The production of 'Newtopia', a series on Coupang Play, has been confirmed.
On the 7th, BillionsPlus announced that it will collaborate with Bound Entertainment to produce the highly anticipated Coupang Play series 'Newtopia' starring Jisoo and Park Jeongmin.
Produced by BillionsPlus, 'Newtopia' tells the story of soldier Jae-yoon (played by Park Jeong-min) and gom-shin lord Young-ju (played by Ji-soo) running towards each other across the zombie-infested city of Seoul.
With Park Jeongmin and global star Ji-Soo Ji-soo, the film has been hotly anticipated, and the collaboration between writer Han Jin-won, who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Parasite, writer Ji Ho-jin, who introduced new wave action with A Shop for Killers, and director Yoon Sung-hyun, who has proven his unique directorial skills with films such as Bleak Night and Time to Hunt, has led to high expectations.
Billions is a comprehensive entertainment company that includes content planning and production in addition to management, and has begun to expand its portfolio with its subsidiary Billions Plus. In addition to the films 'Midnight Runners', 'Be With You', and 'Innocent Witness', it has produced outstanding works such as KBS 'My Lovely Boxer' and TVING series 'Running Mate', and will continue to invest in film and drama production.
With the announcement of the production of the Coupang Play series 'Newtopia', it will be interesting to see what the next steps of BillionsPlus will be, which will bring new resonance to the K-content industry by covering films, dramas, and OTT series.
Meanwhile, 'Newtopia', a Coupang Play series produced by BillionsPlus that promises a fresh blend of zombie and youth films, will be released in 2025.