The “An Extraordinary Lawyer” series, a South Korean production that has become a worldwide hit on Netflix, will win a second season. The announcement was made by Lee Sang-baek, head of the production company Astory, responsible for the series.
“Thanks to the support of many viewers, ‘A Lawyer Extraordinary’ will return for its second season, which we aim to release in 2024. Adjusting the program of actors and crew will be a challenge, but we are determined to return without any changes,” he said. said Lee. Sang-baek.
Is that the series was developed for South Korean TV, where there is no tradition of several seasons. Since most of the productions in the country are miniseries, the contracts did not include a cast engagement beyond the initial episodes.
Netflix struck a deal to release the series in streaming after its televised airing, making its episodes available weekly, and the result was a ratings phenomenon, which for five weeks was the most viewed non-English-language series. on the platform.
The average audience has continued to grow since its launch on July 13, when it debuted with 24 million watched hours, reaching 69 million watched hours last week.
With that, the production entered the Top 10 most viewed non-English series of all time on Netflix, with a total of 288.6 million hours watched. He made his chart debut this week at number 8, ahead of “Elite 3” (275.3 million hours) and just behind “Lupine” (316.8 million hours).
A kind of variation of “The Good Doctor” with lawyers, the series follows the extraordinary title lawyer, who has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and is starting his career in a large law firm. He has an extremely high IQ of 164, exceptional memory and creative thinking, but suffers from low emotional intelligence and poor social skills. As a result, many see her as a strange person, creating some obstacles in her life.
The role of lawyer Woo Young-woo is played by Park Eun-bin, a well-known dramatic actress who recently starred in the costume series “The King’s Affection”, also available on Netflix.
Watch the trailer below, with English subtitles. Despite all its success, Netflix Brazil hasn’t provided a national trailer.
Source: Terra
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