Two months after revealing its Korean slate for 2024, Disney+ has unveiled one other sequence from the nation. Titled Low Life, the present will premiere on the platform subsequent yr and Hulu within the U.S.
The sequence will star veteran actor Ryu Seungryong (Shifting) and Yang Sejong (Doona!). Set in Nineteen Seventies Korea, the story follows a fisherman as he discovers a treasure misplaced for generations on the backside of the ocean. Taking a small a part of it house for himself, phrase quickly begins to unfold concerning the huge fortune ready to be claimed by these courageous sufficient to danger the depths. Determined to flee his miserable life, Oh Heedong (Yang) companions along with his uncle Oh Gwanseok (Ryu) in an try to succeed in the treasure earlier than the remainder of the world.
This title is a part of Disney+ strategic push in Asia Pacific to develop authentic content material in Korea. The streamer has been prioritizing the territory together with Japan, whereas slicing again on authentic manufacturing in Southeast Asia.
Low Life is written and directed by Massive Wager creator Kang Yunsung. Massive Wager was considered one of Disney+’s Korean tentpoles in 2022, whereas Kang has additionally clinched a number of main theatrical successes along with his Roundup franchise movies together with The Outlaws (2017), The Roundup (2022) and The Roundup: No Manner Out (2023). One other sequel, The Roundup: Punishment, will launch theatrically in South Korea on April 24 in addition to in North American and the UK on Might 3.
Low Life will launch on Disney+ internationally and Hulu in america in 2025.