Netflix Orders Korean Zombie Series ‘All Of Us Are Dead’
Touting a “recent take” on the Korean zombie style, Netflix has introduced plans for All Of Us Are Lifeless, a sequence based mostly on the favored webtoon Now At Our Faculty. The streamer has teamed with Lee JQ (Beethoven Virus, Damo: The Legendary Police Girl, Intimate Strangers) to supply the brand new unique.
All Of Us Are Lifelessis concentrated on a gaggle of highschool college students who’re confronted with an excessive disaster state of affairs after they develop into trapped of their faculty, whereas a zombie virus spreads like a wildfire. The supply materials webtoon has been profitable in Korea and likewise well-received in Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan as digital comics have seen important uptake.
The Netflix unique sequence is written by Chun Sung-il, and shall be directed by Lee JQ and Kim Nam-su. It will likely be produced by JTBC Studios in affiliation with Movie Monster, and can premiere worldwide on Netflix. A timeline was not supplied.
Korea has a wealthy historical past with the zombie style, together with 2016 smash theatrical hit Practice To Busan. Netflix’s first Korean unique, Kingdom, additionally has an undead bent and simply noticed its second season premiere final month.
In September final yr, Netflix ordered a bunch of Korean originals together with The Faculty Nurse Information, My Holo Loveand Extracurricular.