From webtoon hit to lavish fantasy drama: Disney+ rolls dice on 'Remarried Empress'

Can an all-Korean cast make European court intrigue feel real? That's the multimillion-dollar question facing Disney+'s "The Remarried Empress" -- potentially the platform's biggest gambit of the year. Adapted from a hit web novel and webtoon phenomenon that has amassed 2.97 billion views worldwide, the romance fantasy follows Empress Navier (Shin Min-a) after her husband, Emperor Sovieshu (Ju Ji-hoon), demands a divorce to elevate Rashta (Lee Se-young), a runaway slave. The story is set in a di