"O'PENING" This Year Starring Jang Seung-jo, Lim Se-mi, Lee Joo-young, Lee Yi-kyung

CJ ENM drama project "O'PENing 2024" will present a total of six works every Wednesday, starting with "O'PENing 2024 - The Nerd's Daughter" on the 14th.

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"O'PENing" is a drama project composed of new artist works produced through CJ ENM's new creative support project O'PEN, and a total of 33 films have been released so far.

Until now, new writers produced by "O'PENing" have been active in various platforms such as broadcasters and OTT. Earlier, Sin Ha-eun's (1st generation) "Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha", Park Ba-ra's (3rd generation) "Under the Queen's Umbrella", Lim Chang-se (2nd generation) and Hwang Seol-hun's (5th generation) "Shadow Detective - Season 2" drew attention. Park Kyung-hwa (5th generation) wrote tvN's Saturday-Sunday drama "The Midnight Romance in Hagwon", which was recently aired.

"O'PENING 2024" which marks its seventh anniversary this year, will unveil six works by new artists discovered by the O'PEN contest. This year, four works by tvN and two works by OCN will be unveiled through the tvN-OCN joint project.

First of all, "O'PENing 2024 - The Nerd's Daughter" (directed by Kim Na-kyung-I/written by Kim Min-young-III), which will make its first start with tvN's broadcast at 8:50 PM on July 15th, is a story about a daughter who goes out to find a mother who disappeared with public funds from her fan club and learns the true nature of her mother she never knew. Actors Kim Jung-young and Ha Young will work together as mother and daughter, and Lee Yi-kyung will make a special appearance as a trot singer.

"O'PENing 2024 - The Bra Strap Came Down" (directed by Bang Soo-in/written by Shin Kyung), which will air on tvN at 8:50 PM on August 19th, is a complex-overcoming growth romance in which Yeong-seon, a 27-year-old woman with a male complex, goes to the world to regain her life's protagonist, herself. Shin Jae-ha will appear, centering on actress Lee Joo-young.

"O'PENing 2024 - My Son Is Dead" (directed by Na Ji-hyun/written by Lee Soo-jin-IV) is a story about a top actor who inevitably goes into virtual reality and receives a mission to protect his child by playing a father, and suddenly loves his son with the heart of a real father and faces the shocking truth. Actors Jang Seung-jo and Lee Seol will work together.

"O'PENing 2024 - The Recipient" (directed by Yoon Bum-sang/written by Kim Ji-eun-XII) is a story about a high school girl who wins the 5 billion lottery and struggles to become independent by receiving the prize money, knowing that high school students cannot receive the prize money. Young actors such as Kang Shin, Cho Jun-young, and Ro Jong-hyun were selected as the main characters in a total of two episodes.

"O'PENing 2024 - Junk Shop's Mi-ran" (directed by Yoon So-il/written by Song Jung-mi) is a story about Mi-ran, the owner of a junkyard, who realizes true love in the process of finding the rude customer who brings in a bottle of soju every day and the culprit who abandons his dog in the junkyard. Actors Lim Se-mi and Lee Si-woo-II will work together.

"O'PENing 2024 - Our Beautiful Summer" (directed by Jung Da-hyung/written by Choi Ha-neul) is a story of Ah-reum, Da-woon, and Woo-ri who were born as quadruplets but lost their fourth, Na-ra but meeting lonely Yeo-reum to love and be happy again. Jang Gyuri and Kim Sohye will star in the two-part series.

"We are pleased to present to viewers new works by the 7th generation of "O'PENing", the production team said. "The production team and actors are doing their best to make the works shine even more with the creative passion of the new artists. We ask for your continued support this year".

Meanwhile, the CJ ENM drama project "O'PENing" will be released sequentially on tvN and OCN, starting with "O'PENing 2024 - The Nerd's Daughter" which will premiere on tvN at 8:50 PM on July 15th.