Netflix Announces ‘Kill Boksoon’ Spinoff, Casts Yim Si-wan, Park Gyu-young & Jo Woo-jin
deadline.comNetflix has announced new Korean action film Mantis (working title), a spinoff of the 2023 feature Kill Boksoon. The film will star Yim Si-wan (Unlocked, Misaeng: Incomplete Life), Park Gyu-young (Sweet Home, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay) and Jo Woo-jin (Narco-Saints, Alienoid).
Mantis is set in the same contract killer world as Kill Boksoon, which premiered at the Berlinale last year. While Kill Boksoon explores the story of Gil Bok-soon struggling to balance her life as a single mother and assassin, Mantis shifts the spotlight to other contract killers, named Mantis, Jae-yi and Dok-go.
Yim will play the role of Han-ul, an ace assassin also known as “Mantis,” working for MK Ent. The character Mantis was briefly mentioned by Kill Boksoon‘s Cha Min-kyu to “have gone on a vacation,” and this spinoff will trace Mantis’ return to the industry in search of new opportunities.
Upon Mantis’ return, he encounters fellow trainee Jae-yi (played by Park). Jae-yi is also Mantis’ old friend and she harbors complex feelings for him.
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