A webtoon artist who has never been in a relationship is about to become the Joseon era’s most unlikely dating coach. “Love and Wifi in the Palace,” the time-crossing romantic comedy starring THE BOYZ’s Younghoon, WJSN’s Luda and Kim Dong Jun, will open exclusively at CGV theaters nationwide on December 2, distributor Studio DHL confirmed.
The film unveiled its main trailer this week, offering the fullest look yet at a romance that connects 2026 South Korea with the Joseon court 200 years earlier — not through time travel, but through a Wi-Fi signal. In the trailer, So Hyang (Luda), a palace maid dreaming of becoming a royal concubine, first meets Tae Pung (Younghoon) on a smartphone screen inside a mysterious mother-of-pearl chest. Her shock at learning he is a man from the future, and his panic at realizing he is on a call with someone living two centuries ago, sets the comic tone for the film.
The trailer shows Tae Pung taking on his new role with total confidence despite having zero romantic experience of his own. He coaches So Hyang in modern makeup, perfume and flirting techniques, and her transformation catches the eye of the cold-hearted King Yi Hwi (Kim Dong Jun), who is baffled by the change — asking her if she has been drinking — yet cannot look away. The trailer closes with a tagline teasing a Joseon-era love operation squad crossing 200 years of time and space, and hints that the history books themselves may be rewritten by the end.
The film is based on the webtoon of the same name by creators Joa and Gin-yu, published by Jaedam Media and serialized from 2023. The original earned a 9.8 rating on KakaoPage and topped the platform’s weekly romance rankings, while also drawing 473,000 views and 18,000 followers on Kakao Webtoon. Its hook is a deliberate break from the usual time-slip formula: nobody travels anywhere. The Joseon court of 200 years ago and modern-day Korea stay in their own eras, connected only by video calls and messages, which is where much of the comedy comes from.
Behind the camera, the film carries serious K-drama pedigree. Jang Tae-yoo, the director behind the 28.1 percent ratings hit “My Love from the Star” as well as “Deep Rooted Tree,” “Hong Cheon Gi,” “Flower That Blooms at Night” and this year’s “Bon Appetit, Your Majesty,” serves as creator, reuniting with the production team behind “Bon Appetit, Your Majesty.” Film Greeda leads production alongside Take One Studio and Sky Plus, with Sa Seok-chun directing and Kim Nam-hee writing the screenplay.
The cast leans into the webtoon look. The first poster, unveiled on October 29, recreated the webtoon’s own poster composition: So Hyang in a hanbok holding a smartphone, Tae Pung gripping a tablet pen, and Yi Hwi in a red royal robe, standing under a night sky where palace dancheong patterns share the frame with N Seoul Tower. Eight newly released stills show the triangle from more angles — So Hyang and Tae Pung sitting across from each other in a palace courtyard, So Hyang smiling with wireless earbuds and a takeout coffee, and Yi Hwi holding her close. The stills also reveal Tae Pung’s studio, its walls covered with pencil sketches of So Hyang.
The story itself starts when Tae Pung, a webtoon artist whose ideas have run dry, finds his smartphone passed through his late mother’s mother-of-pearl chest into the Joseon palace. In So Hyang — a court lady determined to win the king’s heart — he spots the hit material he has been missing, and throws himself into coaching her despite never having dated anyone. As he guides her, Tae Pung finds himself confused by his own feelings, asking whether her happiness has somehow become his own. Luda’s So Hyang, meanwhile, runs a wide emotional range in the trailer, from startled first contact to tears in the face of sudden crisis, while Kim Dong Jun’s Yi Hwi slowly lets his guard down around a woman he cannot predict.
The project was developed as a multi-format production spanning a feature film and short- and mid-form drama versions, and filming on the project has already wrapped, with the film version reaching theaters first. “Love and Wifi in the Palace” opens exclusively at CGV on December 2.
