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#SHOWBIZ: BlackPink's Jisoo to star in zombie K-drama 'Newtopia'

KUALA LUMPUR: BlackPink member Jisoo has a movie coming up, and now a drama series too.

AsiaOne reported yesterday that Jisoo will be returning to the small screen with Coupang Play's latest K-drama Newtopia.

Coupang Play is the online branch of Korean e-commerce giant Coupang.

The 29-year-old stars as Kang Young-Ju, an engineer who is waiting for her boyfriend Lee Jae-Yoon, played by Park Jung-Min, to be discharged from the military.

As zombies start to infest Seoul, the separated lovers are forced to navigate their way to each other.

The drama is helmed by director Yoon Sung-Hyun while the script is co-written by Han Jin-Won of Parasite fame and A Shop Fot Killer's Ji Ho-Jin.

Newtopia is expected to premiere in 2025, and will mark Jisoo's second lead role in a drama series after 2021's Snowdrop.

Her movie Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is also expected to be released in 2025.

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