{"id":556436,"date":"2026-08-02T17:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556436\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T17:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T17:48:10","slug":"webtoon-based-live-action-series-high-school-queen-confirms-lead-cast-ahead-of-2027-release-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/556436\/","title":{"rendered":"Webtoon-Based Live-Action Series High School Queen Confirms Lead Cast Ahead of 2027 Release &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Production company confirms Se-jeong Kim, Hyun-sung Bae,  Han-gyeol Jo will star in series<\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" alt=\"hodvnpnaaaawg7.jfif\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/240186\/hodvnpnaaaawg7.jfif.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tvingdotcom\/status\/2082979560816316626\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">TVING&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 TVING<\/p>\n<p>Studio Dragon, the production company for the live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-02-27\/high-school-queen-webtoon-to-receive-live-action-adaptation\/.234652\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">adaptation<\/a> of the webtoon High School Queen,  confirmed on July 31 that Se-jeong Kim, Hyun-sung Bae, and Han-gyeol Jo will star in the series. The fantasy action romance is scheduled to premiere on TVING, a Korean streaming platform, in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The series follows Queen Cheongha Kim, the greatest warrior of the Joseon Dynasty, who awakens 400 years later in the body of high school student Dajin Kim, a victim of school bullying. Combining the dignity of a queen with the instincts of a swordswoman, she sets out to confront those abusing power at her new school.<\/p>\n<p>Se-jeong Kim will play both Cheongha Kim and Dajin Kim, while Hyun-sung Bae has been cast in dual roles as royal guard Won-joo Seong and kendo star Siwoo Seong. Han-gyeol Jo will portray King Nyeong Lee of Joseon and mysterious transfer student Doyoon Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Written by critie and drawn by Nehae, High School Queen has been serialized on WEBTOON since 2024. <\/p>\n<p>The story of the webtoon reads:<\/p>\n<p>\tCheongha Kim, a legendary swordswoman from the Joseon era, awakens centuries later in the body of Dajin Park, a quiet high school student. Armed with deadly combat skills, Cheongha must face school bullies, navigate the chaos of modern-day life, and find her place in a world far different from her own. The halls of Juwon High are about to meet a warrior unlike any they&#8217;ve seen before.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can read the English version of the webtoon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoons.com\/en\/drama\/high-school-queen\/list?title_no=7292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WEBTOON<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20260731048900005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YNA<\/a> (Jin-ri Jang)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Production company confirms Se-jeong Kim, Hyun-sung Bae, Han-gyeol Jo will star in series Image via TVING&#8217;s X\/Twitter account&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-556436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}