Paramount and HYBE America Studios’ K-Pop Superstar: The Movie will now be known as K-Pop: The Debut with the Benson Lee directed title now shifting from Feb. 12 next year to Feb. 26.
K-Pop: The Debut moves onto a competitive weekend with Warner Bros’ Sam Esmail directed Panic Carefully starring Julia Roberts and Eddie Redmayne and Sony’s family drama Live Like That.
Lee directs off a screenplays by Elyse Hollander and Eileen Shim which follows a young Korean-American woman, who defies her family’s wishes to compete in a televised competition to find the next K-pop girl group in Korea.
Producers are James H. Shin, Arthur Spector, Bryan Oh, Josh Davis and Scott Braun. EPs are Martha Fernandez, John Zaozirny, Josh Bearman, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro and Andrew Lary.
K-Pop: The Debut stars Ji-young Yoo, Eric Nam, Yoo Ji-tae, Tony Revolori, Gia Kim, Ahin Lee, Aliyah Turner, Renata Vaca, Sung Jun, Kang Sora, Hyongchol Lee, Silia Kapsis, Shana Kim, and Park Jubi.