JAKARTA - TVING has released an apology after their latest drama poster is suspected of imitating the poster of a Chinese film. The drama in question is Dear X, a drama played by Kim You Jung.
Previously, TVING released a poster of Dear X featuring white paper with a red letter X. Kim You Jung's face as the main character was seen behind him. Kim You Jung plays Baek Ah Jin.
At the same time, Dear X announced that this drama will air starting November 6. This drama also premieres at the Busan Film Festival which will be held this month.
Moments after the poster was released, netizens suspected that Dear X's poster imitated a Chinese film poster entitled The Development of Suspect X. The film aired in 2017 and was adapted from a novel by Keigo Higashino.
The similarity of position and letter X, which is the main point of the poster, is in the public spotlight. The production house then released an apology for the similarity of posters.
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We realized the similarities in poster references and stopped using them immediately. We also decided not to use them in the future," TVING said on Tuesday, September 9.
"We sincerely apologize for causing inconvenience to our failure in the production process," he continued.
"We will strengthen our procedures to ensure incidents like this don't happen again," he said.
Adapted from a webtoon, Dear X tells the story of Baek Ah Jin (Kim You Jung), an actress who is successful using someone else. His world changed after he met Yoon Jong Seo (Kim Young Dae).
Yoon Jong Seo realized that Baek Ah Jin was two sides, but chose to protect him. Apart from the two, this drama also stars Kim Do Hoon and Lee Yul Eum.
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