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Disney+ Starts Filming Korean ‘Miracles of the Namiya General Store’ for 2027 Global Release

The project signals Disney+’s push to grow premium K-dramas to challenge Netflix.

Overview

  • Disney+, which announced Thursday, April 30, the start of principal photography, set a worldwide premiere on the service in 2027.
  • Ryu Seung-ryong leads as shop owner Go Min-joong, with Kang You-seok, Park Jung-woo and Kim Seong-jeong playing the trio who hide in the store.
  • The ensemble includes Kim Hye-yoon, Moon Sang-min, Lee Chae-min and Yoon Kyung-ho, and local reports say the remake will run 10 episodes, which has not been confirmed.
  • Park Young-ju directs and wrote the adaptation, and The Lamp, the company behind A Taxi Driver, is producing.
  • The series adapts Keigo Higashino’s bestseller about letters that link people across decades, a novel that has sold over 13 million copies and previously spawned Japanese and Chinese film versions.