Blood Game 3, Trunk, Family Plan, and More
Variety Shows and Dramas Featuring Stars Released One After Another
On the last weekend of November, when white snow piled up thickly and the temperature dropped sharply, how about enjoying online video streaming services (OTT) in the warmth of your home?
Blood Paradise·K-Zombie…High-Stimulation Variety Shows
The trend in OTT variety content is 'dopamine.' Survival content where participants overcome dramatic situations is being released one after another. "Blood Game 3" on Wavve, which started in 2021 and has produced up to season 3, released episodes 6 and 7 on the 29th. With broadcaster Jang Dong-min and 'Kong' Hong Jin-ho, known as the king of survival, holding the center, full-fledged team battles begin from episode 6. While episodes 1 to 5 introduced the paradise, mansion, debris spaces, and players, the real competition starts from episode 6.
Netflix's variety show Zombie Bus season 2, "Zombie Bus: New Blood," was released on the 19th. Participants solve quests to survive the zombie threat. While the first season depicted the journey to survive the zombie threat, the second season focuses on participants completing quests each episode as if playing a game. Broadcaster Noh Hong-chul transforms into a 'Zombanin' (zombie + ordinary person) playing a key role, with Dex and Yook Sung-jae also active.
Coupang Play released episode 4 of the variety show "University War" on the 29th. It is a survival content where the true geniuses of the top 1% of prestigious domestic universities compete using their brains. After season 1 was released in November last year and gained popularity, season 2 was produced.
Leading Actors Gong Yoo, Bae Doona, and Others Meet on Home Screens
Netflix released the melodrama "Trunk," starring actors Gong Yoo and Seo Hyun-jin, on the 29th. It depicts a strange marriage story of two men and women set within a secret marriage service revealed by a trunk floating on a lakeside. Directed by Kim Kyu-tae, who directed dramas "It's Okay, That's Love" (2014) and "Our Blues" (2022), and written by Park Eun-young, the writer of the drama "Hwarang" (2016).
On the same day, Coupang Play released episodes 1 and 2 of the drama "Family Planning," starring actors Bae Doona and Ryu Seung-beom. It tells the story of a mother with a special ability to freely edit memories who teams up with her family to deliver hell to villains. Directed by twin brothers Kim Gok and Kim Sun, who directed the movie "Voice" (2021), and with Kim Jung-min, the writer of dramas "Suits" (2018) and "Hush" (2020), participating as a creator.
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