'Parasyte: The Grey': Netflix releases trailer, know about release date, star cast, and more

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Hitoshi Iwaaki’s sci-fi horror manga of the same name, 'Parasyte: The Grey' was published from 1989 to 1994 by Kodansha. Despite being based on a Japanese manga, a Korean production house is making the television series. Netflix has released the first trailer of the live-action television series. The trailer has introduced many elements, unfamiliar to the readers of the manga.

Trailer

According to 'cbr.com', the one-minute 23-second trailer opens with some people being taken over by alien parasites to dominate the Earth and take control of human beings here. Jeon So-nee’s character Su-in, is a young woman who struggles in the situation as she is forced to live with the alien.

Different characters

Though the original idea of the manga and the anime has been taken, Netflix has not taken any of the main characters of the manga, because it is not the direct adaptation. It borrows the plot and narrative elements from the manga, it develops the story independently and so the treatment of the story and the main characters including the protagonist are also different.

Release Date

Netflix is scheduled to release the live-action series on April 5, 2024.

Protagonist

'Parasyte: The Grey' has been directed by Yeon Sang-ho, best known for 'Hellbound' and 'Train to Busan'. The series features Jeon So-nee, she is the protagonist who also becomes a host to one of the titular alien parasites. She prevents a parasite from entering her brain by stopping it after it enters her