Kidari Studio OSMU and Transmedia Full-Scale Launch
TallENT Merger Finalized... Accelerating Web Drama and Film Business
Kidari Studio announced on the 4th that it has finalized the merger process with Kidari ENT and plans to expand its One Source Multi-Use (OSMU) and transmedia business. The company stated that it will maximize effectiveness and enhance competitiveness by combining existing webtoons, web novels, and videos. Last February, the company acquired Lezhin Entertainment, securing various intellectual properties (IPs). Going beyond simple sales, it is extending into production by adapting eighteen webtoons into videos. The web drama "Hasukjip Oh! Beonji," created together with Emotion Studio, will be released in the first half of the year, and the webtoon "Jjeolhaejuseyo" will be produced as metaverse content in collaboration with Fan Entertainment and Naver Zepeto. The webtoon "Pitchmothel Geida" will also be adapted into a drama with About Film. A company representative said, "We also plan to adapt 'Bulmyeol-ui Nal-deul' and 'Segi-ui Agnyeo' into videos."
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Kidari Studio is also accelerating its film investment and distribution business. In the first half of the year, it will release "Tteugeoun Pi," a noir film directed by director Cheon Myeong-kwan and starring Jung Woo and Kim Gap-soo. The company is preparing to release "Naneun Amugeotdo Haji Anhaetda (working title)," a fake documentary directed by Park Sang-min, who wrote the screenplay for "Gonjiam," within the year, in collaboration with Yeop Film. A company representative stated, "We are also preparing a remake of the Hollywood film 'Megan Leavey.'" They added, "We plan to actively distribute ancillary rights for films such as '1 Seung' starring Song Kang-ho and Park Jung-min, 'Decibel' starring Kim Rae-won and Lee Jong-suk, 'Heaven: Haengbok-ui Nara-ro' starring Choi Min-sik and Park Hae-il, 'Retribution' starring Liam Neeson, 'Night Has Fallen' starring Gerard Butler, and 'Muscle' starring Vin Diesel."
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