Actor Lee Min-gi and Monsta X's Hyungwon will portray senior and junior grim reapers whose afterlife operates like a workplace.
The Grim Reaper Life-Extension Project (screenplay by Hyun Ra-hee, directed by Lee Gye-byeok, produced by Take One Studio, Hyperplot), scheduled for release in the second half of 2026, announced the casting of Lee Min-gi and Monsta X's Hyungwon.
The Grim Reaper Life-Extension Project is a human black comedy in which a principle-driven rookie grim reaper and a mentor grim reaper who breaks professional rules form a duo that meddles in prohibited life-extension. Director Lee Gye-byeok, who directed the films Lucky and Cheer Up, Mr. Lee and the Netflix series Sweet & Sour, is directing.
Through a depiction of the afterlife that operates much like a workplace, The Grim Reaper Life-Extension Project raises questions about attitudes toward life and death, with Lee Min-gi and Hyungwon playing the mentor and rookie grim reapers, respectively. Lee Min-gi plays Kangrim, a mentor grim reaper who always skirts the rules but ranks first in results, and Hyungwon plays Junho, a rookie grim reaper who pursues only principles and treats death as just a job.
The Grim Reaper Project, conceived from early production as a multi-format project encompassing film, midform and shortform, said, "All filming is complete and postproduction is underway, and it is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2026."
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