[Official] "Along with the Gods 3" Production Confirmed… Filming to Begin in Second Half of Next Year

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Production has been confirmed for "Along with the Gods: Life and Death," the third installment in the "Along with the Gods" series by director Kim Yong-hwa, which wrote the "double 10-million" myth.

On the 20th, Dexter Studio announced that the "Along with the Gods" series, the first Korean film franchise to see both its first and second installments surpass 10 million viewers, would return with a third story.

Director Kim Yong-hwa has confirmed "Along with the Gods: Life and Death" as his next project and has begun full-scale preparations, aiming to start filming in the second half of 2027. Dexter, which previously brought the afterlife world to the screen, will also participate in the production project as an investor this time.

Based on the popular webtoon of the same name by writer Joo Ho-min, the "Along with the Gods" series sparked a box office boom across Asia with its solid story based on an Eastern afterlife worldview and unprecedented visuals that vividly depicted a hell no one had ever seen. Along with this, it is a representative series that received high praise from both audiences and critics, winning awards such as Best Director, Technical Awards, and Visual Effects Awards at the Blue Dragon Film Awards, Grand Bell Awards, Baeksang Arts Awards, Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, and Movie of the Year Awards.

"Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds," which gained attention for its live-action adaptation of the story of a deceased soul undergoing judgment in seven hells over 49 days alongside the three Yama Kings who guide him, attracted 14.41 million viewers with Director Kim Yong-hwa's direction offering profound humanism and differentiated visuals. The second series, "Along with the Gods: The Last Judgment," began by achieving the highest opening score in Korean film history (1,246,692 people), went on to set new box office records daily, and gathered 12.27 million viewers. As a result, the "Along with the Gods" franchise wrote the record of being the first Korean film series where both the first and second installments surpassed 10 million viewers, breaking through a cumulative total of 26.68 million viewers.

The "Along with the Gods" series is recognized as a franchise IP that has achieved remarkable success not only in the Korean market but also globally. The first and second installments ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, on the all-time box office list for Korean films in Taiwan. Building on the success of the first film, the second set the record for the highest opening score for a Korean film at release in North America, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

"Along with the Gods: Life and Death" depicts the story set in "Guchun (Nine Heavens)," a place where souls who cannot leave for the afterlife due to hearts they could not let go of even in death reside. Following "The Two Worlds," which depicted the seven judgments that punish the sins of the deceased, and "The Last Judgment," which unraveled the bond between the three Yama Kings that has continued for a thousand years, it unfolds the process of the protagonist "Sori," who stands still between life and death, crossing nine worlds to find the song he ultimately could not sing.

Dexter, which is participating as an investor in the production project for the third installment following the first two, will handle the entire post-production process, including VFX (Visual Effects), DI (Digital Intermediate), sound design, and mixing, once again demonstrating its capabilities as a leading domestic "all-in-one content studio." Previously, in the first and second installments, Dexter completed the afterlife world of "Along with the Gods" in live action using VFX used in over 90% of the film's scenes, and enhanced the completion level by taking charge of the entire post-production process, including digital color grading (DI) that perfected the series' unique atmosphere and sensibility, as well as sound design and mixing. With the technical prowess that brought seven hells to the screen, this time it will realize the nine worlds of "Guchun" that no one has ever seen.

Dexter's Kim Wook and Kang Jong-ik (CEO) stated, "The 'Along with the Gods' series is a landmark project that demonstrated how widely loved a film can be by combining Korean VFX technology with a high-quality IP," adding, "Once again, we will complete stories and visuals that only we can create, presenting a K-movie equipped with both entertainment value and artistic quality capable of becoming a mega-hit in the global market."

Attention is turning to whether the third story of the "Along with the Gods" series, returning after more than 10 years, will write another 10-million myth.

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