Kill Me, Heal Me, MBC’s hit series in 2015 that received various awards and nominations, might be getting a European remake anytime from now. A representative from Pan Entertainment, Kill Me, Heal Me‘s production company, disclosed on August 30 that the rights to the drama have been sold to a Sweden-based global distributor, Eccho Rights. The signing of the agreement took place at COEX, Seoul, Korea during the 2017 Broadcast Worldwide (BCWW) that run from August 30 to September 1, 2017. The BCWW is an annual distribution marketplace in Asia for TV and digital content across all platforms.

Eccho Rights is a global rights management company based in Stockholm, Sweden and with offices in Turkey, Spain, and the Philippines. The company works with independent producers from around the world to empower creativity. As of August 31, 2017, the latest addition to its catalog of scripted formats is Kill Me, Heal Me. The deal signed by the company and Pan Entertainment would allow Eccho Rights to sell the drama’s script to its worldwide clients.

Nicola Söderlund, the Managing Partner at Eccho Rights, said that they have seen a number of the scripts they represented already turned into successful new series. In particular, tvN’s 2013 supernatural thriller Who Are You and the 2012 melodrama Ice Adonis were sold to and remade into a new series in the UK and Ukraine, respectively.

Kill Me, Heal Me centers on Cha Do-hyun, played by Ji Sung (Defendant), a third-generation business heir who developed dissociative identity disorder after going through several traumatic events in the past. He tries to overcome his seven distinct personalities with the help of first-year psychiatric resident Oh Ri-jin, played by Hwang Jung-eum (Lucky Romance). The series won Drama of the Year at MBC Drama Awards in 2015 and was recognized as Excellent Drama during the Seoul International Drama Awards in the same year. It also received decent nationwide television ratings throughout its run which averaged out to 10.1 % according to data from Nielsen Korea.

Aside from Ji Sung and Hwang Jung-eum, actors Park Seo-joon (Fight For My Way), Oh Min-suk (The King Loves), and Kim Yoo-ri (Marriage Contract) are starring in the drama as supporting cast. Kill Me, Heal Me was penned by Moon Embracing the Sun and Chicago Typewriter screenwriter Jin Soo-wan and directed by Rebel: Thief Who Stole The People PD Kim Jin-man. It aired from January 7 to March 12, 2015, on Wednesdays and Thursdays for a total of 20 episodes.

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