Star Writers Kim Eun-hee-I, Kim Eun-sook and Noh Hee-kyeong Return

Star writers who dominate the home theater return.

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Kim Eun-sook, Noh Hee-kyeong, Kim Eun-hee-I, drama writers, who boast as much impact as top stars, will release new works this year. Top stars lined up to appear in these dramas naturally gather in the small screen. Production teams are raising interest by pre-warming up viewership ratings by 'reviewing' previous works on the return of star writers.

○ Strengthening personality or trying something new.

Writer Kim Eun-hee-I, who created Netflix's "Kingdom" series, will return to her trademark thriller genre. She is preparing for "Revenant" (working title) to air on SBS at the end of the year. As soon as tvN's "Jirisan" ended on December 12th last year, she immediately began casting. It is about two men and women who know how to see ghosts looking for demons that harm people. Top stars, including Kim Tae-ri, have been offered the main role and are discussing it.

Writer Kim Eun-sook, who made her name known for KBS 2TV's "Descendants of the Sun" and tvN's "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God", chose to transform. She will join hands with actor Song Hye-kyo to release an eight-part drama, "The Glory". It is a drama about revenge that is quite different from the typical desperate romance that she mainly focused on. It is the story of the protagonist who appears as a teacher in front of her perpetrators to revenge the school violence she suffered during her school days. It plans to shoot in advance from January and release it on Netflix in the second half of the year.

○ Production companies, 'busy preparing'

Writers Noh Hee-kyeong and the Hong Sisters (Hong Jeong-eun and Hong Mi-ran) will present their works in the first half of the year. Writer Noh Hee-kyeong, who created tvN's "Dear My Friends" and "Live", wrote "Our Blues", in which top stars such as Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Cha Seung-won and Kim Woo-bin participate one after another. The drama, which has been filmed since last fall and aired on tvN in April, was organized in omnibus format in accordance with the Noh Hee-kyeong's request, who said, "I want to attempt something new".

The Hong Sisters' fantasy world will also open again. The Hong Sisters, who gained popularity with fantasy materials such as SBS's "Master's Sun" and tvN's "Hotel Del Luna" will present "Alchemy of Souls", which depicts the stories of young 'magicians' who perform magic in June. In addition, Park Ji-eun, author of tvN's "Crash Landing on You", is known to have recently begun planning a new romantic comedy genre drama.

It is unusual for star writers to flock to the home theater at once. As a result, not only broadcasters but also OTT platforms are competing behind the scenes to secure their works. An official from a production company said, "Since last year, each production company and broadcaster have been rapidly producing works by famous artists to jump on the trend of 'K' content' around the world".