‚Newtopia‘ director confident to appeal to fans of lighter zombie genre

'newtopia' Director Confident To Appeal To Fans Of Lighter Zombie Genre

Jisoo in a scene from Coupang Play’s upcoming zombie drama “Newtopia” / Courtesy of Coupang Play

Jisoo in a scene from Coupang Play’s upcoming zombie drama “Newtopia” / Courtesy of Coupang Play

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By Baek Byung-yeul
'Newtopia' director Yoon Sung-hyun speaks during a press conference in Seoul, Jan. 7. Yonhap

„Newtopia“ director Yoon Sung-hyun speaks throughout a press convention in Seoul, Jan. 7. Yonhap

Yoon Sung-hyun, director of Coupang Play’s upcoming zombie drama „Newtopia,“ expressed confidence that the collection will enchantment to worldwide viewers, significantly those that favor a lighter method to the zombie style, mixing humor with horror.

„There are a lot of worldwide followers who’re conversant in the lighter zombie style. Like George Romero’s zombie motion pictures, our drama additionally has components that present a story associated to zombies with a lighter really feel. I anticipate this work to be a nostalgic piece for international followers because it has many scenes paying homage to zombie motion pictures that blend humor and horror that I’ve seen within the Eighties,“ Yoon advised reporters after a media preview occasion at a theater in Seoul, Monday.

„Newtopia“ is an eight-part collection that might be launched on Korean streaming platform Coupang Play and out there globally by Amazon’s Prime Video, beginning Friday.

The collection follows Jae-yoon (Park Jeong-min), a soldier, and his girlfriend Younger-joo (Jisoo), as they navigate a zombie-infested Seoul to search out one another.

„I feel this collection has loads of components that abroad followers who like zombie motion pictures will get pleasure from. There are a lot of zombies with out eyeballs or lacking physique components and I feel followers of conventional zombie collection will like this half,“ the director stated. „After all, I additionally anticipate it to be an enormous draw for international followers who like Jisoo and Park Jeong-min.“

He praised Jisoo, who can also be a member of the Ok-pop group BLACKPINK, saying that the manufacturing couldn’t have been accomplished with out her.

„I felt fortunate to work with Jisoo. I felt that the character of Younger-joo couldn’t have been achieved with out her. There have been factors the place she wanted to specific the character humorously, and Jisoo is a really humorous actress, so it was a superb match,“ the director stated.

„There are additionally many bodily difficult motion scenes and I’m very grateful that she silently dealt with these scenes effectively.“

Actors Park Jeong-min, left, and Jisoo in a scene from Coupang Play’s zombie drama “Newtopia” / Courtesy of Coupang Play

Actors Park Jeong-min, left, and Jisoo in a scene from Coupang Play’s zombie drama “Newtopia” / Courtesy of Coupang Play

Coincidentally, the collection consists of scenes of a aircraft crash and a authorities declaration of martial legislation within the aftermath of a zombie outbreak, each of that are anticipated to attract consideration because of its resemblance to latest occasions in Korea.

Relating to this, the director expressed his shock at these parallels because the real-life occasions happened after post-production was accomplished.

„I used to be additionally shocked when martial legislation was truly declared after the modifying was completed. I solely faithfully delivered what was within the script,“ Yoon stated. „I assumed it was necessary to stay truthful and present the core scenes which are the start of the collection, so I made a decision to maintain these in.“

To Korean and worldwide viewers alike, Yoon requested them to deal with the unpredictable selections the characters make all through the collection.

„There are a lot of surprising components about what selections the characters will make and the way they’ll transfer ahead, so there’s a freshness concerning the characters. The zombies present the grotesque and slow-moving traits much like classic zombie movies I noticed within the Seventies and Eighties, totally different from the zombies of at the moment,“ he stated.

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