When Asian movie veteran Meileen Choo revisited an idea hovering on her wish list for three decades, her retirement project became the multi-million dollar global drama series, Coolie. Janine Stein spoke to her on the eve of production, which kicks off on 4 December.

Veteran kids entertainment creator and showrunner, Sarah Haasz, talks about Gangnam Project, a deeply personal tween series she describes as “K-drama lite”, which releases in Spring 2024.  At 16, Sarah Haasz, fresh from a trip to her relatives in Korea, decided to write a book about how

Fast & Furious star Sung Kang talks about life lessons, 100-year plans, and the meaning of cars ahead of the release of his new series, The Ride Life with Sung Kang, in Summer 2024. 

Anne Jakrajutatip, the high-profile Thai owner of JKN Global Group/Miss Universe Organisation, faces the fight of her life to keep her crown. Hi-glamour and hi-drama have walked side by side for this year’s Miss Universe pageant and its owner, the Bangkok-based JKN Global Group.

Whatever else separates them, distributors are united in their experience that the demand for Asian content across platforms and genres is rising.

Korean authorities are doing everything they can to protect and promote K-content. Our New Year watch list includes the new US$776-million fund, which kicks off in 2024 along with benefits of the peace accord signed between SK Telecom and Netflix.