Wattpad WEBTOON Studios and Thailand’s GMMTV Announce “Beauty Newbie” WEBTOON Television Adaptation
The series will adapt the 1.4 billion-view WEBTOON hit “My ID is Gangnam Beauty!”
View the trailer HERE
LOS ANGELES AND BANGKOK - March 27, 2023 - Wattpad WEBTOON Studios, the fan-driven global entertainment and publishing arm for WEBTOON and Wattpad, and GMMTV, Thailand’s leading content production company and talent agency, today announced the upcoming series Beauty Newbie. Based on Maenggi Ki’s popular WEBTOON digital comic , the My ID is Gangnam Beauty! series will begin production this summer and premiere in early 2024 on GMMTV.
My ID is Gangnam Beauty! is a global webcomic sensation, with over 1.4 billion views from fans around the world on WEBTOON, including a passionate local fanbase in Thailand. The adaptation will follow Liu, a young woman who felt the need to get plastic surgery, and Guy, who is seen as having a “perfect” face. In a world that judges and criticizes based on appearance, can romance blossom between two people who see themselves so differently?
Beauty Newbie stars some of Thailand’s biggest young talents, including Baifern-Pimchanok (The Desire, The Leaves, The Curse of Saree) as Liu, Win-Metawin as Guy (2gether The Series, F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, Devil Sister) Fah-Yongwaree (Nabi, My Stepdarling, The Warp Effect) as Fay and Great-Sapol (Catch Me Baby) as Sense. AtichaTanthanawigrai (F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, The Shipper, Girl from Nowhere) will direct all fourteen episodes of the series. Aron Levitz, David Madden and Dexter Ong will executive produce for Wattpad WEBTOON Studios alongside Sataporn Panichraksapong and Darapa Choeysanguan from GMMTV.
Wattpad WEBTOON Studios produces hit content all over the world, creating global and local hits from some of the biggest names in webcomics and webnovels. The studio currently has more than 100 projects in development or production around the world, including WEBTOON sensations like Rachel Smythe’s 1.2 billion-view Lore Olympus with The Jim Henson Company, and A.Rasen’s nightmare-filled Gremoryland (22.6M views) with Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment.
The studio has also seen a string of hits in Southeast Asia with local partners and services including MediaCorp, Vidio, GMA-7, Screenplay Indonesia and Astro. Wattpad WEBTOON Studios’ projects have broken records in the region with releases like My Nerd Girl, which was the fastest Vidio show ever to hit one million views; Cool Boy vs. Cool Girl, which was the top streamed title in all of Indonesia in May 2022; and other top Wattpad adaptations including LUV is: Caught in His Arms, The Girl He Never Noticed, My Ice Girl and more.
GMMTV's groundbreaking series continue to captivate audiences worldwide, with hit shows like 2gether The Series, 1000Stars, Bad Buddy Series, and My School President, igniting a global "Boys Love" phenomenon and ranking as the No. 1 Twitter Trend in Thailand and around the world while airing.
Not only have these series resonated with viewers, but they have also been recognized by industry professionals with numerous nominations and awards. For example, The Gifted earned “Best Actor in a Supporting Role” at the 2019 Asian Television Awards, while 1000Stars secured the “Special Award for Foreign Drama” at the 2022 Tokyo Drama Awards and “Best LGBTQ+ Programme Made in Asia'' at the 2021 ContentAsia Awards. Other award-winning shows include Bad Buddy Series, which won “Best LGBTQ+ Programme Made in Asia'' at the 2022 ContentAsia Awards and “Best Theme Song” at the 27th Asian Television Awards, and F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, which won “Best Adaptation of an Existing Format” and “Best Actress in a Supporting Role” at the 27th Asian Television Awards, as well as “Best Theme Song or Title Theme” at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2022.
GMMTV's impact extends beyond Thailand, as the company has collaborated with international content companies to license their IPs and adapt series in Thai version. These partnerships include F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers and Cherry Magic, the remakes of popular Japanese manga, My Precious, a Thai adaptation of a Taiwanese movie, and more.
With its continued success, GMMTV remains at the forefront of the entertainment industry, showcasing its ability to produce compelling content that resonates with audiences worldwide.
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