(From left) Park Jeong-min and Blackpink’s Jisoo in a scene from “Newtopia.” Image: Courtesy of Coupang Play and Prime Video

Blackpink’s Jisoo and Park Jeong-min will portray a couple braving a zombie apocalypse to reunite with each other in the upcoming drama “Newtopia,” set for a February 2025 release.

Jisoo and Park’s casting was announced in a press statement from a Korean streaming platform, where they will portray Kang Young-joo and Lee Jae-yoon, respectively.

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The series tells the story of Jae-yoon (Park), who is described as someone who started his military enlistment at a later age, which led to him having doubts about his future. Being apart from his girlfriend Young-joo (Jisoo) led to them ending their relationship after an argument.

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As a zombie apocalypse ravages their town, Jae-yoon is appointed as the leader of his squad while Young-joo adapts to its effects to survive. But they find themselves in a race to beat the odds to be together again.

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박정민과 지수의 깜짝 그리팅 공개!

쿠팡플레이 시리즈 <뉴토피아> 2025년 쿠팡플레이 공개 예정#뉴토피아 #Newtopia#쿠팡플레이 #Coupangplay #박정민 #지수 pic.twitter.com/c3r2s8dDzf

— 쿠팡플레이 Coupang Play (@CoupangPlay) August 17, 2024

Jisoo debuted as the visual and lead vocalist of Blackpink in August 2016 and made her debut as a solo artist seven years later. She started her acting career as a cameo in “The Producers” and took on the lead role in “Snowdrop” in 2015 and 2021, respectively.

Aside from “Newtopia,” the singer-actress will star in the upcoming film “The Prophet: Omniscient Reader” in 2025.

Meanwhile, Park is primarily known as a film actor in South Korea, and has appeared in “Bleak Night,” “Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet,” “Deliver Us from Evil,” and “Smugglers.” He is also the writer of the book, “A Useful Person.”

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