SBS Confirms Release of So Ji Sub K-drama Agent Kim Reactivated for End of June 2026 and Reveals the Drama Used AI to Cut Costs and Increase Speed

I can’t tell if it’s just serendipitous timing or inevitable irony that on the week C-drama has a rumor that supporting cast for an upcoming drama will be replaced by AI actors there is the actual confirmed news out of K-dramas that an upcoming drama fully used AI to increase production speed and cut costs. The drama is SBS father and spy thriller Agent Kim Reactivated with So Ji Sub, with the network giving a showcase this week that included this drama and sharing the use of AI technology for the production. The production used AI for background and CGI details and said it cut costs and increased speed of production by 60%. None of the actors or actresses are AI but likely a lot of what used to be post-production work or even set builds were generated by AI. Korean has always been on the forefront of technology in the recent decades and I’m not surprised this has already happened so openly and doesn’t seen to be generating a lot of backlash there.