Prime Video has dropped a brand-new teaser clip for its upcoming K-drama Newtopia, starring BLACKPINK’s Jisoo and Park Jung-min. Here’s everything you need to know about the new series.
What is the plot of Newtopia?
When a zombie outbreak overtakes the streets of South Korea, Lee Jae-yoon and Kang Young-joo, having recently graduated from college and freshly broken up, are caught in the middle of chaos.
As the couple are driven further apart by the zombies overtaking the city, Jae-yoon is forced to face his insecurities both as a new, clueless recruit protecting the country and as Young-joo’s love interest, as the couple go through hoardes of the undead to find each other again in more ways than one.
Who is in the cast of the new K-drama?
Acclaimed Korean actor Park Jung-min, with recent appearances in Harbin and Smugglers, is set to star as Jae-yoon. He’s a new South Korean military recruit, having enlisted years later than other soldiers. The series follows him as he is immediately put to battle following the zombie outbreak.
Playing Young-joo is BLACKPINK vocalist and Snowdrop star Jisoo. Known in college as the “goddess of the engineering department” for her looks, she is now a regular office worker who finds herself in the thick of the apocalypse.
Joining the pair in the supporting cast are Im Sung-jae, Hong Seo-hee, Crash Landing On You‘s Tang Jun-sang, The World of the Married’s Lee Hak-joo as well as The Battleship Island’s Kim Jun-han.
Newtopia is notably written by Parasite screenwriter Han Jin-won and A Shop For Killers‘ Ji Ho-jin. Helming the series is Yoon Sung-hyun, who previously worked on 2010’s Bleak Night and 2020’s Time To Hunt.
Is there a trailer for Newtopia?
The first teaser for Newtopia dropped on January 15, opening with the moment Young-joo breaks up with Jae-yoon over the phone. It then launches into a montage of the sheer chaos that erupts when the zombie virus is spread across Seoul, focusing on the couple as they fight through the carnage to find each other.
On January 24, Coupang Play unveiled a new teaser for the series. It features Jae-yoon as he struggles to keep up as a military soldier, while Young-joo is seen missing Jae-yoon. When the zombie virus emerges, the couple begin to fight the zombies in their own ways in order to reunite. “I’ll survive no matter what and come running to you,” Jae-yoon tells her.
When will Newtopia premiere?
Newtopia will be hitting screens via Korean streaming platform Coupang Play on February 7 at 8pm KST. The series will also be made available to stream via Prime Video in select regions.