[Seoul=RNX News] Reporter Seo-yeon Jeong = ‘Dream to You’ Hwang In-youp, Lee Hye-ri completed a dream combination.
The upcoming 2026 release Genie TV original drama ‘Dream to You’ (Directed by Yoo Seon-dong, Written by Jeong Eun-bi, Planned by KT Studio Genie, Produced by Contents Planner·Big Ocean ENM) is a romantic comedy depicting the aftermath meeting of genius film director Woo Soo-bin (played by Hwang In-youp), who returned after achieving his dream, and livelihood reporter Joo I-jae (played by Lee Hye-ri), who lives forgetting her dream.
The story of the youth rewriting an unfinished movie during the time when they shared the same dream, and the love story not yet ended, offers delightful and exciting real-life sympathy.
Above all, the meeting of Hwang In-youp and Lee Hye-ri, who continue to prove global popularity and topicality with their successful steps, drew explosive attention from domestic and foreign fans.
Additionally, ‘Trigger’ ‘The Uncanny Counter 1,2’ ‘Bad and Crazy’ director Yoo Seon-dong, who received public love, is directing, and Jeong Eun-bi, a writer involved in ‘Doom at Your Service’ ‘Mr. Sunshine’ ‘Goblin’ is writing, boosting expectations.
Hwang In-youp is embarking on a new acting transformation as the genius film director who appeared like a comet and a man who returned to become the present ‘Woo Soo-bin’ role. In the drama, Soo-bin, who only lived in a world designed by his parents during his teenage years, breaks the shell and runs fiercely through his twenties, eventually achieving his dream as a film director.
After making a glamorous debut by sweeping through international film festivals with his first feature film, he returns to Korea to meet his true dream, Joo I-jae.
Hwang In-youp shared, “I’m happy and excited to show a new side through the ‘Woo Soo-bin’ role. I’m doing my best to meet you with a good project with Director Yoo Seon-dong, Writer Jeong Eun-bi, and many actors, so please show a lot of interest” and “I hope you look forward to the new synergy and chemistry between Actor Lee Hye-ri and me.”
Lee Hye-ri adds another life character as the passionate and skilled livelihood reporter, a woman named ‘Joo I-jae’ who wavers, regretting her past.
Joo I-jae, who passed her teens feeling fearless with just one dream, seemed to become just a mundane adult after facing the reality wall in her twenties. She lives as a reporter who owns a fixed corner under her name while embodying strong physical endurance, a sociable disposition, and complete local dialect patches but carries an unknown void. For Soo-bin, ‘dream’ is love, but for Joo I-jae, ‘tragedy’.
Upon hearing the news of Soo-bin, who left one day at the age of nineteen when they dreamed of becoming film directors, she recalls the dream she had been trying to erase.
Lee Hye-ri shared, “I think I can show various aspects through ‘Joo I-jae’. I am also preparing with excitement, so please look forward to it.”
Great expectations are placed on Lee Hye-ri’s romantic comedy return, showcasing her limitless acting spectrum.
Meanwhile, the Genie TV original drama ‘Dream to You’ will broadcast its first episode on channel ENA in 2026, and it will be exclusively available for free VOD on KT Genie TV.