Disney+ has set a release date for the second season of the series Shop for killersone of her biggest Korean successes. The thriller about assassins will premiere on July 22, as Jeong Ji-an (Kim Hye-joon) is appointed as the new boss of Murthehelp, the online storefront that secretly arms assassins, and her uncle Jeong Jin-man (Lee Dong-wook), who faked his own death in Season 1 to flush out his enemies, returns by her side.
Together they will launch an attack against Babel, the mercenary group that pursued Ji An during the first season.
But Babylon is also regrouping by importing a new wave of assassins from abroad — two of whom are played by Japanese stars new to the cast: Hyunri (Pachinko(As the leader of Team Q, and Masaaki Okada)Driving my car) as mercenary J.
Lee Kwon, who directed the first season to international critical acclaim, returns to direct the new batch of episodes and co-write them with Ji Ho-jin.
Shop for killers It ranked as the most-watched original series in the Asia-Pacific region on Disney+ for 2024, even the Korean series light store She overtook him in December. The new season consists of eight episodes, with two episodes premiering on July 22, and two episodes being added every Wednesday until the finale on August 12.
The series is part of a series of second seasons of the K-drama that Disney+ is working on this year. Made in Koreathe 1970s crime drama starring Hyun Bin and Jung Woo-sung, returns for a second season in the second half of the year, and is a follow-up to the 2023 superhero blockbuster. Moving In production. The streamer has also greenlighted a high-profile Korean version of the hit FX series The Americans, with local stars Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min set to play a North Korean spy couple undercover in Seoul.
Shop for killers It is streaming on Disney+ globally and on Hulu in the US
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