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Global streaming giant Netflix is going to give a second season to its "Kingdom" mystery action series from Korea. The first season will not be broadcast until January 2019.
The green light of the second season was announced Thursday by CEO Reed Hastings during a presentation of the strategy and content in Singapore. "It's really rare that we give the go-ahead to the second season of a show before the premiere has been seen," Hastings said.
According to rumors, the first season of "Kingdom" was both late and off budget. But Netflix seems to have great confidence in the show, unveiling a lengthy excerpt of the first season of the Singapore conference, organizing a 20-minute roundtable with the troupe and the team, and projecting the first two episodes on big screen for the guests. guests.
"Kingdom" is established 600 years ago in Korea from the time of the Chosun dynasty. He sees an epidemic of plague turning people into something that looks like zombies. The show was directed by filmmaker Kim Seong-hun ("The Tunnel") and designed by female writer Kim Eun-hee.
"There's a lot of blood and heads in pieces, more than I could have gotten with TV on the network," said Kim, who revealed that she was trying to make the series since 2011. "I was very happy with the We got the level of creative freedom we created for Netflix." Among the stars of the series are Ryu Seung-yong and Ju Ji-hun.
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