I don’t know what kind of (bad) luck for the Netflix movie The Match to be now stuck in this frustrating position. The period movie chronicling an epic Go match between veteran Lee Byung Hun and youth prodigy Yoo Ah In was actually filmed at the end of 2020 and wrapped in early 2021 but in the two years since was not slated for release until last year when it was tapped for a 2023 drop on the streaming platform. But now the movie is unable to be aired mostly due to Yoo Ah In’s massive drug use scandal and to a lesser extent Lee Byung Hun’s smaller but still notable tax evasion allegations. The production team is also going public on SNS lamenting this movie being unable to air and saying it was a great project made very well, and reportedly cost 20 billion won ($15M USD) so that’s a lot of money at stake.
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