Disney+ has released painted character posters and a romance chemistry video for ‘The Remarried Empress’ on October 28, giving the fantasy romance its most painterly promotional look yet one week before its premiere.
The posters present Shin Min-a, Ju Ji-hoon, Lee Jong-suk and Lee Se-young as figures in imperial portraits, according to TV Daily. Navier, played by Shin Min-a, is set against red and beige tones that convey the empress’s dignity and strength. Sovieshu, played by Ju Ji-hoon, appears in blue and green tones that underline the cold side of the emperor. Heinrey, played by Lee Jong-suk, is given an emerald palette, while Rashta, played by Lee Se-young, appears in pink with floral details. Each portrait uses different colors and decorations, yet the four images hold together as a single set.
The romance chemistry video traces the three relationships at the heart of the story in turn: Navier and Sovieshu, Sovieshu and Rashta, and Navier and Heinrey. It opens with the emperor and empress as the most beautiful couple in the Eastern Empire, with Sovieshu promising that no matter what happens, Navier is his only wife. That promise soon gives way to cold stares between the couple, as Sovieshu’s attention shifts and the marriage at the center of the empire begins to break apart.
‘The Remarried Empress’ follows Navier, the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, whose husband, Emperor Sovieshu, falls for Rashta, a runaway slave. When Sovieshu informs Navier that he intends to divorce her, she accepts on one condition: he must approve her remarriage to Heinrey, the prince of the Western Kingdom. That bargain, divorce in exchange for a remarriage of her own choosing, is the engine of the story, turning a palace scandal into a contest over who controls Navier’s future.
The painted posters are the latest step in a carefully staged promotional campaign. Disney+ announced the November 4 premiere on August 26, alongside a teaser and character posters that introduced the central love quadrangle. The four leads then appeared together at the 31st Busan International Film Festival on October 10 for a stage greeting, putting the cast in front of festival audiences weeks before release. Duo posters pairing the leads followed on October 15, and romance spark stills arrived on October 16, each release tightening the focus on the shifting affections between the four characters.
That progression matters because the series is not a small adaptation. ‘The Remarried Empress’ is based on a web novel and webtoon of the same name that has accumulated more than 2.9 billion views worldwide, according to Anime News Network, making it one of the most widely read romance fantasy stories to reach live action. The scale of that existing audience helps explain why Disney+ has promoted the series as a prestige event rather than a routine premiere, from its festival showcase to its succession of poster and still releases.
The casting itself is part of the draw. Shin Min-a brings the poised authority the role of Navier demands, while Ju Ji-hoon plays an emperor whose public vows and private desires pull in opposite directions. Lee Jong-suk’s Heinrey offers Navier a way out that is also a political provocation, and Lee Se-young’s Rashta embodies the disruption that upends the court. The October 28 posters underline those positions visually, with color and composition doing the work of character description before a single line of dialogue is heard.
The chemistry video also hints at how the series will handle its central triangle, and then quadrangle. Rather than presenting Rashta simply as a rival, it shows Sovieshu’s gaze turning toward her while Navier watches her own marriage cool, and then shows Navier finding a different kind of warmth with Heinrey. That structure, an empress who refuses to be discarded quietly, is what set the original story apart, and the video keeps that refusal at the center.
For viewers, the timing is now straightforward. ‘The Remarried Empress’ premieres on Disney+ on November 4, with the first four episodes available at launch, followed by two new episodes every Wednesday through a November 25 finale, for ten episodes in total. The painted posters and chemistry video are the final promotional push before that rollout begins, a last reminder of the four faces, and the four conflicting desires, that will carry the series.
No official statement was available beyond the poster and video release itself.
