Paramount+ Heading Over ‘Yonder’ After Partnership With Korean Entertainment Company CJ ENM
Paramount+ is expanding its global streaming offerings.
The platform will offer Yonder, a South Korean sci-fi drama, as part of its strategic partnership with Korean entertainment company CJ ENM.
The show will premiere here in the US, as well as in its international markets in Canada, the UK, Australia, Europe and Latin America, on April 11th.
Set in 2032, Yonder is a series about Jae Hyun (Shin Ha Kyun) who receives a message from his deceased wife Yi Hu (played by Han Ji Min), inviting him to a mysterious space called Yonder, which is a place that gives the dead a chance to live on by uploading their memories. Will Jae Hyun leave his body behind to remain with his late wife forever?
The show raises questions about life and death and what eternal happiness really means in a world altered by advancements in science and technology.
In addition to Yonder, Paramount+ will also make available worldwide a collection of Korean thriller and mystery dramas produced by the same company, also on April 11th.
They include Signal, about a criminal profiler from 2015 and a detective from 1989 who tackle crimes by communicating via a walkie-talkie that transcends time, as well as the first and second seasons of Voice, about the employees of an emergency call center and dispatch teams who try to help victims using only what they hear during their calls for help, and Save Me, about a dark religious cult “masquerading as a peaceful pastoral church.”
Paramount+ previously announced that Bargain will be the streamer’s next local production underr the CJ ENM deal. The show launched on TVing in October last year and will debut on Paramount+ in summer 2023 wherever where the service is available.
Bargain revolves around a group of strangers who gather at a remote motel with ulterior motives who must find a way to survive after an unexpected earthquake traps them inside the building. It stars actors Jun Jong-seo (Money Heist: Korea) and Jin Seon-kyu (Extreme Job).