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Covenant Pictures PROJECT
Title PAPERMAN
Genre Crime, Drama Target Adults aged over 18 (R)
Content Type TV Series Format 8eps x 60mins
Phase In writing Platform TBD
Projected Budget USD 24M
Target Investment Amount USD 2M+
Description
"What's real and what's fake?" Gangwon Land, the only casino for locals in South Korea,
is the site of a massive counterfeiting scandal that has swept the country. A red-blind
man painstakingly hand-paints these fake bills to make them look more authentic than
COMPANY the real thing. [PAPERMAN] is the story of a man whose life has been faked since birth,
his attempt to beat the real thing with counterfeiting, and the family business that's
Industry Film and TV Series Production inextricably linked to it.
CEO Justin CHOI, Young Han LEE Key Strengths
JANG Jae-hyun, the next generation of Korean filmmaker, presents a unique original
Key Content [Desperate Mr. X], TV Series, 2022 8-episode story, [PAPERMAN], and will be involved in the project as a creator. JANG's
[ONE], TV Series, 2023
[Us and Them], Feature Film, 2024 most recent supernatural Korean feature film, 2024 [EXHUMA], the #6 highest-
grossing K-film of all time in South Korea, made a sensational impact on the Asian film
Contact Point justin_choi@covenantpic.com industry, grossing over US$100M worldwide.
Introduction
Founded in 2020 and backed by strategic partners from Korea, Taiwan and Singapore,
the company has a number of K-content formats in the works with talented filmmakers.
The first TV series [Desperate Mr. X] was streamed and aired on local OTT Wavve and
free TV in 2022. [ONE] was an overseas co-production TV series with a HK company
led by renowned filmmaker Peter Chan. The remake of the Chinese mega-hit film 'Us
and Them' is in-post for a 2025 theatrical release by local studio Showbox.
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