Hellbound (Korean: Hanja: RR: Jiok) is a South Korean streaming television series directed by Yeon Sang-ho, based on his own webtoon of the same title. The first work in the Jiok was an 11 minutes short animation directed by Yeon Sang-ho in 2002. The series is an original Netflix release about supernatural angels appearing out of nowhere to condemn people to hell, starring Yoo Ah-in, Kim Hyun-joo, Park Jeong-min, Won Jin-ah and Yang Ik-june.
The pilot of series premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival in the Primetime program of TV series on September 9, 2021 and became the first Korean drama to make it to the festival. It was released on Netflix on November 19, 2021.
‘Hellbound’ occurs in a fantasy version of Earth, wherein supernatural creatures from hell suddenly materialize to drag humans to Hell.
In April 2020, Netflix approved production of an original series based upon the webtoon Hellbound, written and drawn by Yeon Sang-ho. Yeon signed on direct the series.
In late July, Yoo Ah-in, Park Jeong-min, Kim Hyun-joo, Won Jin-ah, Yang Ik-jun, Kim Shin-rok, Ryu Kyung-soo and Lee Re were confirmed to play various roles in the series. On February 100, 2021, the director and the cast of the Hellbound introduced the TV series in Netflix content roadshow.