“Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin has set up two new TV projects for development at Netflix under his newly launched production company.
\n\nLee has established Lila Pictures under his recently-renewed overall deal with the streamer. In addition, he has hired Hyunji Ward to serve as senior VP of Film & Television for Lila Pictures. Ward was previously at UTA and Dakota Johnson’s TeaTime Pictures.
\n\nThe first new project is the limited drama “The Only Child,” which will star Ali Wong, who worked with Lee on the hit first season of “Beef.” Ava Wong Davies will write, with Wong also producing in addition to starring. Wong will star as the mother of a professional archer preparing to compete for her first gold medal.
\n\nThe other project is the drama series “Citizen’s Arrest,” created by Gene Hong, who was a writer and producer on “Beef” Season 2. Per the logline, the series follows “two longtime friends and neighbors whose obsession with solving a local crime becomes an escape from the private crises neither is ready to face.”
\n\n“I’m excited to launch Lila Pictures with the support of my creative home at Netflix and the help of Hyunji Ward, our new SVP of…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/