American drama "The Mentalist" to be remade

The American drama "The Mentalist" is being remade by Taewon Entertainment. "The Mentalist" is a psychological crime drama about the process through which psychic psychologist Patrick Jane (Simon Baker), who has a humorous and brilliant mind, unravels the clues of the cases with excellent memory, and excellent insight.

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"The Mentalist" is a remake of the original Australian drama and was aired on CBS, one of the three top broadcasters, from September 23rd of 2008 to February of 2015 for seven seasons. The cast include Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, and Amanda Righetti. It made it into the TOP 10 dramas within its first year of airing. If "Criminal Minds" is a psychological investigative drama, "The Mentalist" put forward the intuitive investigation of the main character.

Taewon Entertainment is responsible for the remake of "The Mentalist". Taewon Entertainment has produced works like "IRIS", "Triangle", "Sweet, Savage Family", "Operation Chromite", "Marrying the Mafia" and "Into the Storm". The movie "Monstrum" starring Kim Myung-min, Lee Kyung-young, Park Hee-soon, Park Sung-woong, Kim In-kwon, Lee Hyeri, Choi Wooshik and others, recently began filming.

Writer Choi Wan-gyoo is also a part of "The Mentalist" as a creator. Some of Choi Wan-gyoo's classics are "General Hospital 2", "Legend of Passion", "Heo Jun", "All In", "Into the Storm", "Love Story in Harvard", "Jumong", "Lobbyist", "Land of wind", "IRIS", "Midas", "Lights and Shadows", "Triangle" and "The Flower in Prison".