According to entertainment news outlet Deadline on September 17, Hulu is developing a live-action series adaptation of WEBTOON‘s popular action romance webcomic The Mafia Nanny, with Charlize Theron serving as an executive producer.

Violet Matter is the webcomic’s writer, and sh00 is drawing the art with assistance by roousuu and Drawniels. The story of The Mafia Nanny reads:

Being an Elite Nanny is simple: protect the charge, obey the principle, and don’t get emotionally attached. Easier said than done when Davina’s first client is a dangerously compelling Venetian underboss who’s determined to get under her skin. What he wants from her, she can’t imagine, but Gabriel Angelini drags her back into the glittering world of organized crime she thought she’d left behind forever. She might get answers about her past if she digs deep enough, but can she protect Mikey from his father’s ambitions and keep her heart from getting tangled up in their treacherous web?

The webcomic had been nominated for Best Webcomic at the Ringo Awards and Digital Book of the Year at the Harvey Awards last year. The webcomic was also nominated for Best Webcomic again this year at the Ringo Awards.

The Mafia Nanny, one of the most successful English-language webtoons, has accumulated more than 420 million views globally.

Max Gill is an executive producer and will write the television adaptation, and 20th Television, Secret Menu, WEBTOON Productions, and Steady Collective will produce it. Other executive producers include Beth Kono, AJ Dix, and Matt Maher for Secret Menu; David Madden and Sera Tabb for WEBTOON Productions; and Dawn Olmstead for Steady Collective.

Deadline stated the project is believed to the first English-language live-action series adaptation of a WEBTOON IP.

Fans can read the webcomic on WEBTOON.

Source: Deadline (Nellie Andreeva)

The web novel-based live-action Korean series Take Charge of My Heart released its main trailer on September 28, ahead of its October 9 premiere.

Based on the web novel of the same name, Take Charge of My Heart is a romantic comedy about Ho-rang Baek (Young-kwang Kim), a third-generation chaebol executive whose artificial heart battery is running out; and Bo-bae Na (Su-bin Chae), a drama writer who gained the ability to generate electricity after being struck by lightning as a child.

Bo-bae discovers that her electric ability has no effect on Ho-rang, while Ho-rang discovers that staying near her can recharge his artificial heart battery. The two eventually enter into a three-month contract involving physical contact so that Bo-bae can help keep Ho-rang’s battery charged before his next surgery.

The newly released trailer follows Bo-bae as she meets Ho-rang, the only person immune to her electrical powers. After discovering that his battery recharges around her, Ho-rang proposes a three-month contract to stay together, saying he needs her help to survive.

Bo-bae, a drama writer who has never experienced a proper romance because of her powers, accepts the arrangement as she works on a “romance bucket list” for her latest script. Their unusual relationship becomes more complicated with the arrival of top star Eun-ho, Bo-bae’s No. 1 fan, setting up a love triangle.

Currently, an official English version of the web novel is not available. Haebeon originally serialized the story on Naver Series.

Source: Netflix K-Content’s YouTube channel

The staff for the television anime of Evil Line Records label (Hypnosis Mic) and the intellectual property company Dazed’s Chōjin-teki Share House Story Charisma (Superhuman Shared Residence Story: Charisma) project revealed on Sunday a new key visual along with more staff members.

The newly announced staff include:

Evil Line Records and Dazed launched the original project in 2021, and the project revolves around 2D characters who embody “charisma” — in the original sense of the term, which means divinely gifted elemental traits. They stay in a share house (a residence with some shared facilities, such as the kitchen) while aspiring for even higher goals.

The project’s cast includes:

Jōji Furuta (Bad Girl, ēlDLIVE, Utano☆Princesama Legend Star, 2021 Shaman King) is directing the anime at Pierrot Films. Original creator Shū Matsubara is overseeing and writing the series scripts, and Evil Line Records is in charge of music. Along with Matsubara, Dazed is credited for the original work, and Ebimo is credited for the original character designs. TBS Television is the production manager.

The anime will debut in January 2027 on TBS.

The project has already spawned musical releases and live concerts. Rin Manda and Iori Irino serialized the four-panel manga Charisma: Kyō mo Heiwa Desu in Kodansha‘s Dessert magazine in January 2023 to December 2024 with two volumes compiled, and Sō Tobita serialized the Charisma: Charisma na Karera wa Charisma House de Karizumai-chū manga on Kodansha‘s Comic Days site from February to December 2023 with two volumes compiled.

Sources: Charisma House’s X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie