Blackpink singer Jisoo is set to star in a brand new K-drama on Disney+ as well as appearing in a documentary about Blackpink.
Deadline has revealed that the streaming service, which will soon be celebrating its two-year anniversary, is planning a new slate of Asia-Pacific films and TV series to cover live action drama, comedy, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, crime and horror, variety shows, documentaries and anime.
Jisoo and South Korean actor Jung Hae-in have both signed up to star in romantic melodrama series Snowdrop, which comes from the creators of 2019 K-drama Skycastle.
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Jisoo will also star in Blackpink: The Movie, a documentary about the hugely popular girl group who are celebrating their fifth anniversary this year, which will be available on Disney+ and in cinemas.
Another K-pop star is also set to be hitting Disney+ in the form of singer-songwriter Kang Daniel, who will star in coming-of-age romantic drama Rookies, set at an elite police academy.
Other shows due to be arriving on Disney+ as part of the new slate include South Korean action thriller series Moving, Japanese animated series Yojohan Time Machine Blues (working title) and Chinese period drama Delicacies Destiny.
Also on the cards are Japanese animation reboot Black Rock Shooter Dawn Fall, an Australian documentary series called Shipwreck Hunters and an anime series adaptation of Disney mobile game Twisted Wonderland.
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All the new titles will be available on Disney+ over the next year, subject to local availability.
President of Disney Asia Pacific, Luke Kang, said that Disney is "combining the global resources of the company with the best content creators from Asia Pacific to develop and produce original stories on Disney+".
Kang continued: "With over-the-top services going mainstream, emergence of world-class content from Asia Pacific and rising consumer sophistication, we believe that this is the right time for us to deepen our collaboration with the region's best content creators to deliver unparalleled storytelling to global audiences."
Disney+ is already available in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand and is due to launch next month in South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
The announcement comes after Netflix confirmed that South Korean survival drama Squid Game has become the biggest series launch in the streaming service's history, beating previous record holder Bridgerton, after 111 million viewers watched at least two minutes of an episode.
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