MANILA, Philippines — Netflix Inc., the world’s leading internet entertainment service, on Friday announced that it is launching YG Future Strategy Office (FSO, working title), a new Netflix Original Series with YG Entertainment, home to some of Korea’s top talent.
YG FSO will launch this year exclusively through Netflix.
The show will feature YG artists Seungri of K-pop group BIGBANG, writer/television personality Yoo Byung-jae of SNL Korea fame, Lee Jae-jin of Sechskies.
It will also have various guest appearances by other K-pop groups including BLACKPINK, iKON, and WINNER.
The 8-episode series will be directed by Park Joon-soo, known for his unique humor on "The God of Music" series, and written by Kim Min-seok, who took part in SNL Korea.
YG FSO stars Seungri as the head of YG’s newly formed department, The Future Strategy Office, where many of YG’s troublemakers have been sent. The sitcom series will follow Seungri and his team of misfits as they work to regain their place in the company.
“We are ambitiously introducing the new show YG FSO and are looking forward to it being introduced in 190 countries around the world,” YG Entertainment’s Park Joon-soo, director of YG FSO series said.
“We plan on introducing more quality entertainment content that many people can enjoy,” he added.
Erik Barmack, Vice President of International Original Series at Netflix said the entertainment service is excited to team up with YG Entertainment and Seungri of BIGBANG to introduce YG FSO.
“We will continue to bring great Korean content for our viewers around the world to enjoy,” Barmack said.