The popular manga Solo Leveling is getting a new live-action adaptation.
As revealed through an interview with French website Linternaute, a Korean drama version of the Solo Leveling series is in the works. This information was relayed by Heaeun Kwak and Wangho Lee, creative director and CEO respectively of D&C Webtoon Biz. Additionally, no further information has been provided about the upcoming series or how it will relate to the wider franchise. It seems likely that there will be a pure live-action adaptation of the Solo Leveling Webtoon series, although the wording of the interview (note that a TV series “based on” Solo Leveling) could also be possible. suggests a looser adaptation.
It was also announced in this interview that the next novel series Solo Leveling: Ragnarok – a continuation of the original story – will be adapted into a Webtoon in 2024. Ragnarok began as a web novel in 2023, making the leap to Webtoon status quite quickly. Created by Chugong, Solo Leveling began as a web novel in 2016. This version of the franchise is less than a year old, with more than half of these episodes now collected and released in English. The Webtoon adaptation began a year later in 2018 before ending controversially in 2021. Nearly all of the series’ collected manhwa/graphic novels have been made available in English, with no The final two episodes are coming up.
This is not the only adaptation of this famous game series, developer Netmarble is preparing to create a version of the role-playing game Solo Leveling. Since the story is based on the idea of RPG-style manipulation of stats, the genre was the perfect choice to bring the series into the video game medium. A Solo Leveling anime adaptation was also announced at Anime Expo 2022, with the 2023 release date pushed back to 2024. The series is produced by A-1 Pictures, a company known for handling anime adaptation for the Sword Art Online series, Kaguya-sama: Love is War? and 86, among others.
Solo Leveling is set in a world filled with supernatural “hunters” fighting against powerful monsters that threaten humanity. The main character is Sung Jinwoo, who is famous for being one of the weakest hunters. However, this changes after his encounter with “The System”, which gives him the ability to increase his power and control those he defeats. The immense increase in power changed his destiny greatly and sent him on a journey to find the truth behind the System.
Solo Leveling remains one of the most popular manhwa and Webtoon series of the past few years, with the new series and subsequent adaptations bringing it to new audiences.
Source: Linternaute.com