Following a reported competitive bidding war between multiple networks, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Apple has won the rights to Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, Apple is now working to develop an international drama series based on Min Jin Lee’s best selling novel.
The potential Pachinko series is written by Soo Hugh (The Terror, The Whispers) who will also be the series’ showrunner and executive producer alongside Lee.
The drama is expected to be told in three different languages: Korean, Japanese and English.
Pachinko series is said to have a big premium budget allotted for the show’s production that is similar to Netflix’s The Crown.