''Chicken Nugget'' () is an upcoming South Korean

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directed by Lee Byeong-heon, and starring

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of the same name, it is a comic mystery chase drama about the struggles of a father to recover his daughter who entered a mysterious machine and turned into a chicken nugget, assisted by a man who has a crush on her. It will be released on

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in 2024.

Synopsis

Choi Min-ah (

), the daughter of a company president, mistakes a new machine as a device which helps her with her fatigue, and she is accidentally turned into a chicken nugget. As her father, Choi Seon-man (

) and intern Go Baek-joong (

) who has a crush on her, try to turn her back into a human, they discover unexpected secrets.

Cast

Main

as Choi Seon-man : The president of All Machines, who tries to turn his daughter back into a human. *

as Baek-joong : An intern who has a crush on his boss's daughter, Min-ah.

Special appearance

as Choi Min-ah : Choi Seon-man's daughter who enters a mysterious machine thinking it is a fatigue recovery machine and turns into a chicken nugget. * Jung Ho-yeon

Production

In November 2022, it was reported that filming is currently in progress. In an interview, director Lee Byung-hun said, "We recently finished filming and will be released on Netflix at the earliest at the end of 2023, or early next year at the latest".

References

External links

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''Chicken Nugget''
at

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