Disney+ Begins Production on The Koreans, a Remake of The Americans

Disney+ has begun production on The Koreans, an upcoming reimagining of the critically acclaimed FX series The Americans, created by Joe Weisberg, showrun by Joel Fields and Weisberg, and starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.

The series will stream exclusively on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the United States.

Set during the wave of democratization and cultural modernization that swept across South Korea in the early 1990s, The Koreans will follow a middle-class family hiding a treasonous secret.

While seemingly ordinary citizens in the eyes of their friends, neighbors, and even their children, both parents are actually elite North Korean spies working to bring down the South from within.

Highlighting the stark difference between these two formerly united countries, the series will follow the spies as they wrestle with conflicting feelings of patriotism, loyalty, identity, and love, while a ruthless Korean counterintelligence agent draws ever closer to discovering their identities.

Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) and Han Ji-min (Heavenly Ever After) star as the undercover spies. The series is directed by Ahn Gilho (The Glory) and adapted by Park Eunkyo (Made in Korea, Mother) from FX’s The Americans. The project is produced by IMAGINUS and Studio AA.

The original FX series The Americans won the Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Drama and was named AFI TV Program of the Year for five consecutive seasons. The full FX series is available to stream on Hulu.

The Koreans joins Disney+ APAC’s expanding slate of high‑octane Korean originals, alongside titles such as Tempest, Made in Korea, and The Tyrant.