Lee Byung-hyun to produce Netflix's original 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' film

▲ South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun, who stars in the new movie "The Man Standing Next," attends a showcase in Seoul on Dec. 12, 2019. The flick on the 1979 assassination of then President Park Chung-hee by his spy chief will hit local screens in January. (Yonhap)

SEOUL, July 21 (Yonhap) -- Actor Lee Byung-hun is set to participate in the production of Netflix's original film.

"Lee Byung-hun will co-produce the Netflix film 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love,'" the actor's agency BH Entertainment said on Tuesday. "The actor is still in discussion on whether to appear in the movie."

According to the American entertainment media, The Hollywood Reporter, "'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' follows Desi, an overachieving high school senior who decides to use the laws of K-drama romances to land herself a boyfriend. Lee Byung-hyun will be playing Desi's dad."

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