'The Priests' Musical Production... Opening February Next Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] The film "The Priests," which was released in 2015 and attracted 5 million viewers, will be adapted into a musical and open in February next year.

The production company R&D Works announced on the 7th that the original musical "The Priests" will be performed from February 25 to May 30 next year at Uniplex Theater 1 in Daehak-ro.

The musical "The Priests" is based on the 2015 film of the same name starring Kim Yoon-seok and Kang Dong-won. It depicts the story of the seminarian "Choi Bu-je," who entered the seminary not out of faith in God but to atone for the loss of his younger sibling, and "Father Kim," who believes in God but questions the direction pursued by religion, as they try to save the girl "Lee Young-shin," who is possessed by evil but resists it and sacrifices herself to hold the devil at bay.

The original film "The Priests" is a feature-length adaptation of director Jang Jae-hyun's Korean National University of Arts graduation short film "The Twelfth Assistant Priest." When it was released in 2015, it was the first domestic film to tackle exorcism as a subject, receiving praise as a fresh attempt and attracting an unprecedented 5.44 million viewers in the Korean mystery thriller genre.

The musical "The Priests" will maintain the story of the original film while offering the charm of live performance through direction and theatrical ideas unique to the musical stage.

"The Priests" is a work created by the team behind the musical "Hope," which won 8 awards at the 2020 Korean Musical Awards and 3 awards at the 2019 Yegreen Musical Awards. The creative team includes playwright Kang Nam, composer Kim Hyo-eun, director Orupina, music director Shin Eun-kyung, and choreographer Chae Hyun-won.

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