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Disney+ Greenlights Korean Crime Thriller 'Gold Land'

The project expands Disney+'s 2025 Korean slate with a high-profile crime thriller led by Park Bo-young.

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Overview

  • Disney+ has officially greenlit Gold Land, a rural Korean crime thriller written by Hwang Jo-yoon and directed by Kim Sung-hoon.
  • Park Bo-young stars as Kim Heeju, a woman who finds herself on the run after discovering gold bars tied to a smuggling syndicate, with Kim Sung-cheol portraying her pursuer Jang Wook.
  • Gold Land marks screenwriter Hwang Jo-yoon's streaming debut following his work on films such as Oldboy, Rampant and Memoir of a Murderer.
  • The move reinforces Disney+'s aggressive Korean content push in 2025 following hits such as Nine Puzzles, which became its most-viewed Korean title globally within nine days of its debut.
  • No official release date for Gold Land has been confirmed.