MANILA, PHILIPPINES – iQiyi, the Asian entertainment streaming leader today unveiled its latest international slate including four new Korean Original productions, two Originals from the Philippines along with new exclusive content from Thailand and Malaysia at this year’s Asian Contents and Film Market.
At the virtual showcase, Kuek Yu-Chuang, iQiyi’s Vice-President of International Business said, “Over the past year, we’ve seen a very positive trend of international viewers consuming more Asian content as a whole. As the leading global streaming player rooted in Asia with a global footprint, iQiyi will double down its investment in introducing premium pan-Asian content to the world. We are excited to play a crucial role in putting Asian content front and center in collaboration with top-notch creators and talents from Korea and the Philippines to bring compelling Original stories to our users in 191 territories.”
First Local Originals Out of Southeast Asia
As part of iQiyi’s move to expand their Southeast Asia content catalogue, the streamer locked arms with ABS-CBN, one of the Philippines ’ leading media and entertainment companies, to produce two original Filipino series for the global audience. Starring top Filipino talents, the two titles Saying Goodbye and Hello, Heart are iQiyi’s first local originals in the Southeast Asia region.
Saying Goodbye is headlined by Andrea Brillantes and Seth Fedelin whose acting careers as a couple on screen took off from their highly successful TV drama Kadenang Ginto in the Philippines. The two stars will meet once again to breathe life into their unforgettable roles to the delight of millions of SethDrea fans. “Saying Goodbye” is a story about celebrating life despite all the challenges life throws at us. The series will follow the story of Ricky and Elise, an unlikely pair brought together by their love for music and adventure.
Hello, Heart will star multi-talented Gigi De Lana, known for her acting skills and her viral music videos that’s been hitting millions of views, alongside talented actor Gerald Anderson. Hello, Heart is a romantic comedy that tells the story of Heart and Saul. Heart, a beautiful, perky, hardworking but very unlucky woman, finally meets her lucky charm, Saul. Saul, the emotionless, business-as-usual man, hires Heart to pretend to be his wife to please his grandmother with dementia.
Saying Goodbye and Hello, Heart are set to premiere worldwide this year on iQiyi International exclusively.
Four Korean Original Productions Coming Soon in 2022
In Crazy Love, a genius math tutoring center CEO (played by Kim Jaeuck), receives a death threat and tries to seek out the murderer by pretending to suffer memory loss. He even enters into a sham marriage with his introverted secretary Lee Shin Ah (played by Krystal Jung), who is diagnosed with terminal illness. Between them, a scary yet sweet romance blossoms. The show is directed by Kim Jung Hyun who was behind the popular romantic mystery drama series Awaken, and produced with leading studio Story Hunter Productions.
Us At One Point, produced by GTist, is a drama production company behind multiple hit series like Hometown Cha Cha Cha and Hotel Deluna. The tragic love story is centered on reincarnations and a couple trying to save each other from a curse where they have to endure the pain of being unable to be together no matter how many times they have met.
My Oppa Is An Idol is an Original produced with STUDIO N, a production company owned by South Korea’s largest webtoon publisher. It follows an amusing story of chaos ensuing when a fussy entertainment agency representative, a famous idol and the idol’s loyal fan started living together under the same roof.
Weekday Wife is an upcoming romantic comedy, where a woman groomed as a rich heiress radically rejects her arranged marriage by her adopted ‘jaebul’ family and turns this into her major career. This production partnership with STUDIO605 will draw into the studio’s deep expertise in art direction and creating memorable romance scenes.
iQiyi also teased audiences with an exclusive glimpse of the highly anticipated iQiyi x Studio Dragon co-productions: Director You Sun Dong greeted fans from the set of Bad and Crazy, drumming up excitement for the heroic theme show that will premiere in December starring Lee Dong Wook and Wi Ha Jun; along with Shooting Stars table read joined by Lee Sung-kyoung and Kim Young-dae as the production begins.
All iQiyi originals will be available in 191 territories, in up to 4K resolution and Dolby Audio via the iQiyi international app and iQ.com.
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| Slate available on iQiyi includes: | |
| iQiyi Korean Original Productions | |
| Crazy Love Global Original | 2022 | In Crazy Love, a genius math tutoring center CEO (played by Kim Jaeuck), receives a death threat and tries to seek out the murderer by pretending to suffer memory loss. He even enters into a sham marriage with his introverted secretary Lee Shin Ah (played by Krystal Jung), who is diagnosed with terminal illness. Between them, a scary yet sweet romance blossoms. |
| Us at One Point Global Original | 2022 | A tragic love story revolving around reincarnation, saving each other from a painful curse and being unable to be together no matter the amount of times met. |
| Weekday Wife Global Original | 2022 | When a woman groomed as a rich heiress realises that her adopted family was only using her for a political marriage, she rejects the arranged marriage and makes it her career, and love happens along the way. |
| My Oppa is an Idol Global Original | 2022 | When a perfectionist entertainment company representative, a famous idol and the idol’s loyal fan live under the same roof, chaos ensues. |
| Shooting Stars Global Original | 2022 | Set against the backdrop of the Korean entertainment industry with true-to-life portrayals of celebrities, agents, and tabloid reporters, Shooting Stars tells the story where a top star (Kim Young-dae) falls in love with the Head of Publicity of his talent agency (Lee Sung-kyoung). With Lee Sung-kyoung and Kim Young-dae’s chemistry, this new on-screen couple is worth looking forward to. |
| Bad and Crazy Global Original | December 2021 | Bad and Crazy is a heroic theme drama about the capable but “bad guy” Suyeol (Lee Dong Wook) and Justice “crazy guy” K (Wi Ha Jun) to regain humanity after the meeting. A corrupt supervisor Suyeol (played by Lee Dong Wook) who just wants to get promotions. One day, however, he is suddenly committed to eradicate internal corruption within the police system, and social injustice. |
| iQiyi Filipino Originals | |
| Saying Goodbye Global Original | 2021 Q4 | Saying Goodbye is a story about celebrating life despite all the challenges life throws at us. We follow the story of Ricky and Elise, an unlikely pair brought together by their love for music and adventure. |
| Hello, Heart Global Original | 2021 Q4 | Hello, Heart is a romantic comedy that tells the story of Heart and Saul. Heart, a beautiful, perky, hard working but very unlucky woman, finally meets her lucky charm, Saul. Saul, the emotionless, business-as-usual man, hires Heart to pretend to be his wife to please his grandmother with dementia. Though they hate each other’s guts, love finds its way. But when can you tell if love’s finally for real? |
| iQiyi Thai Content | |
| Only You I Need Thailand Streaming Exclusive | 2021 Q4 | Only You I Need is a melodrama story of love and betrayal between Lue, a handsome influencer who owns a successful tourism company, his beautiful wife, Nampink and Ramnam, an ambitious young lady who was adopted and raised by Lue’s family as a child. Ramnam’s only imperfection is her roots as a child of a servant. Her fierce determination for a better life where no one dares to question her upbringing is relentless, driving her to plot a scheme to become Lue’s passionate lover. The tension and passion between all three will forever change the course of their lives. |
| Gen Y The Series 2 Thailand Streaming Exclusive | 2021 Q4 | Gen Y The Series 2 centers around the love of Gen Y couples made between Wayu and Thanu, whose relationship faces their biggest test yet due to their pasts that will ultimately determine the choice for their future; Mark and Kij’s relationship wavers to a point where they distance themselves in order to rediscover the love they have for each other; Pok and Tong’s love-hate relationship that arose from a major grudge prevents both from realizing their deep care for each other. Meanwhile, a blossoming relationship between four other couples is developing into something extraordinary. |
| iQiyi Malay Content | |
| Gerak Khas Undercover Singapore, Malaysia Exclusive | 2021 Q4 | Gerak Khas Undercover is an action police procedural television series revolving around a team of undercover police officers who solve intense criminal cases. This series will also highlight each officer’s family and love life to inject a variety of emotions to the show. |
| Cukup Derita Itu Part 2 Singapore, Malaysia Exclusive | 2021 Q4 | Ellani and Ellana are non-identical twins who were raised by their aunt, Mak Ngah. However, Mak Ngah treats the both of them differently where Ellana is cared for like a princess while Ellani had to slave away for Mak Ngah Gayah. Conflict arises when Zarul who was supposed to marry Ellana had a change of heart and decided to marry Ellani. Ever since then, Mak Ngah and Ellana vow to ruin Zarul and Ellani’s marriage. |
