world celebrating the mythology of Star Wars through different cultural perspectives, will return for a third season, Disney said on Wednesday.

The new season was announced at the annual Walt Disney Company Asia Pacific Showcase held in Singapore, where Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige was a surprise guest.

“Star Wars: Visions Volume 3” will debut in 2025 on the Disney+ streaming service. The upcoming series will feature both new and returning anime studios and return to Japan to celebrate the world of anime through the elements and mythos of Star Wars.

The Singapore event, which also featured Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment and continues Thursday local time, also saw the unveiling of several previews and sneak peeks not previously shown to Asia Pacific consumers or business media.

These included song previews from upcoming movies “Mufasa: The Lion King,...

The Hulu December 2024 premiere schedule has been announced and can be viewed below. The streaming service has also revealed the titles that will leave next month.

The Hulu originals for the month include The Bravest Knight Season 2A, Ilana Glazer: Human Magic, Light Shop, Paris Has Fallen, and Wild Crime. National Geographic’s Blink and Sugarcane will also be available.

In addition to the first 20 seasons of Law & Order, Hulu will launch 1,796 episodes of your favorite reality TV programs throughout the month of December!

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A look at the originals, exclusives, and premieres that are part of the Hulu December 2024 lineup.

Light Shop: Four-Episode Series Premiere (Hulu Original – Streaming December 4)

An adaptation of Kangfull’s hit webtoon of the same name, Light Shop follows six strangers, each grappling with a traumatic event from their past. As they go about their daily lives, they slowly come to...

The third and final day of D23 Brazil – A Disney Experience concluded today in São Paulo with Disney+ and FX news. Throughout the three days, the Transamerica Expo Center welcomed thousands of visitors of all ages, who were thrilled to engage with the panels, live shows, and immersive experiences related to Disney stories.

Live from the set in Vancouver, Percy Jackson and the Olympians stars Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, and series co-creator and author Rick Riordan virtually joined to tease the highly anticipated second season. It was announced that Andra Day will play Athena in the second season.

The Percy Jackson and the Olympians panel included a sneak peek at the Grand Hall set from Camp Half-Blood, showed off Riptide, Zeus’s Lightning Bolt, Annabeth’s Dagger, and Grover’s Pipes. Season two is currently in production in Vancouver and will premiere on Disney+ in 2025.

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Stuck in a dark and mysterious neighborhood with no memory of how they got there, six strangers will have to piece together their forgotten pasts to escape in “Light Shop,” an eight-part supernatural mystery launching on the Disney+ streaming service from December.

The show is an adaptation of the “Light Shop” webtoon by Kang Full, who is sometimes credited as the father of Korean web comics and was creator of the Disney+ hit show “Moving.” Kang Full penned the adapted screenplay. Kim Hiewon directs the series.

The show features “Blood Free” star Ju Jihoon, “Parasite” star Lee Jungeun, and “Pachinko” star Kim Minha. It also features Park Boyoung, as a nurse whose life was changed forever following a near death experience; and Bae Seongwoo as a detective.

The first four episodes of “Light Shop” air from Dec. 4.

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Two of South Korea’s biggest male stars Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung will go head-to-head in “Made in Korea,” an upcoming crime series.

Set in the turbulent 1970s, “Made in Korea” is a crime thriller about Kitae, a man consumed with a desire for wealth and power, and Geonyoung, a stalwart prosecutor that stands in his way. Constantly at loggerheads, the pair find themselves involved in an era-defining incident that will forever change their futures.

The show stars Hyun Bin as Kitae, and Jung as Geonyoung. Other cast members include: Won Ji-an, Seo Eun-soo, Cho Yeo-jeong and Jung Sung-il.

The screenplay was written by Park Eun-kyo and Park Joon-seok (“A Normal Family”) and is directed by Woo Min-ho. Production is by Hive Media Corp., which was previously responsible for feature films “Inside Men,” “The Man Standing Next,” “12.12 The Day” (aka “Seoul Spring”).

For Woo, it is his first TV series as director.

Two of Korea’s A-listers, Hyun Bin and Jung Woosung, are set to appear in Disney+ original Made in Korea. The series will premiere next year.

Set in the turbulent 1970s, crime thriller Made in Korea follows Kitae, a man consumed with a desire for wealth and power, and Geonyoung, a stalwart prosecutor that stands in his way. Constantly at loggerheads, the pair find themselves involved in an era-defining incident that will forever change their futures.

Hyun Bin, who has starred in hits like Crash Landing On You and Confidential Assignment, will play the role of Kitae. After featuring in 12.12: The Day and Hunt, Jung will play the role of Geonyoung.

Made in Korea will be director Woo Min-ho’s first series. He also recently collaborated with Hyun Bin on biographical period film Harbin, which will premiere in the Gala section of the Toronto International Film Festival on September...

Disney+ is adding another series to its fast-growing Korean drama library, picking up the action spy show The Tyrant.

The series tells the thrilling story of the race to find a bioweapon that is stolen during a secret handover between Korean and US intelligence agencies. The logline reads: “After years of toiling away on a secret project designed to drastically enhance human abilities, the Korean government’s plan is exposed by U.S. intelligence agencies. Furious about being kept in the dark, the U.S. demands all samples be handed over and the project be immediately shut down. But when the covert handover is attacked by an unknown party, agents from both sides will have to work together to avoid the dangerous new formula falling into the wrong hands.”

The series stars Jo Yoon-soo (True Beauty, Juvenile Justice) as skilled infiltrator Chae Jagyeong; Cha Seung-won (Our Blues, A Korean Odyssey...

During the short period that Disney+ has been active across the major markets of the Asia-Pacific region — just a little over two years in most countries — the Walt Disney Co. has gone through a period of uncharacteristic turmoil. A CEO shakeup, a secular reassessment of the streaming business, cost-cutting, shaky box-office results, speculation over asset sales and activist investors clamoring at the gates. But the company’s most recent earnings report beat analysts’ forecasts and gave CEO Bob Iger some of his Magic Kingdom mojo back. Iger reaffirmed that the company’s streaming operation will be profitable by this summer, while also unveiling a slew of projects and deals.

When Disney first began rolling out Disney+ across Apac in 2021, the company signaled it was preparing to go toe-to-toe with Netflix as a mass entertainment platform that would invest heavily in local content throughout the region. At a splashy content showcase in Singapore that year,...

Streaming platform Disney+ will add four new Korean-language original series to its 2024 lineup.

Its “Blood Free,” “Unmasked,” “The Tyrant” and “Gangnam B-Side” land in addition to a third season of “The Zone: Survival Mission” and the previously announced “Uncle Samsik” and “Light Shop” from webtoon pioneer and creator of the platform’s 2023 series hit “Moving.”

“Blood Free,” which is to star Ju Jihoon (“Kingdom”) and Han Hyojoo (“Moving”), follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. He finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.

Set in modern-day Seoul, “Unmasked” follows a group of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their jobs – solve a twenty-year-old cold...

Disney+ has unveiled a slate of Korean originals, as the streaming platform opts for a more targeted strategy in Asia.

Bolstered by successful Korean tentpoles last year like Moving and Big Bet, the streamer has ordered seven new titles to premiere in 2024, in addition to previously-announced shows including Light Shop, from Moving creator Kangfull, and Uncle Samsik, starring Parasite actor Song Kang-ho.

One of the biggest titles in the Disney+ announcement is Blood Free, which stars Ju Jihoon (Kingdom) and Han Hyojoo (Moving). It follows a former bodyguard haunted by the failures of his past. After following several leads, he finds himself recruited to protect the CEO of a controversial lab-grown meat company, who is also a survivor of the fateful attack that changed his life.

Unmasked stars Kim Hyesoo and is set in modern-day Seoul. The series follows a team of investigative journalists who are fighting for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story.

Disney+ is steadily boosting its output of high-end Korean drama. The streaming service on Monday revealed a growing slate of star-driven Korean originals for 2024, building on the momentum achieved last year with the critical and commercial popularity of hit shows like Moving and Big Bet.

Newly announced titles joining the company’s Korean slate include thriller Blood Free, mystery series Unmasked, actioner The Tyrant, crime drama Gangnam B-Side, and a season three renewal of reality show The Zone: Survival Mission. These series add to Disney’s previously announced 2024 tentpole shows Lightshop, created by hit-making webtoon creator turned screenwriter Kang Full, and period drama Uncle Samsik, starring Korean film icon Song Kang-ho (Parasite) in a rare TV series role. Disney says more Korean titles will join its slate throughout the year. (Summaries of the Korean shows unveiled so far are below.)

“The new Korean originals announced today really builds on the...