{"id":24684,"date":"2026-03-26T11:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/disney-begins-production-on-the-koreans\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:29:28","slug":"disney-begins-production-on-the-koreans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/disney-begins-production-on-the-koreans\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Begins Production on The Koreans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production has begun on <em>The Koreans<\/em>, a reimagining of the FX series <em>The Americans<\/em>, for Disney+ and Hulu.<\/p>\n<p>Set during the democratization and modernization of South Korea in the early 1990s, The Koreans will follow a seemingly ordinary middle-class family who are actually elite North Korean spies working to bring down the South from within. Lee Byunghun (<em>Squid Game<\/em>) and Han Jimin (<em>Heavenly Ever After<\/em>) are set to star in the lead roles.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Koreans<\/em> is being directed by Ahn Gilho (<em>The Glory<\/em>) and adapted by Park Eunkyo (<em>Made In Korea<\/em>, <em>Mother<\/em>). It is being produced by IMAGINUS and Studio AA.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Americans<\/em> was originally created by Joe Weisberg, who was also the showrunner alongside Joel Fields. It starred Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys and won the Golden Globe for best drama series. 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