Netflix today has confirmed that a live-action Korean horror TV series adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s sci-fi manga “Parasyte: The Grey” is in the works and will be directed by “Train To Busan” helmer Yeon Sang-ho.
The story sees a group of humans wage war against the rising evil of unidentified parasitic life-forms that live off of human hosts and strive to grow their power.
Jeon So-nee (“Scripting Your Destiny”) plays Jeong Su-in, who falls victim to a parasite; when it fails to take over her brain, she enters a bizarre coexistence with it.
Koo Kyo-hwan plays a parasite tracker trying to find his missing sister. Lee Jung-hyun plays the leader of the ‘Team Grey’ task force battling parasites.
The comic has sold more than 25 million copies in over twenty markets.
Source: Variety
