Actor Ahn Hyo-seop is expected to make this summer even hotter.Not only will he be presenting the most anticipated movie of the summer, ‘Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint ‘, but he will also be targeting the global stage by taking on the voice acting role for a K-pop animation series produced by a major Hollywood studio.

Ahn Hyo-seop’s screen debut, “Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint,” which will be released in July during the peak season for theaters with a flood of anticipated releases, is based on a web novel of the same name, which has garnered 200 million cumulative views and is considered a successful K-web novel.It is a fantasy action blockbuster that depicts the story of an ordinary office worker, “Kim Dok-ja,” struggling to see the ending he wants in a world that has changed drastically since the novel he has been reading for over 10 years has become reality.

Despite being his first movie, Ahn Hyo-seop took on the title role of Kim Dok-ja, beating out Hallyu King Lee Min-ho, Blackpink’s Jisoo, and Nana to confidently claim the title of ‘leading role’.He will not only show off rough action scenes, but also a bromance that will capture women’s hearts with Lee Min-ho, who plays the novel’s main character Yoo Joong-hyuk.

The teaser trailer, which garnered attention by surpassing 620,000 views in just three days of release, raised the expectations of potential viewers by showing the ruins of Seoul, including the Han River Bridge that looked ready to collapse, as if to prove the large-scale worldview that was completed with a whopping production cost of 30 billion won.

Ahead of the release of ‘Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint ‘, the Netflix animation film’ K-Pop: Demon Hunters ‘, which is the first to challenge dubbing acting, will be released in 190 countries around the world on June 20th.It is a feature-length animation produced by’ Sony Pictures Animation ‘, a representative Hollywood animation studio that created global hit films such as’ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse ‘, and is attracting attention as the first Hollywood-produced animation to feature a’ K-Pop idol’ as the main character.

The drama tells the story of members of a globally popular K-pop group who are also demon hunters who defeat evil forces off stage.Ahn Hyo-seop leads the story by voicing the character Jin-woo, the leader of a boy group, and delivers all of his lines in English.

Korean-American director Maggie Kang is in charge of directing, and Korean-American actors Aden Cho, Daniel Dae Kim, and Ken Jeong, who are active in Hollywood, also joined the voice acting, while top-tier girl group Twice members Jeongyeon, Jihyo, and Chaeyoung participated in the OST.


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