KUALA LUMPUR: Netflix today confirmed that South Korean artistes Yoo Ah-in, Park Jeong-min, Kim Hyun-joo, Won Jin-ah and Yang Ik-june will be the leading cast for new series Hellbound.
This new original series, a story about supernatural angels appearing out of nowhere to condemn people to hell, will be directed by Yeon Sang-ho (Train To Busan, Peninsula).
Hellbound is co-written by Yeon and Choi Gyu-seok, the author of the popular webtoon Songgot.
Yoo, who created powerful characters through his roles in Burning, The Throne, and Veteran, will portray Jeong Jin-su, the charismatic and mysterious head of the New Truth Church. As the angels of death arrive, the New Truth Church leads a religious crusade proclaiming that these visits are the will of the divine.
Meanwhile, Park who is known for his roles in Time To Hunt, Start-Up, and Svaha: The Sixth Finger, plays Bae Yeong-jae, will play a producer at a broadcasting company that investigates the New Truth Church.
Kim (Watcher, I Have a Lover) will take on a smart, self-assured lawyer named Min Hye-jin, who goes up against the New Truth Church and its extremist Arrowhead devotees.
Won Jin-ah (The Age of Shadows, Steel Rain) will play Bae's wife, a member of the New Truth Church, who succumbs to unbearable pressure.
And finally Yang (Breathless, Bad Guys: Vile City, It's Okay, That's Love) will take on the role of a police detective who investigates the unsettling appearance of the death angels.
Produced by Lezhin Studio, Hellbound will be made available exclusively on Netflix.