Lotte Entertainment, the distributor of the live-action film adaptation of the popular Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint novels, confirmed that the film has been pre-sold to distributors in 113 territories. Yonhap News reports that these territories include Japan, Canada, Germany, and the United States, whose release date was previously confirmed by WEBTOON to be for August 1. WEBTOON had added that the film, titled Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy, will receive a global release.
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As previously announced, distributor Purple Plan will distribute the film in Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia (July 30), and Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei on July 31. The film debuts in Korea on July 23.
Author singNsong’s Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint was serialized on Munpia from 2018 to 2020. The novel spawned a popular ongoing webcomic on WEBTOON titled Omniscient Reader, adapted by Umi and illustrated by the artist collective Sleepy-C. To date, it has garnered over 490 million views. Crunchyroll will stream the anime adaptation when it airs. Yen Press licensed the Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint novel series, describing it:
IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU WILL SURVIVE.
Kill each other within the time limit or die. It’s just another evening commute on the train, until the passengers are given an order they can’t disobey. Utter chaos ensues, but ordinary office worker Dokja Kim only feels an unsettling calm. He knows exactly how this will play out! The subway car, the passengers’ reactions, even the bizarre creature that suddenly appears to oversee this sadistic scenario…everything is straight out of his favorite story, an online novel so obscure he is its sole reader. And as the only one who knows where the plot is headed, Dokja must use his knowledge to survive the oncoming apocalypse!
Source: Yonhap News
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