Disney+ is adding another series to its fast-growing Korean drama library, picking up the action spy show The Tyrant.
The series tells the thrilling story of the race to find a bioweapon that is stolen during a secret handover between Korean and US intelligence agencies. The logline reads: “After years of toiling away on a secret project designed to drastically enhance human abilities, the Korean government’s plan is exposed by U.S. intelligence agencies. Furious about being kept in the dark, the U.S. demands all samples be handed over and the project be immediately shut down. But when the covert handover is attacked by an unknown party, agents from both sides will have to work together to avoid the dangerous new formula falling into the wrong hands.”
The series stars Jo Yoon-soo (True Beauty, Juvenile Justice) as skilled infiltrator Chae Jagyeong; Cha Seung-won (Our Blues, A Korean Odyssey) as cold-blooded mercenary Lim Sang; Kim Seon-ho (Start-Up, Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) as Director Choe, the leader of the secret Korean project; and Kim Kang-woo (Le Grand Chef, Goodbye Mr. Black) as U.S. intelligence agent Paul.
Landing on Disney+ later this year, The Tyrant comes from prolific Korean genre writer-director Park Hoon-jung, whose recent output includes the features The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, The Witch: Part 2. The Other One, Night in Paradise and The Childe. The Tyrant will be Park’s streaming series debut.
Following the massive success of the superhero drama Moving, Disney+ has leaned into becoming a destination for original Korean dramas. The addition of The Tyrant follows the streamer recently picking up Light Shop, the next television series from Moving writer Kang Full. The streamer also snapped up Kim Ji-eun’s Wonderful World, Shin Yeon-shick’s period drama Uncle Samsik, the television debut of Parasite actor Song Kang-ho.
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