Beef creator Lee Sung Jin announces 2 new series in the works at Netflix
The director and writer will develop scripted shows and feature films through his newly formed production company, Lila Pictures.
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Beef creator, showrunner, executive producer, director, and writer Lee Sung Jin just launched a new production company, Lila Pictures (pronounced LEE-lah), to develop new scripted series and feature films for Netflix as part of his multi-year creative partnership with the streamer. Lee will create, executive produce, write, and direct, while Hyunji Ward will join as SVP of Film & Television. Along with the production company announcement, Netflix and Lee shared two new shows in development. The first is a limited drama series called The Only Child, produced by and starring Ali Wong as “the mother of a professional archer preparing to compete for her first gold medal,” per the press release. The second, a drama series titled Citizen’s Arrest, is created by Beef producer Gene Hong, “following two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.”
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