Korean Cinemas Still Closed, These 3 Movies Are Planned To Show On Netflix

Space Sweepers Poster (Dexter Studios)

JAKARTA - The second wave of COVID-19 in South Korea affected the screening schedule of several feature films in the second half of 2020. Today, Friday, October 16, three new films; Space Sweepers , Call , and Night in Paradise are planned to air on Netflix.

Space Sweepers, which is claimed to be the first South Korean blockbuster science fiction film, was due to air in the summer of 2020. But the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has made Dexter Studios look to Netflix as a broadcast place.

There is also the film Call , starring Park Shin Hye and Jeon Jung Seo, which the audience is waiting for. This film tells the story of two women who live at different times and are connected by one phone call.

After being postponed from its premiere in February, the NEW production house is negotiating with Netflix as the biggest streaming service at the moment.

Not only Call , NEW is also negotiating the possibility of the film Night in Paradise to be broadcast on Netflix. The film, which aired at the Venice Film Festival, tells the story of a man who becomes the target of an organization and a woman at the end of his life.

"This is still being discussed. It hasn't been confirmed yet, ”said a NEW representative to SBS Entertainment, quoting SBSFunE.

By showing on Netflix, a film can be watched in more than 190 countries and is believed to receive international attention.

The glory of cinema in South Korea was short-lived after the second wave of the pandemic. As for the benefits obtained for films showing in theaters at this time are considered not that big.