As “Peninsula”, his sequel to the smash-hit “Train to Busan”, gets ready for a Summer 2020 release, it has been announced that director Yeon Sang-ho will be spearheading an adaption of his own webtoon “Hell” for a Netflix original horror series titled “Hellbound“.
In “Hellbound”, supernatural beings appear out of nowhere to condemn people to hell. It doesn’t matter whether these events are a blessing or a curse: a new religious group is interpreting them all as the will of the divine. What unfolds through this predicament is an intense and highly-charged story about people who must survive under conditions of utter social chaos. The story was originally published as a webtoon, titled “Hell” or 지옥 in Korean, and has garnered a great deal of attention and acclaim. As a Netflix original series, “Hellbound” will take on a new form through the collaborative work of director Yeon Sang-ho and illustrator Choi Gyu-seok, the author of “Songgot”, a webtoon that was adapted as a television drama in 2015.
Yeon and Choi will together spearhead “Hell” (or 지옥)’s transformation from a webtoon into a Netflix original series. The duo will join forces on the script, while Yeon will also direct the production, in order to expand “Hellbound” upon the themes and views introduced in the webtoon. Choi is expected to exhibit his insight into social issues the way he did in “Songgot”.
