Webtoon 'True Beauty' set for film adaptation

An image from hit webtoon titled ″True Beauty″ [NAVER WEBTOON]

Webtoon “True Beauty,” which has been viewed over 5.1 billion times globally, will be made into an animated film, according to Naver Webtoon on Wednesday.

Studio N, a subsidiary of Naver Webtoon, and Cocktail Media, which is behind the hit animation series “The Haunted House” from 2016, will co-produce the new film based on the series that started in 2018.

“True Beauty” is about a high school student chasing after her dreams who gains more confidence as she starts wearing make-up. The webtoon has been translated into many other languages including English, Spanish, Thai and French.

BY LEE SUN-MIN [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]