{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3dbefaa0d3014a44b45fce4c","clusterId":"c_81060766415e4577b7a07b70","slug":"webtoon-purge-list-gets-live-action-film-with-woo-sung-jung-sung-il-jung-ha-joon","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Webtoon Purge List Gets Live-Action Film With Woo-Sung Jung, Sung-Il Jung, Ha-Joon Wi","summary":"A live-action film adaptation of the webtoon Purge List is in development, with Woo-sung Jung, Sung-il Jung, and Ha-joon Wi confirmed as the lead cast. The hard-boiled period action story follows a young girl's revenge against a ruthless strategist who compiled a deadly purge list.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation brings a prize-winning 2014-2015 webtoon to the screen with a cast of established Korean actors, marking another live-action conversion of a digital comic property.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eWoo-sung Jung will play Myeong-hoe Han, the cold-blooded tactician who systematizes political purges and personally compiles the infamous list. Sung-il Jung takes the role of Banseok, a key figure protecting the secret assassination group formed to eliminate those involved in the coup. Ha-joon Wi makes a special appearance as Prince Suyang, a power-hungry royal driven by ambition to seize the throne.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original webtoon by Jong-hoon Kim won the grand prize at the inaugural Daum Online Comics Contest and was serialized between 2014 and 2015. No official English version of the webtoon is currently available.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Woo-sung Jung plays the villain Han, not the hero. Purge List's live-action cast places the strategist at center, not the avenger Ihwa.","twitterPost":"Woo-sung Jung plays the purge list's creator, not the girl seeking revenge. The film centers the villain's perspective.","threadsPost":"Woo-sung Jung will portray Myeong-hoe Han, the cold-blooded tactician who compiles the purge list. That puts the villain, not the revenge-seeking protagonist Ihwa, at the story's center. The film may be more about the machine of political murder than the girl fighting it.","newsletterBlurb":"A live-action film adaptation of the webtoon Purge List is in development, with Woo-sung Jung, Sung-il Jung, and Ha-joon Wi confirmed as the lead cast. The hard-boiled period action story follows a young girl's revenge against a ruthless strategist who compiled a deadly purge list.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/webtoon-based-live-action-movie-purge-list-confirms-production-lead-cast/.237722\",\"title\":\"Webtoon-Based Live-Action Movie Purge List Confirms Production, Lead Cast\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3672,"outputTokens":577,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779826464,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T15:16:42.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-25T15:30:37.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T15:30:37.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_81060766415e4577b7a07b70","canonicalTitle":"Webtoon-Based Live-Action Movie Purge List Confirms Production, Lead Cast","representativeArticleId":"a_6614d5188342f4e2f638f67a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Purge List\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-25T13:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-25T13:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T15:30:37.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/webtoon-based-live-action-movie-purge-list-confirms-production-lead-cast/.237722","title":"Webtoon-Based Live-Action Movie Purge List Confirms Production, Lead Cast"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Purge List"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Woo-sung Jung plays Myeong-hoe Han, the cold-blooded tactician who compiles the purge list.","Sung-il Jung plays Banseok, a key figure protecting the secret assassination group.","Ha-joon Wi makes a special appearance as Prince Suyang, a power-hungry royal.","The original webtoon by Jong-hoon Kim won the grand prize at the inaugural Daum Online Comics Contest.","The webtoon was serialized between 2014 and 2015."]}