The live-action film adaptation of Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, titled Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy, will officially premiere in theaters worldwide starting in July 2025. The film will be released in South Korea on July 23, 2025, with a North American release scheduled for August 1, 2025. Lotte Entertainment is handling distribution, with this being the first of a five planned feature films.
Directed by Kim Byung-woo and produced by Won Dong-yeon, the film is based on the web novel by singNsong and its popular webtoon adaptation illustrated by Sleepy-C and serialized on WEBTOON. The story follows Kim Dok-ja, a regular office worker who becomes the only person aware of the events from a web novel as they begin unfolding in real life. An anime adaptation is currently in production.
The confirmed main cast includes:
- Ahn Hyo-seop as Kim Dok-ja
- Lee Min-ho as Yoo Joong-hyuk
- Jisoo (BLACKPINK) as Lee Ji-hye
- Chae Soo-bin as Yoo Sang-ah
- Shin Seung-ho as Lee Hyun-sung
- Park Ho-san as Gong Pil-doo
- Choi Young-joon as Han Myung-oh
- Nana as Jung Hee-won
- Kwon Eun-seong as Lee Gil-young
The launch trailer was released on March 2, while you can watch the recently revealed main trailer below.
Several preview images were also revealed:
Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint began as a web novel written by singNsong, first published on Munpia in 2018. Since then, the franchise has expanded into multiple formats, getting a large global following along the way. The webcomic adaptation, illustrated by the artist collective Sleepy-C and adapted by Umi, is currently serialized on WEBTOON under the title Omniscient Reader. As of June 18, 2025, the series has accumulated over 480 million views over 259 chapters.
Anime Corner had the chance to have an interview with the head of Sleepy-C, lead artist for Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, where they discussed the path from early drawing to directing the webtoon’s art at Studio 3D2S. Yen Press is publishing a print version of the webtoon as a graphic novel, describing the story:
As a struggling office worker, Dokja Kim’s sole joy in life is an online novel so obscure that he’s its only reader. Then one day the story comes to an end…and so does the world. People all around the globe suddenly find themselves being massacred by horrific monsters or pitted against each other in sadistic scenarios straight out of the novel. However, only Dokja is aware that this is merely the first chapter of what is to come. Knowing that devastating plot twists are on the horizon, he can no longer afford to sit back as a reader—it’s time for Dokja to step up and write his own destiny!
Source: Lotte Entertainment Official YouTube and X, WEBTOON Official X
© Sleepy-C, Umi, singNsong, REDICE STUDIO, LDF
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