Solo Leveling has been one of the most popular anime shows out there since its premiere, making our list for anime to check out in 2024. As such, I guess it was only a matter of time before a live-action adaptation was added to the list of upcoming Netflix shows. Well, now it's officially in the works, and while we've seen Netflix succeed in adapting other big anime already, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about this project.
Netflix officially made the announcement about adapting Solo Leveling on X, along with the news that actor Byeon Woo-seok (Lovely Runner, 20th Century Girl) will play the main character, Sung Jin-woo. The series follows a weak "E Rank Hunter" in a world where fighters must take on missions to defeat monsters and prevent them from overtaking our world. Jin-woo's life changes drastically after a fateful event allows him to "level up" his skills and upgrade his rank in a world where it was previously thought impossible.
