‘Omniscient Reader: The Prophet’ Drops Film Commentary Ahead of July Release

By Soyoon, Ahn

Jun 20, 2025

‘Omniscient Reader The Prophet’ Drops Film Commentary Ahead of July Release
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The movie 'Omniscient Reader's View' has released a film commentary video.

The released film commentary video contains the production team's fierce concerns and passion to create a legendary film, from the background of the film's birth to the intention of directing and the adaptation process. Won Dong-yeon, CEO of Realize Pictures, a production company that recorded 20 million myths with the `Along with the Gods' series, said, `When I first encountered the novel 'Omniscient Reader's Perspective', I hope this story will be realizedI was instantly fascinated by the story with the thought ". He decided to make the film based on the "idea that we should see this work, which tells the story of living with our colleagues, by sharing our feelings with many people in one space." Director Kim Byung-woo was also attracted to the fact that "active and participatory story", and if you can watch it with the character and the audience (in the movie), it would be a good movie for the theater."The idea of " made me decide to direct.

‘Omniscient Reader The Prophet’ Drops Film Commentary Ahead of July Release
Photo provided by Lotte Entertainment
The production team made it a key task to increase cinematic fun and immersion with an adaptation that reflects 'Omniscient Audience Viewpoint'. CEO Won Dong-yeon said that the priority was to approach cinematically within the scope of "the world view, the character, and the message that the writer wanted to contain". Director Kim Byung-woo began designing the story to be complete as a movie, saying, "All episodes are interesting, but when telling them cinematically, the biggest concern is how to combine these stories into a single unified narrative." Director Kim Byung-woo, who believed in creating a fantasy world view with characters with both universality and specificity, said, `If each character's unique skills or hinteriors are excluded, what will happen to these characters?He began to think hard from the point where " The film adaptation was added under the judgment that if the characters were given the choice and story they could make without the background in a crisis situation, they would be able to build more dramatic tension. The story was organized around the process of characters overcoming the crisis with their choices and will, and at the same time, it tried to maintain the basis of the fantasy world view while forming a tension that was more in contact with reality. Regarding the weapon setting, he said, "There are many paintings with similar weapons in the original work, and in the movie, we have given each character a weapon to save." He revealed that he did not neglect visual design to show the character more intuitively and make the audience feel richer in the action scene.




The production team hoped that the message of the work would also reach the audience's heart sincerely. Director Kim Byung-woo emphasized the message that the work intends to convey, saying, `The title is 'Omniscient Reader's View', but the reader is ironically never alone', and CEO Won Dong-yeon emphasized the message that the work intends to convey even in the midst of anxiety and crisis through 'Omniscient Reader's View'. But wouldn't it be comforting just to think that those people are right next to me?," he said, expressing the meaning of his work from the bottom of his heart. The movie 'Omniscient Reader's View', which has been made by numerous staff with deep affection and fierce concerns, will give the audience a new cinematic experience with a spectacular and dynamic narrative and attraction that has never been seen before.

Meanwhile, 'Omniscient Reader's View' is a fantasy action film in which the world of the novel becomes a reality on the day the novel, which has been serialized for more than a decade, is completed, and Kim, the only reader, will survive in a world destroyed with Yoo Joong-hyuk, the protagonist of the novel, and his colleagues, will be released on July 23.





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