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| writer = Kim Tae-yong<br />Min Ye-ji
| writer = Kim Tae-young<br />Min Ye-ji
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* [[Tang Wei]]
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| budget = {{KRW|18}} billion<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim Tae-ho|date=June 11, 2024|title=영화 '원더랜드'에 사활 건 투자배급사 '에이스메이커'|trans-title='Ace Maker', an investment and distribution company, has a life-or-death stake in the movie 'Wonderland'|url=https://www.newstof.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=22764|access-date=June 11, 2024|work=Newstof|language=ko|archive-date=June 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610100820/https://www.newstof.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=22764|url-status=live}}</ref>
| budget = {{KRW|18}} billion<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim Tae-ho|date=June 11, 2024|script-title=ko:영화 '원더랜드'에 사활 건 투자배급사 '에이스메이커'|trans-title='Ace Maker', an investment and distribution company, has a life-or-death stake in the movie 'Wonderland'|url=https://www.newstof.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=22764|access-date=June 11, 2024|work=Newstof|language=ko|archive-date=June 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610100820/https://www.newstof.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=22764|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = {{USD|4.3}} million<ref name="box:korea" />
| gross = {{USD|4.3}} million<ref name="box:korea" />
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'''''Wonderland''''' ({{Korean|원더랜드}}) is a 2024 South Korean [[science fiction]] [[romance film|romantic]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Kim Tae-yong]], and starring [[Tang Wei]], [[Bae Suzy]], [[Park Bo-gum]], [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]], and [[Choi Woo-shik]].<ref name="10asia">{{Cite news|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/movie/article/2020031302994#_enliple|title=[단독]박보검·수지·공유·탕웨이·정유미·최우식 '원더랜드' 넷플릭스로 해외공개|trans-title=[TEN Issue] "These actors are in a movie?"...'Wonderland Alien' Unbelievable express lineup|work=Ten Asia|author=Noh Gyu-min|publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]]|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=May 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511112249/https://tenasia.hankyung.com/movie/article/2020031302994#_enliple|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a story about reuniting with a departed family member or lover via video call.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Wonderland.php|title=Wonderlan Movie 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628102202/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Wonderland.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released theatrically on June 5, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim Na-yeon |date=March 22, 2024 |title=오래 기다렸다..박보검·수지→공유·탕웨이 '원더랜드', 6월 개봉 확정 [공식] |trans-title=I've waited a long time...Park Bo-gum, Suzy → Gong Yoo, Tang Wei 'Wonderland' confirmed to be released in June [Official] |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0003222875 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |via=Naver |work=Star News |language=ko |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328031055/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0003222875 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 23, 2024|title=탕웨이·수지·박보검 '원더랜드' 6월 5일 개봉|trans-title=Tang Wei, Suzy, Park Bo-gum's 'Wonderland' opens on June 5|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/241/0003345802|access-date=April 23, 2024|author=Lee Se-bin|work=IS Plus|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423011932/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/241/0003345802|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Wonderland''''' ({{Korean|원더랜드}}) is a 2024 South Korean [[science fiction]] [[romance film|romantic]] [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Kim Tae-yong]], and starring [[Tang Wei]], [[Bae Suzy]], [[Park Bo-gum]], [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]], and [[Choi Woo-shik]].<ref name="10asia">{{Cite news|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/movie/article/2020031302994#_enliple|script-title=ko:[단독]박보검·수지·공유·탕웨이·정유미·최우식 '원더랜드' 넷플릭스로 해외공개|trans-title=[TEN Issue] "These actors are in a movie?"...'Wonderland Alien' Unbelievable express lineup|work=Ten Asia|author=Noh Gyu-min|publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]]|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=May 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511112249/https://tenasia.hankyung.com/movie/article/2020031302994#_enliple|url-status=live}}</ref> The story follows a group of people who interact with an A.I. program to communicate with an A.I. generated version of their deceased loved one.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Wonderland.php|title=Wonderlan Movie 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=June 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628102202/https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Wonderland.php|url-status=live}}</ref>


The film was released theatrically on June 5, 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim Na-yeon |date=March 22, 2024 |script-title=ko:오래 기다렸다..박보검·수지→공유·탕웨이 '원더랜드', 6월 개봉 확정 [공식] |trans-title=I've waited a long time...Park Bo-gum, Suzy → Gong Yoo, Tang Wei 'Wonderland' confirmed to be released in June [Official] |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0003222875 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |via=[[Naver]] |work=Star News |language=ko |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328031055/https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=108&aid=0003222875 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 23, 2024|script-title=ko:탕웨이·수지·박보검 '원더랜드' 6월 5일 개봉|trans-title=Tang Wei, Suzy, Park Bo-gum's 'Wonderland' opens on June 5|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/241/0003345802|access-date=April 23, 2024|author=Lee Se-bin|work=IS Plus|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|archive-date=April 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423011932/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/241/0003345802|url-status=live}}</ref> and on Netflix on July 26, 2024.
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== Premise ==

Wonderland is an [[artificial intelligence]] that allows people to communicate with their departed loved ones through simulated video calls. Jeong-in, a [[flight attendant]], asks to meet her [[Coma|comatose]] boyfriend Tae-joo, while Bai Li joins the service to be able to talk to her daughter even after being dead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sun-ah |first=Shim |date=2024-05-09 |title='Wonderland' lets you video call your lost loved ones |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240509007300315 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}</ref>
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== Plot ==
An archeologist named Bai Li sets out on an expedition in the desert while making frequent calls to her young daughter Bai Jia. Jeong-in, a [[flight attendant]], is often calling her boyfriend Tae-joo, an [[astronaut]]. Both Bai Li's family and Jeong-in are customers of Wonderland, an [[artificial intelligence]] that allows people to communicate with their departed loved ones through simulated video calls. Jeong-in brings the real Tae-joo home after he awakens from his [[coma]].

Hae-ri, a Wonderland manager, fields video calls from her parents, who tease her about her relationship with her junior, Hyeon-soo. Hae-ri and Hyeon-soo handle the case of a grandmother whose dead grandson in the Wonderland system is exploiting her, and that of Yong-sik, a dying man whom Hyeon-soo suspects is his biological father.

Bai Li's mother Hwaran considers ending the service and telling her granddaughter that Li has passed away. Meanwhile, Jeong-in becomes uncomfortable with how Tae-joo has changed since he woke up, and begins to turn to the Wonderland version of him. Tae-joo is suspected of starting a fire in their apartment building, frustrating Jeong-in further. A suspicious Tae-joo visits Jeong-in at her gate and learns of her Wonderland subscription; he emotionally bids her goodbye at the gate.

While at the airport Hwaran loses track of Jia, and her Wonderland service is deactivated while searching for the girl. Within the program Bai Li attempts to leave and help find her daughter but is stopped by various roadblocks. She eventually drives through a sandstorm, approaching the [[operating system]] and causing glitches in other simulacra despite Hae-ri and Hyeon-soo's attempts to stop her. They summon Sung-joon, who lets Bai Li enter the central server. Hae-ri, having lost her own parents, allows Bai Li to move to the airport network, where she asks the Wonderland subscribers to help her find her daughter. Tae-joo rescues Jia, who accepts her mother's death. Jeong-in tells Tae-joo why she subscribed to Wonderlandand. She deactivates her service and the two reconcile.

In the epilogue, Hyeon-soo introduces his mother to the Wonderland version of Yong-sik.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]] as Hae-ri<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-jung-yu-mi-marks-strange-shift-from-feminism-to-fantasy-145713.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Jung Yu-mi Marks Strange Shift From Feminism to Fantasy |first=William |last=Schwartz|date = October 4, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2021|website=[[HanCinema]]}}</ref>
* [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]] as Hae-ri<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-jung-yu-mi-marks-strange-shift-from-feminism-to-fantasy-145713.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Jung Yu-mi Marks Strange Shift From Feminism to Fantasy |first=William |last=Schwartz|date = October 4, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2021|website=[[HanCinema]]}}</ref>
* [[Choi Woo-shik]] as Hyeon-soo
* [[Choi Woo-shik]] as Hyeon-soo
* [[Gong Ji-cheol]] as Song-youn
* [[Gong Yoo]] as Song-youn
* [[Nina Paw]] as Bai Li's mother
* [[Nina Paw]] as Bai Li's mother
* Sung Byung-sook as Song Jeong-ran<ref name="supporting">{{Cite news |last=Hong Bae-eum |date=June 1, 2024 |title=탕준상-성병숙, 우리도 '원더랜드' 출연해요~(VIP시사회)[뉴스엔TV] |trans-title=Tang Jun-sang and Seong Byeong-sook, we will also appear in 'Wonderland'~ (VIP preview) [News & TV] |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000860402?cid=1073789 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=Newsen |via=[[Naver]] |language=ko |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610164723/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000860402?cid=1073789 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Sung Byung-sook as Song Jeong-ran<ref name="supporting">{{Cite news |last=Hong Bae-eum |date=June 1, 2024 |script-title=ko:탕준상-성병숙, 우리도 '원더랜드' 출연해요~(VIP시사회)[뉴스엔TV] |trans-title=Tang Jun-sang and Seong Byeong-sook, we will also appear in 'Wonderland'~ (VIP preview) [News & TV] |url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000860402?cid=1073789 |access-date=April 23, 2024 |work=Newsen |via=[[Naver]] |language=ko |archive-date=June 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610164723/https://m.entertain.naver.com/article/609/0000860402?cid=1073789 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Choi Moo-sung]] as Lee Yong-sik
* [[Choi Moo-sung]] as Lee Yong-sik
* [[Tang Jun-sang]] as Choi Jin-gu, Jeong-ran's grandson<ref name="supporting" />
* [[Tang Jun-sang]] as Choi Jin-gu, Jeong-ran's grandson<ref name="supporting" />
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* [[Jeon Su-ji]] as Jeong-in's colleague
* [[Jeon Su-ji]] as Jeong-in's colleague
* [[Darcy Paquet]] as Danny
* [[Darcy Paquet]] as Danny
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* [[Gong Yoo]] as Sung-joon<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 13, 2024|script-title=ko:'원더랜드', 비주얼 잔치 예고..박보검·수지에 공유까지 특별출연|trans-title='Wonderland', a visual feast announced... Park Bo-gum, Suzy, and even Gong Yoo make special appearances|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/109/0005076133|access-date=May 13, 2024|author=Kang Seo-jeong|work={{ill|Osen (newspaper)|ko|OSEN|lt=OSEN}}|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702075319/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/109/0005076133|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Special appearances===
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* [[Gong Yoo]] as Sung-joon<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 13, 2024|title='원더랜드', 비주얼 잔치 예고..박보검·수지에 공유까지 특별출연|trans-title='Wonderland', a visual feast announced... Park Bo-gum, Suzy, and even Gong Yoo make special appearances|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/109/0005076133|access-date=May 13, 2024|author=Kang Seo-jeong|work=Osen|publisher=[[Naver]]|language=ko|archive-date=July 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702075319/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/109/0005076133|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Kim Sung-ryung]] as Hyeon-soo's mother
* [[Kim Sung-ryung]] as Hyeon-soo's mother
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==Production==
==Production==
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===Casting===
===Casting===
On June 26, 2019, [[Bae Suzy]] received an offer to appear in the film.<ref name="suzy">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002792719|title =수지, '만추' 김태용 감독 신작 '원더랜드' 호흡|trans-title =Suzy, breathing 'Wonderland', director Kim Tae-yong's 'Late Autumn'|work =Star News|author =Hyung-Hwa|publisher =Naver|date =June 26, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044146/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002792719|url-status =live}}</ref> On July 2, 2019, [[Choi Woo-shik]]'s agency reported that they considered a proposal of appearance in the film positively.<ref name="choi">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000743317|title =최우식 측 "영화 '원더랜드' 제안 받고 긍정 검토 중" [공식입장]|trans-title =Choi Woo-sik's “Affirmative review after receiving a proposal for the movie 'Wonderland'” [Official position]|work =Sports Dong-A|author =Jo Yoo-kyung|publisher =Naver|date =July 2, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044140/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000743317|url-status =live}}</ref> On 25 September 2019, [[Park Bo-gum]]'s agency Blossom Entertainment reported that they reviewed an offer of appearance in the film.<ref name="gum">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/468/0000567415|title =박보검, 수지와 '원더랜드' 커플될까..소속사 "긍정검토중"|trans-title =Park Bo-gum, Suzy and'Wonderland' will be a couple...|work =Sports Seoul|author =Seong gyeong-ji|publisher =Naver|date =September 25, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044140/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/468/0000567415|url-status =live}}</ref> In August 2019, a representative from the production team reported that [[Tang Wei]] was considering the offer of lead role in her husband's film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-tang-wei-considers-offer-to-appear-in-husband-kim-tae-yong-s-latest-movie-wonderland-133103.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Tang Wei Considers Offer to Appear in Husband Kim Tae-yong's Latest Movie "Wonderland"|first=William|last=Schwartz|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=July 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044146/https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-tang-wei-considers-offer-to-appear-in-husband-kim-tae-yong-s-latest-movie-wonderland-133103.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 11, 2019 it was reported that [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]] joined the cast of the film.<ref name="yumi">{{Cite news|url = https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002822869|title = [단독]정유미, '원더랜드' 합류..배수지·박보검·최우식·탕웨이 등 라인업|trans-title = [Exclusive] Jung Yu-mi joins 'Wonderland'|work = Star News|author = Hyung-Hwa|publisher = Naver|date = November 11, 2019|access-date = December 5, 2020|language = ko|archive-date = April 4, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230404224915/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002822869|url-status = live}}</ref> On 11 March, 2020 it was reported that [[Gong Yoo]] considered the role of Tang Wei's husband.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-gong-yoo-considering-offer-for-wonderland-139485.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Gong Yoo Considering Offer for "Wonderland"|first=William|last=Schwartz|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=July 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044145/https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-gong-yoo-considering-offer-for-wonderland-139485.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
On June 26, 2019, [[Bae Suzy]] received an offer to appear in the film.<ref name="suzy">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002792719|script-title=ko:수지, '만추' 김태용 감독 신작 '원더랜드' 호흡|trans-title =Suzy, breathing 'Wonderland', director Kim Tae-yong's 'Late Autumn'|work =Star News|author =Hyung-Hwa|publisher=[[Naver]]|date =June 26, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044146/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002792719|url-status =live}}</ref> On July 2, 2019, [[Choi Woo-shik]]'s agency reported that they considered a proposal of appearance in the film positively.<ref name="choi">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000743317|script-title=ko:최우식 측 "영화 '원더랜드' 제안 받고 긍정 검토 중" [공식입장]|trans-title =Choi Woo-sik's "Affirmative review after receiving a proposal for the movie 'Wonderland'" [Official position]|work =Sports Dong-A|author =Jo Yoo-kyung|publisher=[[Naver]]|date =July 2, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044140/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/382/0000743317|url-status =live}}</ref> On 25 September 2019, [[Park Bo-gum]]'s agency Blossom Entertainment reported that they reviewed an offer of appearance in the film.<ref name="gum">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/468/0000567415|script-title=ko:박보검, 수지와 '원더랜드' 커플될까..소속사 "긍정검토중"|trans-title =Park Bo-gum, Suzy and'Wonderland' will be a couple...|work =Sports Seoul|author =Seong gyeong-ji|publisher=[[Naver]]|date =September 25, 2019|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =July 21, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044140/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/468/0000567415|url-status =live}}</ref> In August 2019, a representative from the production team reported that [[Tang Wei]] was considering the offer of lead role in her husband's film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-tang-wei-considers-offer-to-appear-in-husband-kim-tae-yong-s-latest-movie-wonderland-133103.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Tang Wei Considers Offer to Appear in Husband Kim Tae-yong's Latest Movie "Wonderland"|first=William|last=Schwartz|date=August 30, 2019|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=July 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044146/https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-tang-wei-considers-offer-to-appear-in-husband-kim-tae-yong-s-latest-movie-wonderland-133103.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 11, 2019 it was reported that [[Jung Yu-mi (actress, born 1983)|Jung Yu-mi]] joined the cast of the film.<ref name="yumi">{{Cite news|url = https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002822869|script-title=ko:[단독]정유미, '원더랜드' 합류..배수지·박보검·최우식·탕웨이 등 라인업|trans-title = [Exclusive] Jung Yu-mi joins 'Wonderland'|work = Star News|author = Hyung-Hwa|publisher=[[Naver]]|date = November 11, 2019|access-date = December 5, 2020|language = ko|archive-date = April 4, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230404224915/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002822869|url-status = live}}</ref> On 11 March 2020 it was reported that [[Gong Yoo]] considered the role of Tang Wei's husband.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-gong-yoo-considering-offer-for-wonderland-139485.html|title=[HanCinema's News] Gong Yoo Considering Offer for "Wonderland"|first=William|last=Schwartz|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|website=[[HanCinema]]|archive-date=July 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721044145/https://www.hancinema.net/hancinema-s-news-gong-yoo-considering-offer-for-wonderland-139485.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Filming===
===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] began in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/11/2020031101963.html|title=[SC이슈] "탕웨이→공유까지"…초호화 캐스팅 '원더랜드', 코로나19 여파로 4월 크랭크인|trans-title=[SC Issue] "Tang Wei → Sharing"... Super luxurious casting 'Wonderland' cranks in April in the aftermath of Corona 19|author=Jo Ji-young|work=[[Sports Chosun]]|publisher=Chosun|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405222105/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/11/2020031101963.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020 the film was shot in studios in [[Paju]], [[Gyeonggi Province]] and [[Jeonju]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001179277|title="파주에서♥" 탕웨이, 남편 김태용 감독과 영화 촬영 중인 근황 [★해시태그]|trans-title="In Paju♥" Tang Wei, husband, director Kim Tae-yong, and the recent filming of a movie|work=X-Sports News|publisher=Naver|author=Hwang Soo-yeon|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406043650/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001179277|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming was completed in September 2020, except for some scenes featuring [[Tang Wei]], which were scheduled for filming in January 2021.<ref name="star" />
[[Principal photography]] began in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/11/2020031101963.html|title=[SC이슈] "탕웨이→공유까지"…초호화 캐스팅 '원더랜드', 코로나19 여파로 4월 크랭크인|trans-title=[SC Issue] "Tang Wei → Sharing"... Super luxurious casting 'Wonderland' cranks in April in the aftermath of Corona 19|author=Jo Ji-young|work=[[Sports Chosun]]|publisher=Chosun|date=March 11, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|language=ko|archive-date=April 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405222105/https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/03/11/2020031101963.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2020 the film was shot in studios in [[Paju]], [[Gyeonggi Province]] and [[Jeonju]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001179277|script-title=ko:"파주에서♥" 탕웨이, 남편 김태용 감독과 영화 촬영 중인 근황 [★해시태그]|trans-title="In Paju♥" Tang Wei, husband, director Kim Tae-yong, and the recent filming of a movie|work=X-Sports News|publisher=[[Naver]]|author=Hwang Soo-yeon|date=July 23, 2020|access-date=December 5, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406043650/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001179277|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming was completed in September 2020, except for some scenes featuring [[Tang Wei]], which were scheduled for filming in January 2021.<ref name="star" />


==Release==
==Release==
On October 22, 2020, distributors Acemaker Movieworks and Netflix reached an agreement that the film would be released worldwide by Netflix except in South Korea and China. Netflix disclosed that they were in discussion with Acemaker for overseas releases since the beginning of the filming. After long negotiations, Acemaker finally agreed to a contract with Netflix for about 30% of post-production cost. The film was planned to be released on Netflix.<ref name="star">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002903399|title =[단독]박보검·수지·공유·탕웨이·정유미·최우식 '원더랜드' 넷플릭스로 해외공개|trans-title =[Exclusive] Park Bo-gum, Suji, Gong-Gong, Tang Wei, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-sik,'Wonderland' released overseas on Netflix|work =Star News|author =Hyung-hwa|publisher =Naver|date =October 22, 2020|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =April 5, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230405220604/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002903399|url-status =live}}</ref>
On October 22, 2020, distributors Acemaker Movieworks and Netflix reached an agreement that the film would be released worldwide by Netflix except in South Korea and China. Netflix disclosed that they were in discussion with Acemaker for overseas releases since the beginning of the filming. After long negotiations, Acemaker finally agreed to a contract with Netflix for about 30% of post-production cost. The film was planned to be released on Netflix.<ref name="star">{{Cite news|url =https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002903399|script-title=ko:[단독]박보검·수지·공유·탕웨이·정유미·최우식 '원더랜드' 넷플릭스로 해외공개|trans-title =[Exclusive] Park Bo-gum, Suji, Gong-Gong, Tang Wei, Jung Yu-mi, Choi Woo-sik,'Wonderland' released overseas on Netflix|work =Star News|author =Hyung-hwa|publisher=[[Naver]]|date =October 22, 2020|access-date =December 5, 2020|language =ko|archive-date =April 5, 2023|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20230405220604/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0002903399|url-status =live}}</ref>


''Wonderland'' was released in theaters in South Korea on June 5, 2024, and on Netflix on July 26, 2024.
''Wonderland'' was released in theaters in South Korea on June 5, 2024, and on Netflix on July 26, 2024.
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==Reception==
==Reception==


The film was released on June 5, 2024 on 1,165 screens.<ref name="trp:korea">{{Cite web|title=Wonderland, 2024 at KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) Box office: Korean films|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20191143|work=[[Korean Film Council|KOFIC]]|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> It opened at first place on Korean box office with 94,777 admissions and a gross of US$615,180,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/421/0007585838|title= '원더랜드' 개봉 첫날 1위…변요한·신혜선 '그녀가 죽었다' 100만 돌파 [Nbox]|trans-title= 'Wonderland' ranked first on the first day of release... Byun Yo-han and Shin Hye-sun's 'She's Dead' exceeds 1 million [Nbox]|author= Jang Ah-reum|work= News 1|publisher= Naver|date= June 6, 2024|access-date= June 6, 2024|language= ko|archive-date= June 6, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606023041/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/421/0007585838|url-status= live}}</ref> it retained its first place for next 3 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/144/0000967111 |title='원더랜드' 개봉 4일째 1위 |trans-title='Wonderland' ranked first on the 4th day of release |author=Lee Da-won |work= Sports Kyunghyang |publisher=Naver |date= June 9, 2024|access-date=June 9, 2024 |language=ko}}</ref>
The film was released on June 5, 2024 on 1,165 screens.<ref name="trp:korea">{{Cite web|title=Wonderland, 2024 at KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) Box office: Korean films|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20191143|work=[[Korean Film Council|KOFIC]]|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> It opened at first place on Korean box office with 94,777 admissions and a gross of US$615,180,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/421/0007585838|script-title=ko:'원더랜드' 개봉 첫날 1위…변요한·신혜선 '그녀가 죽었다' 100만 돌파 [Nbox]|trans-title= 'Wonderland' ranked first on the first day of release... Byun Yo-han and Shin Hye-sun's 'She's Dead' exceeds 1 million [Nbox]|author= Jang Ah-reum|work= News 1|publisher=[[Naver]]|date= June 6, 2024|access-date= June 6, 2024|language= ko|archive-date= June 6, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240606023041/https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/421/0007585838|url-status= live}}</ref> it retained its first place for next 3 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/movie/article/144/0000967111 |script-title=ko:'원더랜드' 개봉 4일째 1위 |trans-title='Wonderland' ranked first on the 4th day of release |author=Lee Da-won |work=[[Sports Kyunghyang]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |date= June 9, 2024|access-date=June 9, 2024 |language=ko}}</ref>


{{As of|2024|7|19|df=US|}}, the film has grossed {{USD|4,263,745}} from 625,348 admissions.<ref name="box:korea">{{Cite web|title=KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2024|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2024&category=ALL&country=K|work=[[Korean Film Council|KOFIC]]|access-date=July 19, 2024|archive-date=July 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708182638/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2024&category=ALL&country=K|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{As of|2024|7|19|df=US|}}, the film has grossed {{USD|4,263,745}} from 625,348 admissions.<ref name="box:korea">{{Cite web|title=KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2024|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2024&category=ALL&country=K|work=[[Korean Film Council|KOFIC]]|access-date=July 19, 2024|archive-date=July 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708182638/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2024&category=ALL&country=K|url-status=live}}</ref>
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Wonderland
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
원더랜드
Revised RomanizationWondeoraendeu
McCune–ReischauerWŏndŏraendŭ
Directed byKim Tae-yong
Written byKim Tae-young
Min Ye-ji
Produced by
  • Oh Jeong-wan
  • Park Kwan-soo
Starring
CinematographyKim Seong-jin
Park Hong-yeol
Edited byKim Hyung-ju
Music byBang Jun-seok
Dalpalan
Kang Seong-su
Production
companies
  • Bom Film Productions
  • Kirin Productions
Distributed by
  • Acemaker Movieworks
Release date
  • June 5, 2024 (2024-06-05)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
Languages
  • Korean
  • Mandarin
Budget₩18 billion[1]
Box officeUS$4.3 million[2]

Wonderland (Korean: 원더랜드) is a 2024 South Korean science fiction romantic drama film written and directed by Kim Tae-yong, and starring Tang Wei, Bae Suzy, Park Bo-gum, Jung Yu-mi, and Choi Woo-shik.[3] The story follows a group of people who interact with an A.I. program to communicate with an A.I. generated version of their deceased loved one.[4]

The film was released theatrically on June 5, 2024,[5][6] and on Netflix on July 26, 2024.

Plot

An archeologist named Bai Li sets out on an expedition in the desert while making frequent calls to her young daughter Bai Jia. Jeong-in, a flight attendant, is often calling her boyfriend Tae-joo, an astronaut. Both Bai Li's family and Jeong-in are customers of Wonderland, an artificial intelligence that allows people to communicate with their departed loved ones through simulated video calls. Jeong-in brings the real Tae-joo home after he awakens from his coma.

Hae-ri, a Wonderland manager, fields video calls from her parents, who tease her about her relationship with her junior, Hyeon-soo. Hae-ri and Hyeon-soo handle the case of a grandmother whose dead grandson in the Wonderland system is exploiting her, and that of Yong-sik, a dying man whom Hyeon-soo suspects is his biological father.

Bai Li's mother Hwaran considers ending the service and telling her granddaughter that Li has passed away. Meanwhile, Jeong-in becomes uncomfortable with how Tae-joo has changed since he woke up, and begins to turn to the Wonderland version of him. Tae-joo is suspected of starting a fire in their apartment building, frustrating Jeong-in further. A suspicious Tae-joo visits Jeong-in at her gate and learns of her Wonderland subscription; he emotionally bids her goodbye at the gate.

While at the airport Hwaran loses track of Jia, and her Wonderland service is deactivated while searching for the girl. Within the program Bai Li attempts to leave and help find her daughter but is stopped by various roadblocks. She eventually drives through a sandstorm, approaching the operating system and causing glitches in other simulacra despite Hae-ri and Hyeon-soo's attempts to stop her. They summon Sung-joon, who lets Bai Li enter the central server. Hae-ri, having lost her own parents, allows Bai Li to move to the airport network, where she asks the Wonderland subscribers to help her find her daughter. Tae-joo rescues Jia, who accepts her mother's death. Jeong-in tells Tae-joo why she subscribed to Wonderlandand. She deactivates her service and the two reconcile.

In the epilogue, Hyeon-soo introduces his mother to the Wonderland version of Yong-sik.

Cast

Production

Development

The project was conceived in June 2019. Kim Tae-yong wrote the screenplay and directed the film 9 years after his last film, Late Autumn, which was released in 2010.[3]

Casting

On June 26, 2019, Bae Suzy received an offer to appear in the film.[10] On July 2, 2019, Choi Woo-shik's agency reported that they considered a proposal of appearance in the film positively.[11] On 25 September 2019, Park Bo-gum's agency Blossom Entertainment reported that they reviewed an offer of appearance in the film.[12] In August 2019, a representative from the production team reported that Tang Wei was considering the offer of lead role in her husband's film.[13] On November 11, 2019 it was reported that Jung Yu-mi joined the cast of the film.[14] On 11 March 2020 it was reported that Gong Yoo considered the role of Tang Wei's husband.[15]

Filming

Principal photography began in April 2020.[16] In July 2020 the film was shot in studios in Paju, Gyeonggi Province and Jeonju.[17] Filming was completed in September 2020, except for some scenes featuring Tang Wei, which were scheduled for filming in January 2021.[18]

Release

On October 22, 2020, distributors Acemaker Movieworks and Netflix reached an agreement that the film would be released worldwide by Netflix except in South Korea and China. Netflix disclosed that they were in discussion with Acemaker for overseas releases since the beginning of the filming. After long negotiations, Acemaker finally agreed to a contract with Netflix for about 30% of post-production cost. The film was planned to be released on Netflix.[18]

Wonderland was released in theaters in South Korea on June 5, 2024, and on Netflix on July 26, 2024.

Reception

The film was released on June 5, 2024 on 1,165 screens.[19] It opened at first place on Korean box office with 94,777 admissions and a gross of US$615,180,[20] it retained its first place for next 3 days.[21]

As of July 19, 2024, the film has grossed US$4,263,745 from 625,348 admissions.[2]

References

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