'Dr. Brain' cast and director hold photocall ahead of premiere

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What you need to know

  • The Dr. Brain director and cast have appeared at a photocall in South Korea.
  • The new Apple TV+ sci-fi drama series will debut tomorrow, or today in the United States.

The director and cast of new Apple TV+ sci-fi drama series Dr. Brain have appeared at a photocall in South Korea ahead of its premiere. The show will go live in the country tomorrow and is available to stream in the United States today.

The new show is unlike anything already available on Apple's streaming service and has the hallmarks of a sleeper hit thanks to its sci-fi underpinnings.

Dr Brain Photocall

Dr Brain Photocall (Image credit: Apple TV+)

Today in South Korea, Apple TV+ held a photocall and press day for "Dr. Brain," the highly anticipated sci-fi drama series based on the popular Korean webtoon of the same name by Hongjacga. Premiering globally with the first episode on Thursday, November 4 (Wednesday, November 3 in the US) on Apple TV+, followed by one new episode weekly, "Dr. Brain" follows a brilliant brain scientist Sewon who suffers a horrific personal tragedy when his family falls victim to a mysterious accident. Desperate to uncover what happened, he goes to extraordinary lengths to solve the tragic mystery by conducting "brain syncs" with the dead to access their memories for clues.

Those involved in the photocall included "co-writer, director and executive producer KIM Jee-woon, and stars LEE Sun-kyun, LEE You-young, PARK Hee-soon, SEO Ji-hye and LEE Jae-won."

Those keen to watch the new show will be able to do so on Apple TV, Mac, iPhone, and iPad as well as a slew of internet-connected devices including Fire TV sticks, game consoles, and smart TVs.

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Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.