‘Moving’ Season 2 Begins Production At Disney+ With Won Gyu-bin Replacing Lee Jung-ha
Disney+‘s breakout Korean drama Moving has entered production on Season 2, with Won Gyu-bin joining the cast.
Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Hyo-joo, Zo In-sung, Go Youn-jung, Ryu Seung-bum, Go Younjung, Kim Do-hoon and Shim Dal-gi are all returning to their roles in the drama about super-powered Korean agents who risk everything to protect their families.
Btch x Rich actor Won is the main new casting, replacing Lee Jung-ha in the key cast as Kim Bong-seok. Lee stepped back from his role to partake in the military service. Season 1 told the story of a group of special agents working to protect their super-powered children from harm and exploitation at the hands of malicious government agencies.
Per the synopsis, Moving Season 2 will pick up in the days immediately after the Jeongwon High School incident at the end of the first, when North and South Korean agents fought, and sees the heroes settling back into normal life, only for new threats to emerge.
Season 1 launched on Disney+ and Hulu in August 2023 and became the former’s most viewed Korean original, helping the establish the service in the competitive South Korean streaming market. It won prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, Busan International Film Festival and the Daejong International Film Awards.
Kangfull, the Moving webtoon universe’s creator and series screenwriter, has penned the scripts for Season 2. “With the first season of Moving, my goal was to establish a new benchmark for Korean superhero narratives,” he said. “For the second, I intend to raise that bar even higher, evolving the series into something truly exceptional.”
He is working with Kingdom director Kim Seong-hun on Season 2.
Carol Choi, Executive Vice President of APAC Original Content Strategy at The Walt Disney Company said: “Moving demonstrated that premium Korean storytelling, rooted in emotion and delivered with cinematic ambition, can resonate with audiences around the world in a truly powerful way. As we look ahead to Season 2, we’re excited to build on that success with our creative partners and further expand the world of Moving for fans across the globe.”
