Choi Min-sik to Return With Drama in 26 Years, Disney+ "Big Bet"

Walt Disney Company's video streaming service Disney+ announced that it will release the drama "Big Bet" starring actor Choi Min-sik, as original content. It is Choi Min-sik's first return to drama 26 years after MBC's "Love and Farewell" in 1997.

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Walt Disney Company announced on the 6th that it is set to produce Korean content "Big Bet" in the process of additionally releasing some of the new content lineups in Korea and the Asia-Pacific region. It is a 16-part drama written and directed by director Kang Yoon-sung of the movie "The Outlaws" (2017), depicting a man's turbulent life in the casino business.

Disney+ did not have much success in Korea due to controversy over the denunciation of the democratization movement in the 1980s with the first exclusively streamed Korean work "Snowdrop". Except for works such as animation and Marvel Studios, it was also criticized that there was no work worth paying for. It was pointed out that its influence is insignificant in the domestic OTT market, where competitions of overseas OTTs are continuing, including Netflix.

In the midst of this, attention is being paid to whether it will be able to rebound through additional production and disclosure of Korean content. More than 20 billion won is expected to be spent on the production of "Big Bet" while the addition of Jang Deok-soo and Han Mi-nyeo of the Netflix's original series "Squid Game", played by actors Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung, are expected to draw attention from domestic and overseas viewers.

Meanwhile, "Big Bet" is scheduled to begin filming in earnest from the end of February after completing major casting.