{"rewrite":{"id":"r_37ff8174707b49dcb3aaeb12","clusterId":"c_87b7240b2bb1976162ece534","slug":"krafton-taps-donald-glover-for-netflix-live-action-pubg-drama","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"KRAFTON Taps Donald Glover To Lead Netflix PUBG Live-Action Drama","summary":"KRAFTON announced on October 30 that a live-action drama series based on the battle royale game PUBG is in planning and production at Netflix. Donald Glover will direct, write, executive produce and star in the series. His brother Stephen Glover joins as writer and executive producer. Michael Schaefer of NEON TV and Fam Udeorji of Gilga are also executive producers. On the KRAFTON side, the entertainment division LV3H handles planning, development and production, with Chang Taeseok and Lee Sujin serving as executive producers. Donald Glover won two Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards and worked on Atlanta and Community. No key visuals, story details or footage have been released, and the streaming date is undecided. Further details will be announced later.","whyItMatters":"PUBG built its audience on a game that foregrounds no fixed story or cast, so the adaptation has to invent its characters from scratch rather than compress an existing plot.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGame Spark ties the project to KRAFTON\u0026#39;s wider push into original entertainment content, and notes that the company has been building out media around the battle royale\u0026#39;s setting, including a live-action video series about PUBG\u0026#39;s background and an anime project with Adi Shankar.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Glover\u0026#39;s music work as Childish Gambino, including Grammy-winning songs, comes up in the same coverage. The executive producer roster is split between Hollywood and Seoul: Schaefer of NEON TV, Udeorji of Gilga, and Chang Taeseok and Lee Sujin of LV3H, the KRAFTON entertainment unit handling planning, development and production. Automaton notes that PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS was created by Brendan Greene, also known as PlayerUnknown, and launched under that name in 2017, and has been free-to-play since January 2022. Game Spark credits the game with seven Guinness World Records. None of the outlets has seen footage, and all say the story and streaming date are still open.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Donald Glover writes, directs and stars in the PUBG series, with brother Stephen Glover co-writing. That pairing puts a character-driven comedy pedigree behind a battle royale adaptation with no story details released yet.","twitterPost":"Donald Glover directing, writing and starring in the PUBG series puts a character-first creator behind a game with no fixed protagonist.","threadsPost":"Donald Glover takes director, writer and lead actor credits on the PUBG series, with Stephen Glover co-writing. PUBG has no named hero or fixed plot, so the brothers are building characters from a ruleset, and KRAFTON has released no visuals or story details yet.","newsletterBlurb":"KRAFTON says a live-action PUBG drama is in the works at Netflix, with Donald Glover directing, writing, executive producing and starring. His brother Stephen Glover also writes and executive produces. No footage, story or release date yet.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GAME Watch (Impress)\",\"url\":\"https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2152478.html\",\"title\":\"PUBG Gets a Live-Action Adaptation! 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