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The next massive K-pop act might be getting put together before your very eyes.

Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind the global powerhouse groups BTS and TXT, teamed up with CJENM, Asia’s leading entertainment and lifestyle company, to create a new television series called I-LAND.

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The show will be available to watch on Rakuten Viki beginning on Friday (June 26). You can watch for free (with advertisements) or without advertisements with tiered subscriptions of Standard for $4.99 a month, and Plus Pass for $9.99.

The series is named after the building, I-Land, where contestants will have the opportunity to be mentored in the hopes of achieving their dreams to be the next K-Pop sensation. The building was designed and built to develop and produce the ultimate idol group.

Here’s more information: “After three years of architectural planning and construction, this colossal structure is a groundbreaking system for the future superstars to live in, train, and perform. Talented performers from around the world have been invited to I-Land where they must undertake and rise to a variety of challenges. Who will be the ones to survive the tests of I-Land and finally stand on the global stage?”

Over 20 young male K-pop trainees, born between 1997 and 2008, will compete in the show. They were selected from auditions held around the world in 2019.

The new boyband’s executive producer will be Bang Si Hyuk, the co-CEO of Big Hit Entertainment, and he will be joined by Zico of Block B and solo star Rain. Namgoong Min is the MC of the show.

We can’t wait to see what happens!

This K-pop girl group is getting everyone excited with this latest teaser for their comeback.

Rain promotes his forthcoming movie Ninja Assassin during the Comic Con at the San Diego Conference Center on Thursday.

Ninja Assassin is an upcoming martial arts film directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and starring Korean pop star, Rain.

Raizo (Rain) is one of the world’s deadliest assassins, having been kidnapped as a child and raised by the Ozunu Clan, believed by the world to be a myth. When Raizo’s friend is executed by the clan, Raizo flees into hiding.

The project was inspired by the ninja scenes featured in the Wachowskis‘ 2008 film Speed Racer, in which the actor Rain had impressed the Wachowskis with his portrayal as a fighter.

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For the second year in a row, South Korean actor/singer Rain narrowly beats Stephen Colbert in Time Magazine’s Poll Results of the most influential people.

Last year, Rain and Colbert placed No.1 and No.2, respectively, but this year they were both beat out by Shigeru Miyamoto, a video-game designer who created Mario, Donkey Kong, and The Legend of Zelda.

Rain is already training a successor, Kevin Park, to his own Asian pop company at the mere age of 25.

Colbert‘s book, I Am America! (And So Can You!) has spent more than 23 weeks atop the NY Times Best Sellers list.

Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks came in at No.4 and No.5, respectively.

South Korean actor/singer Rain attends the premiere of Speed Racer at the Nokia Theatre on Saturday in Los Angeles, Calif.

Rain, 25, recently posed with “The Mach 5″ at early advance screening at the ImaginAsian Center in Los Angeles.

Speed Racer opens nationwide on May 9th.

Last year Stephen Colbert did a hilarious music video parody of Rain, the Korean R&B phenom. Check it out.

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South Korean actor/singer Rain, aka Jung Ji Hoon, poses with the “The Mach 5″ at a special advance screening of his latest live action film adaptation Speed Racer at the ImaginAsian Center on Friday in Los Angeles.

This will be the first appearance in a Hollywood film for Rain, 25. He’ll play Taejo Togokhan, a rookie racer.

Speed Racer will premiere on Saturday, May 3, as the closing film at the Tribeca Film Festival, and will be released nationwide on Friday, May 9.

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