Apple TV+ Orders Korean Sci-Fi Thriller

Apple TV+ has added to its international slate with a series order for Dr. Brain, a new sci-fi thriller based on the popular Korean webtoon that will be written and directed by filmmaker Kim Jee-Woon (A Tale of Two Sisters, I Saw the Devil).

The series marks the first Korean-language project for Apple TV+. Lee Sun-Kyun (Parasite) is attached to star in the thriller, which follows a brain scientist who is obsessive about figuring out new technologies to access the consciousness and memories of the brain.

Dr. Brain is produced for Apple TV+ by Korea-based studio Bound Entertainment, along with Kakao Entertainment, Studioplex and Dark Circle Pictures. Kim Jee-Woon serves as executive producer alongside Samuel Yeunju Ha, executive producer of Kim Jee-woon’s Illang: The Wolf Brigade and Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja. Ham Jung Yeub and Daniel Han executive produce for Studioplex, and Joy Jinsoo Lee and Min Young Hong serve as executive producers for Kakao Entertainment.