Every year, the tvN Drama Stage one-act series selects 10 award-winning works from the CJ ENM Newcomer Screenwriters Public Exhibition "O'PEN" and adapts them into one-act dramas. The unique ideas of each new screenwriter have been filmed into a one-act drama with a high degree of completion. From the perspective of promoting the diversification of program forms, it has received the evaluation of "this is a very meaningful attempt" both inside and outside the film and television industry.
Since the launch of the project in 2017, a total of 129 young film and television screenwriters have been launched. Among them, the first winner Park Joo-yeon wrote the tvN TV series "Black Dog", another winner Shin Ha Eun wrote and created the tvN TV series "The Man Who Became a King"; the second winner Lee Ya-yeon wrote the follow-up participation in the Netflix original drama "If You Like, Please Ring the Bell".
In addition, there are many award-winning screenwriters who have debuted through cable stations, wireless stations, and international OTT platforms, and there is also good news of winning awards at international film festivals. The tvN Drama Stage one-act series became a stage for newcomer screenwriters to emerge.
The tvN Drama Stage one-act series 2021 will be themed "Stories That Are About to Happen Around Us" to tell the stories that will happen in people's daily lives in the near future, and newcomer writers will show novel imaginations. The series will air every Wednesday at 12 p.m. starting March 3, and each episode will be a standalone production, for a total of 10 episodes.
At present, "Luck Key", "Love Spoiler", "The Fair" have announced casting.
Park Se-wan X Kim Woo-seok "Luck Key"
The drama is about a fantasy romantic romantic comedy in which the male and female protagonists struggle between reality and ideals, and one day the MC Study goblin "Jini" appears in front of the two and listens to their wishes. Park Se-wan plays the role of "Young-hee", who has prepared for the 8-year civil service exam, and Kim Woo-seok plays "Kim Chul-so", who dreams of becoming a singer.
Lee Joo-bin X Kwon So-hyun "Love Spoiler" (love spoiler)
The show tells the retro love story of two men and women who shout "I don't care about the love preservation period" in the data age when DNA can know the freshness of love. Lee Joo-bin plays The Choreographer "Yoon Seo-b" of the Modern Dance Company, and Kwon So-hyun plays the sound programmer "Young-hoon".
Che Xueyuan X Nan Quiri "The Fair"
The drama tells the story of the prisoner who has tried to realize the justice of his crime by live streaming seven homicides committed online through the new penal system "Virtual Crime Program" (VCP). Che Xueyuan plays the role of "Daoying", a bully who is afraid of hard, he opened a live channel of "Network Line Reasoning" and broadcast live broadcast his process of killing 7 victims. Che Xuehui will challenge the action scene in the play.
The following are the unpublished castings.
Guan Zhong (An Zhaoxi, Guo Dongyan)
A black comedy that tells the story of an Internet celebrity pretending to be a rich family and being kidnapped by a murderous demon.
"Proxy Humanity" (Kong Shengyan, Gao Fujie, Liu Taiwu)
A suspenseful psychological drama that tells the story of the heroine becoming a "proxy human" who replaces the feelings of others and chooses to go through the life of her client who hires herself.
The Road to Obstetrics and Gynecology (Park Ha-sung)
Black comedy, the story of the blood and tears of the obstetrician and gynecology department in order to give birth to a pregnant woman who is waiting to give birth to a baby and fights with the zombies to the extreme life and death struggle.
"EP Hello Dorothy" (Han Ji-eun, Kim Joo-hyun)
It tells the story of the psychological competition between the network reporter who "threw the pot" caused by the tragic incident caused by the crime and the electronic funeral company that "backed the pot".
"Dejiu is back" (Yang Qingyuan, Yu Xian)
Tokuhyu returned alive after 5 years of disappearance. However, because of the insurance money, Tokuku's family hopes to treat Tokuku as a dead person, and thus launches a real-life family drama.
Park Sung-sil's Industrial Revolution (Shin Dong-mi, Bae Hae-sun, Heo Young-chi, Kim Do-hyun)
The story of park sung-sil, a customer service operator, who struggles alone not to be snatched away by the newly introduced AI customer service staff.
"Mint Condition/ Intact as Ever" (Kim Jong-young, Lin Jae-mo, Ahn Seung, Ji Min-hyuk, Kim Yi-lin)
A fantasy comedy that eliminates the generation gap and tells the story of a group of stubborn uncles who have returned to their teenage years into young people in their 20s due to MRI mechanical failures and live with young rappers.