Heo Nam-jun sets next project with period romance 'Whale Star'

After his breakout performance in hit drama "My Royal Nemesis," Heo Nam-jun is set to headline tvN's period romance "Whale Star" (tentative title) alongside K-drama heavyweights Choi Woo-shik and Moon Ga-young.

Set to premiere in 2027, "Whale Star" is set in colonial-era Seoul in 1926 and follows a generation of young people against the backdrop of the country's independence movement.

Heo stars as Song Hae-su, a resolute independence fighter who has lost his family.

A fateful incident leaves him ...