{"id":24154,"date":"2026-01-14T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:54:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:54:37","slug":"squid-game-director-producing-new-series-at-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/squid-game-director-producing-new-series-at-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Squid Game Director Producing New Series at Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on the new Netflix series <em>The Dealer<\/em>, with <em>Squid Game<\/em> director Hwang Dong-hyuk on board as producer.<\/p>\n<p>Choi Young-hwan is making his directorial debut with the Korean drama after having served as cinematographer on titles such as <em>Smugglers<\/em>, <em>Veteran<\/em>, <em>Tazza: The High Rollers<\/em> and <em>Thieves<\/em>. The ensemble cast will feature Jung So-min (<em>Love Reset<\/em>, <em>Alchemy of Souls<\/em>), Ryoo Seung-bum (<em>Good News<\/em>, <em>Tazza: One Eyed Jack<\/em>), Lee Soo-hyuk (<em>S Line<\/em>, <em>Queen Woo<\/em>) and Ryu Kyung-soo (<em>The Bequeathed<\/em>, <em>JUNG_E<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The crime drama follows Geonhwa, a brilliant casino dealer whose wedding plans suddenly fall apart, forcing her to unleash her long-hidden powers and plunge into the world of gambling in order to successfully make it down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Dealer<\/em> is being produced by Firstman Studio for Netflix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on the new Netflix series The Dealer, with Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk on board as producer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":24155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5195,88,11809],"class_list":["post-24154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hwang-dong-hyuk","tag-netflix","tag-the-dealer","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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