Daniel Dae Kim To Entrance CNN Journey Series ‘Okay-Everything’

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Dae Kim and CNN are getting below the pores and skin of the worldwide Korean popular culture motion.

The actor-producer will entrance Okay-Everything, a four-part CNN journey sequence through which he’ll go on a quest to find how South Korea has sparked a worldwide popular culture motion, driving traits in music, meals, TV and movie. Several main names from the nation’s inventive sector will make cameos.

The multi-platform sequence is in manufacturing and is being made by CNN’s Asia-Pacific-based Global Production groups as a collaboration with CNN Originals. It will premiere subsequent yr as a part of the CNN Originals slate, and Kim is an exec producer.

“I’ve been lucky enough to watch Korea over the years take center stage as a cultural and economic powerhouse,” he mentioned. “It’s a genuine joy teaming up with CNN to explore the many qualities that make the country and its culture so special.”

Okay-content, pushed by the likes of Squid Game and Parasite, has turn out to be among the many most-watched display content material on this planet.

Kim, who first got here to prominence in ABC’s Lost and spent 5 years in Hawaii Five-O, stays some of the well-known Korean-American actors. He not too long ago advised Deadline concerning the shoot for Prime Video sequence Butterfly, which fulfilled a purpose to shoot in Korea for the primary time. Besides performing, he has turn out to be a prolific producer, together with his 3AD Productions label hooked up to the likes of ABC’s medical procedural The Good Doctor and Butterfly, which topped Amazon’s streaming chart within the U.S.

“Daniel brings an exceptional blend of curiosity and thoughtfulness to everything he does, making him the ideal guide for our audiences, who are eager to explore how Korean culture has become a global cultural phenomenon,” mentioned Amy Entelis, Executive Vice President of Talent at CNN Originals and Creative Development for CNN Worldwide. 

Executive producers for Okay-Everything are Kim, Entelis, Ellana Lee, Katie Hinman, Jon Jensen and Ryan Smith for CNN Original Series. It marks the primary collaboration between the community’s CNN Originals and APAC-based Global Productions groups. South Korean automotive big Hyundai Motor Company is sponsoring the sequence.

Kim’s different credit embody Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon. He additionally featured in Netflix’s worldwide animated phenomenon, Kpop Demon Hunters, which has turn out to be probably the most watched movie of all time on the platform. Last yr, he starred in David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face on the Roundabout Theater on Broadway, and was nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Play on the 2025 Tony Awards, turning into the primary AAPI actor to be nominated in that class.

Kim is repped by UTA, Linden Entertainment, and Gang Tyre.