The current Korean drama production is not inferior to the movie at all.
Not long ago, the Korean media announced the sky-high production fees for Korean dramas that will start broadcasting in 2021-2022, and each one is the degree of shock to the jaw.
The production cost of "Demon Judge" is as high as 15 billion won (about 86 million yuan), and the production cost of the 2nd and 3rd seasons of the popular "Penthouse" is more than 60 billion won (347 million yuan).
"Moving", starring Cho Yin-sung and Han Hyo-joo, cost 50 billion won, and "That Night", adapted from the BBC's "Justice", also cost 30 billion won.
However, to say that the most anticipated Korean drama in 2021 is the following one, from the starring to the theme to the production, it is called Suriname.
Let's start with a recent news item in Suriname.
On July 15, it was reported that Zhang Zhen would join Netflix's original Korean drama "Suriname", which is currently being filmed somewhere in Seoul.
As for why it is the most anticipated, there are three reasons.
First, the lineup is against the sky, two major green dragon film emperors + Chinese male gods.
Suriname is a mini-crime drama directed by Yoon Jong-bin and starring Ha Jeong-woo, Hwang Jeong-min, Jang-jin, Cho Woo-jin, Cho Cho Cho Hyun, Park Hae-so, and Yoo Yeon-seok.
First, let's talk about this anti-heavenly cast.
Ha Jeong-woo, a Korean actor who is no stranger to Chinese audiences, has a very high status in the Korean film and television circle, known as the Emperor of a Thousand Faces, and can control almost all roles.
The high-scoring Korean movies we are familiar with, "The Chaser", "Yellow Sea", and "Horror Live" are all starred by him.
It can even be said that he has almost no bad films in the past ten years since his debut, and the box office is also quite capable, and the movies that have been watched more than ten million times include "Walking with God 1, 2" and "Assassination".
Ha Jeong-woo played in the drama this time to start a career in Suriname to make a lot of money, but Jiang Renju, who was involved in drug crimes, is a positive role this time!
The other star of "Suriname" is still the Qinglong Film Emperor, who is also very familiar to us, Huang Zhengmin.
This name does not even need to be said more, but anyone who has a mixed film and television circle, there is no one who does not know him, and he is also a film emperor who can control any type.
From "Old Hand", "New World", "Agent" to "Prosecutor's Tale" and "When Men Are in Love", his presence is almost telling us that this movie is good!
In August, the Korean version of "Rescue Mr. Wu" starring him will be released, and his divine acting skills in the trailer have already impressed many people, just waiting for the main film to be released.
In the play, Huang Zhengmin plays Quan Yaohuan, an all-out drug lord who manipulates Suriname at will, and feels that it will be another big breakthrough.
In addition, other actors are also old faces in Korean dramas, such as Kim Ji-hyuk, a cute baseball player in "Mechanism Prison Life", Cho Woo-jin, who has starred in many high-scoring Korean dramas, and Yoo Yeon-seok, a powerful actor who has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor many times.
The only female lead in the play is our Chinese national daughter-in-law Qiu Cixuan, who belongs to the main body of the face value acting skills, which developed in China in the early years, leaving many classic roles, and these two days because of emotional problems are also hot - search.
Of course, there is also our male god Zhang Zhen, who has just been officially announced to be in the group.
In addition, the reason why this drama is called the lineup of anti-heaven is that this is the second cooperation between He Zhengyu and Yin Zhongbin after seven years, the third cooperation between Huang Zhengmin and Yin Zhongbin, or the second cooperation between Zhang Zhen and He Zhengyu after fourteen years.
Such a starring lineup, to say that the most anticipated Korean drama in 2021 is not too much.
(Zhang Zhen and He Zhengyu have collaborated on "Breathe")
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that director Yin Zhongbin has filmed a TV series, before that, his representative films include "Agent", "Bandits, the Age of Civil Unrest", "War with Crime", "Unforgivable" and so on.
They are all works with very good reputation, and they are all crime themes.
Second, the theme is eye-catching, and the theme of "drug lords" meets "adaptation of real events".
With such a luxurious lineup, what kind of story does "Suriname" tell?
"Suriname" tells the story of a civilian entrepreneur who risks his life to cooperate with the covert operation to capture a South American drug lord.
This genre is a rare genre in Korean dramas, and this is still a story based on real events.
Regarding the TV series on the theme of drug lords, the previously well-known one was the "Breaking Bad" series, which was launched in 2008 and was originally produced by the American basic cable channel AMC.
This series is regarded as a classic among classics by many American drama fans, calling it the most worth watching American drama, and the drama was also selected as the 5th of the 100 best TV series of the 21st century by the British "Guardian" in 2019.
"Breaking Bad" has a total of 5 seasons, each season on Douban has a rating of more than 9 points, and the fifth season also got 9.6 points.
Because the series was too successful, a spin-off film was also developed.
Netflix also developed a series on this theme in 2015, called "Narcos".
The series was also a success, with the first and second seasons truly documenting the legendary life of Pablo Escobar, colombia's biggest drug lord in the 1980s, and the third season focusing on the rise and fall of the Cali Group after Pablo's fall.
In 2018, the series also developed a spin-off series, Narcos: Mexico, which has now been renewed to a third season.
Because they are all adaptations of real events, Netflix's "drug lord" series not only has a wonderful plot in the play, but also the shooting outside the play is really "desperate".
Therefore, the drama with "drug lord" as the main story line, because the theme is mysterious and exciting, as long as the script is good, it is very easy to make a mistake.
When the desires, weaknesses, kindness, greed, fierceness, and vanity of "man" are all blended together, how can this story not be interesting?
At present, the screenwriters of "Suriname" have not yet revealed, and it is currently known that the series was filmed 80% of the country including Jeju Island in South Korea, and the remaining overseas shooting will replace the previously scheduled Central and South America in Southeast Asia.
Since the locations have been selected according to "Central and South America", the story itself will certainly not be unsightly.
Third, the super-large hand, Netflix threw 35 billion won, but only 6 episodes!
With the guarantee of actors and themes, this drama cannot be left behind in production.
Netflix threw 35 billion won (about 200 million yuan) and originally planned to make 10 episodes, but the final number of episodes was 6 episodes of miniseries.
6 Integrations have 35 billion won, even if converted into RMB, each integration is more than 30 million, casually more than a small-cost movie.
Netflix has never been afraid to spend money on the production of Korean dramas, and when "Suriname" has not yet been officially announced, there is already news that Netflix will invest about 500 million US dollars in Korean content production in 2021, about 550 billion won (about 3.2 billion yuan).
These dramas, whether from the cast or the theme, are really big productions, which can really be described as "rich and powerful".
This time", "Suriname", is the ultimate luxury configuration of Korean dramas in recent years, and the most anticipated Korean dramas in 2021 are well deserved. Now sit back and wait for the broadcast to begin.
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