The most well-known remake is likely the U.S. version, with Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar leading the Ghosts cast as the respective leads, Samantha and Jay. But the zany comedy has already produced other iterations, most of which tend to follow roughly the same premise, with some differences in how the friendly undead are depicted. But a South Korean version, which ultimately didn’t move forward, sounds way more interesting than a slightly adjusted version of the same premise.
The Scrapped Korean Version Of Ghosts Sounded Fantastic
The Family Dynamic Is Not The Only Difference
While speaking at the Seriencamp Conference recently, per Deadline, BBC Studios Producer Charles Harrison discussed the different versions of Ghosts. BBC Studios is one of the production companies behind the series, with Harrison overseeing International Scripted Formats, and he mentioned that a planned Korean remake of Ghosts would have traded the couple-centric focus of the series to spotlight three sisters instead. Harrison revealed:
Harrison: “The idea of a young couple trying to find a home together wasn’t actually reflective of young Koreans’ experience. What they wanted was three sisters as the central characters – one who could see the ghosts, one who never could and one is in the middle, so there are different perspectives.”
There is similarly more story to tell when the main premise is shared between three characters, each with varying levels of abilities, than the evenly split couple where one half can communicate with spirits and the other half. Adjusting the spotlight to a trio of sisters also inherently opens up more storytelling avenues, as each sister has their own dynamic, not just with each other but with the spirits as well.
A U.S. Ghosts Spinoff Could Be Adapted Using The Korean Version’s Idea Of Three Sisters
Samantha Isn’t The Only One Who Can See Spirits
Utilizing the sibling concept of the Korean version could be the right way of testing the waters and really demonstrating how different people use the gift.
Ghosts is renewed for two more seasons. Even if the U.S. version won’t be building up any additional spinoffs, it could tease the possibility by introducing three siblings who can talk to spirits. The endgame of the comedy, though it does not seem fully interested in building towards one at the moment, could be that communication with spirits is relatively normalized. Utilizing the sibling concept of the Korean version could be the right way of testing the waters and really demonstrating how different people use the gift.
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