Kim Woo-bin. Picture: courtesy of Netflix.
Kim Woo-bin is returning to tv with a brand new drama titled Present (also called Gifted), a live-action adaptation of the favored Kakao webtoon of the identical identify.
Present is dipped in pure fantasy, mixing a sports activities setting with a supernatural twist. The central narrative follows an elite skilled coach whose life takes a sudden, relatively unimaginable detour after a extreme accident adjustments the person’s life perpetually. The incident triggers a mysterious, extraordinary capability that permits him to learn and determine baseball expertise at a look. Armed with this newfound magical perception, he unexpectedly winds up as the top coach of a highschool’s novice baseball crew, a struggling squad caught on the absolute backside of the rankings.
Kim Woo-bin will star as Jung Min-yong, a veteran professional pitching coach caught up on this unusual accident. Min-yong is a heat and type mentor, prioritizing the real progress of his gamers method above scoreboards, stats, or profitable video games. He’s a basic softie who’d purchase meals for his juniors throughout breaks or his spare time, but he stays a extremely dedicated mentor and meticulous teacher on the sphere who refuses to let his gamers slack off. His heartwarming and barely exasperating character will information his ragtag highschool crew by way of a passionate, intense, and emotional coming-of-age story of non-public progress and self-discovery.
Present marks the Hallyu star’s subsequent fantasy collection, following Genie, Make a Want (2025), during which he portrayed an unpredictable and overly emotional spirit named Iblis who’s launched from a lamp after a thousand years by Bae Suzy’s character, Ki Ka-young, a wholly impassive lady. The present additionally reunites him with director Kim Kyu-tae, who directed the acclaimed omnibus melodrama Our Blues (2022), the place Kim Woo-bin performed Park Jeong-joon, a benevolent ship captain and bus driver on Jeju Island. In response to The Chosun Day by day, Present will likely be launched through the second half of 2026.