{
  "id": 8221866,
  "title": "Charlize Theron getting real into South Korean Webtoons via The Mafia Nanny TV show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/charlize-theron-getting-real-into-south-korean-webtoons-via-the-mafia",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T22:08:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/charlize-theron-webtoons-mafia-nanny-hulu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a bold move, Charlize Theron is teaming up with Hulu to develop a TV series based on a South Korean Webtoon titled The Mafia Nanny. This serialized webcomic, created by artists and writers sh00, Violet Matter, and roousuu, follows a young woman trained to care for the children of the elite but pulled back into her family's criminal roots. The show, set to be executive produced by Theron's production company, marks the first live-action English remake of a Webtoon project to go into development at Disney. With Disney holding a stake in Webtoon, the platform for this ambitious project, The Mafia Nanny is expected to bring the highly serialized, trope-heavy content that has captivated online audiences.",
  "summary": "Theron's teaming up with Hulu to do an English-language live-action version of the popular South Korean online comic.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}