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Blackpink’s Lisa, Fresh Off ‘Loud’ Singapore Concert, Set to Make Film Debut
The new film follows Tygo, a former child soldier seeking revenge in Korea’s criminal underworld, expanding a franchise watched by over 123 million viewers, Netflix said.
- On Friday , streaming platform Netflix announced Tygo, an action film in the Extraction universe starring Lalisa "Lisa" Manobal, Don Lee, and Lee Jin-uk.
- The project adapts an original graphic novel by Anthony and Joe Russo with Ande Parks and is produced by Big Punch Pictures, AGBO and TGIM with Nova Film Inc and B&C Group as co-producers.
- The story centers on Tygo, a former child soldier turned mercenary seeking revenge through Korea’s underworld, with Don Lee as Tygo, Lisa as Lia, Lee Jin-wook as Armand Choi, screenplay by Cha Woo-jin, direction by Lee Sang-yong, and action choreography by Heo Myung-haeng.
- The franchise's prior reach shows the Extraction franchise drew 90 million households to the first film within four weeks and over 123 million views for the second, while this marks Lalisa "Lisa" Manobal's first major film role and Korean screen debut this year.
- According to AGBO's Angela Russo-Otstot, producers said Tygo expands Extraction by integrating Korean filmmaking, with Lee stating 'Tygo brings a distinctly Korean identity into the global Extraction universe.
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BLACKPINK's Lisa to make film debut alongside Ma Dong-seok, says starring in an action movie ‘has long been my dream'
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