A movie that will change the history of ‘Korean fantasy blockbusters’ will land in theaters this summer.Based on ‘the most successful work in Korean web novel history’, it invested a whopping 30 billion won in production costs.The masterpiece ‘Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint ‘(Jeondoksi).The pride of our movies, with’ superstars ‘such as Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Min-ho joining forces, will be released on July 23rd.

O The greatest fantasy novel ever, becoming a reality!

Based on the mega hit web novel, which has garnered 200 million cumulative views and was also produced as a webtoon with over 2 billion views,’ Jeondoksi ‘tells the story of Kim Dokja, an ordinary office worker, struggling to see the ending he wants with the novel’s main character, Yoo Junghyuk, in a ruined world where the novel he had been reading for over 10 years has become reality.

The novel, which deals with a grand battle for the survival of humanity, has long been ranked as the ‘most wanted web novel to be made into a film’, but at the same time, due to its vast fantasy worldview, it has also been referred to by some fans as a ‘novel that is absolutely impossible to make into a film’.

That “Exclusive” has finally been vividly implemented on the screen with the help of the technology of Realize Pictures, a production company that has been at the forefront of VFX development in the Korean film industry, having brought the world of hell to the screen with the “Along with the Gods” series.Director Kim Byung-woo, who led the fantasy world of “Exclusive” with Realize Pictures, mentioned that the directing point was “maintaining an appropriate balance between reality and fantasy,” and explained, “I directed it so that the audience could easily accept the fantasy elements of the original work as naturally as possible.”

Ahn Hyo-seop and Lee Min-ho, who came out of the O web novel

‘Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint ‘also draws attention with its splendid cast of global stars including Nana and Blackpink’s Jisoo.Ahn Hyo-seop, who starred in a series of global box office hits including ‘Matchmaking’ and ‘Into Your Time’, takes on the title role of Kim Dok-ja, and top Hallyu star Lee Min-ho plays the novel’s protagonist Yoo Joong-hyuk, returning to domestic theaters for the first time in 10 years since ‘Gangnam 1970’.

Ahn Hyo-seop, who made his screen debut as the ‘leading actor of a blockbuster’, said, “I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel pressured,” but added, “Feeling pressured doesn’t help me much either.I focused as much as I could on the character of Kim Dok-ja and approached it with energy.”

Lee Min-ho said that the character of Yoo Joong-hyuk, who is a “super handsome man,” was “the biggest hurdle for me,” and that he could not miss this movie, which has a deep message as well as a large scale.He emphasized, “Isn’t society becoming increasingly individualized and isolated? I thought that the story of people finding hope and overcoming adversity thanks to other people in a ruined world would resonate with today’s generation of audiences.”


Reporter Seungmi smlee@donga.com

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