Inspired by the Spanish-language phenomenon, this brand new series will shift focus to the Korea and imagines a near-future in which the North and South have unified to form a so-called \u2018Joint Economic Area\u2019.<\/p>\n
Intended to enrich the lives of ordinary people on both sides, it has instead only benefitted an elite class of super-rich people, whose success has made life even harder for those less fortunate.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what motivates a ragtag team of robbers to plot a mind-blowing heist of the JEA, with their objective to get away with an eye-watering \u20a94 trillion (which roughly equates to more than \u00a32.5 billion).<\/p>\n
Money Heist creator Alex Pina is an executive producer on this fresh take, which features new versions of beloved characters including The Professor, Tokyo and Berlin, the last of which is to be played by Squid Game<\/a>\u2018s Park Hae-soo.<\/p>\n Read on for more details about Money Heist: Korea on Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n Money Heist: Korea \u2013 Joint Economic Area will be available to stream on Netflix from Friday 24th June 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The first season consists of 12 episodes, each of which is expected to run for about an hour in length.<\/p>\n The characters in Money Heist: Korea will be instantly familiar to those who have seen the original series, although an entirely new cast has been drafted to breathe new life into them.<\/p>\n As was the case the first time around, criminal mastermind The Professor and his protege Tokyo will be key players in the story, played here by Yoo Ji-tae (Oldboy) and Jeon Jong-seo (Burning) respectively.<\/p> The Professor\u2019s unpredictable right-hand man Berlin, who proved so popular in the Spanish version that he earned his own spin-off, is portrayed in the Korean version by none other than Squid Game star Park Hae-soo (pictured above).<\/p>\n The roles of father-and-son duo Moscow and Denver have been passed onto Lee Won-jong and Kim ji-hoon respectively, while Korea\u2019s Next Top Model presenter Jang Yoon-ju plays wild card Nairobi and Lee Hyun-woo is baby-faced hacker Rio.<\/p>\n Kim Ji-hun and Lee Kyu-ho play muscle-for-hire Helsinki and Oslo, two characters who were Serbian in the original series, but their nationality has been changed to Chinese for this remake.<\/p>\n Besides the gang itself, the Money Heist: Korea cast also includes Yunjin Kim (Mistresses) as police negotiator Seon woo-jin, Park Myung-hoon (Parasite<\/a>) as Mint director Cho Young-min, and Lee Joo-bin as his colleague Yoon Mi-seon.<\/p>\n Yes! There was some confusion when the series was first announced, with some fans thinking that it would be an all-new story set in the same universe as the original series.<\/p>\n However, it is apparent from the recent trailers that the show is actually an adaptation of the Spanish version, featuring the same characters and certain events from source material.<\/p>\n For more details on the Money Heist: Korea characters \u2013 and how they relate to the original Spanish line-up \u2013 check out the Netflix featurette below:<\/p>\nMoney Heist: Korea release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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