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Mega Monster Corporation
Formerly called
 Story Plant Co., Ltd. (2014–2017)
Subsidiary
Industry entertainment and media production
Founded November 20, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-20) in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Founder Kim Yang
Koo Bon-geun (ko)
Headquarters Sangam DMC Digital Cube 20/F, 34 Sangamsan-ro, Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul[1][2], South Korea
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
 Kim Yong-jin (President & CEO)[3]
Products Dramas
Variety shows
Soundtracks
Services Production, marketing and distribution of Korean dramas and other entertainment programs
Management of writers and directors
Soundtrack production
Owner As of March 31, 2022:[3]
Parent
Hangul: 메가몬스터 주식회사; RR: Megamonseuteo Jusikhoesa
Website megamon.co.kr[lower-alpha 1]

Mega Monster[lower-alpha 2] (Hangul: 메가몬스터; RR: Megamonseuteo) is a South Korean TV series production company and a subsidiary of Kakao Entertainment.[4]

The company was founded in 2014 as Story Plant by Kim Yang and Koo Bon-geun (ko), and was a subsidiary of CJ E&M (known now as CJ ENM). In 2017, it was fully acquired by Kakao Entertainment's predecessor Kakao M. Since then, a portion of the stake has been acquired by KakaoPage Corp. (another predecessor of Kakao Entertainment) and Studio Dragon, a subsidiary of CJ Group.[5]

History

  • November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20): Story Plant was founded in Goyang City by former SBS and MBC producers Kim Yang and Koo Bon-geun (who was the company's first CEO). CJ E&M acquired it later on.
  • January 9, 2015 (2015-01-09): Heart to Heart, a 16-episode TV series, premiered on tvN. It was the company's first production, in cooperation with Chorokbaem Media.
  • May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04): A Bird That Doesn't Sing, a 100-episode TV series, was aired on tvN.
  • June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29): We Broke Up, a 10-episode web series based on the same-titled Naver WEBTOON, was distributed by Naver TV, and later aired on OnStyle. It was produced in association with then-parent CJ E&M and YGKPlus.
  • February 27, 2016 (2016-02-27): Happy Home, a 51-episode TV series, was aired by MBC TV.
  • May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10): LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment), a subsidiary of Kakao, acquired Story Plant from CJ E&M, as well as the distribution and licensing rights to its productions (from the latter's subsidiary Studio Dragon). The amount of the deal was not disclosed, and co-founders Kim and Koo decided to leave the company.[6] Later on, LOEN's sister company Podotree (now KakaoPage) and Studio Dragon acquired 21.90% and 10.95% of the company's shares, respectively, for strategic investment.[7] LOEN's Video Content Company head Lee Jun-ho became its new CEO. It also moved its headquarters from Goyang City to Seoul.
  • July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11): The company's name was officially changed from Story Plant Co., Ltd. to Mega Monster Corporation.[8]
  • November 21, 2018 (2018-11-21): Children of Nobody, a 32-episode[lower-alpha 3] TV series, was aired on MBC TV. It was the company's first production since the management and name change. Former SBS and JS Pictures executive Kim Yong-jin co-executive produced the series with Lee, marking his first project since becoming the company's vice-president and COO the same year.
  • February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06): Touch Your Heart, a 16-episode TV series based on the KakaoPage web novel of the same title, aired its first episode on tvN. It was co-produced by Zium Content, and developed by Studio Dragon.[10]
  • April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01): The company became the newest sponsor of the "Find the Desert's Shooting Star" Drama Screenplay Competition organized by the Broadcasting Content Promotion Foundation (BCPF).[11]
  • April 3, 2019 (2019-04-03): Children of Nobody was nominated for Best Drama and Best Television Screenplay in the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards, being the only drama from a free-to-air broadcast network to get these nominations. These are also the first-ever nominations got by Mega Monster as a production company.[12]
  • June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11): Mega Monster, Daum Webtoon Company (a division of KakaoPage) and the KBS Drama Production Group signed a memorandum of agreement and understanding (MOAU) for drama production at the KBS Yeouido office. The MOAU states that the three camps will produce dramas based on Daum webtoons for three years. The first project under this agreement, the TV drama adaptation of GAR2 and Teacher Oh's webtoon Dead Man's Letter, will be aired in 2020.[13][14]
  • March 30, 2020: Fatal Promise, a 100-episode daily TV series, premiered on KBS 2TV. Kim Yong-jin and his former SBS colleague Sohn Jae-sung (who joined the company a few months earlier) are the executive producers.
  • April 6, 2020: How to Buy a Friend, an eight-episode miniseries, aired its first two episodes also on KBS 2TV. It is based on Kwon Laad's webtoon of the same title, which was first published in 2018 on Daum Webtoon.
  • May 4, 2020: Mom Has an Affair (co-produced by Studio S), a 120-episode daily morning drama about a single mom looking for a rich man that can be a father to her kids, premiered on SBS TV. Singer-actress Hyun Jyu-ni (on her first-ever TV series leading role throughout her career) and actor Lee Jae-hwang portray the lead roles.
  • August 21, 2020: Former Studio Dragon chief finance officer Jang Sai-jung was appointed as the company's new president and chief executive officer, replacing Lee Jun-ho.[15]

Production works

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See also: Category:Television series by Mega Monster

Scripted programming

Year Title Network Associated Production Note
2015 Heart to Heart tvN Chorokbaem Media
A Bird That Doesn't Sing N/A
We Broke Up
based on the Naver/Line WEBTOON webtoon by Ryu Chae-rin
2016 Happy Home MBC TV N/A
2018 Children of Nobody
2019 Touch Your Heart[lower-alpha 4] tvN Zium Content based on the KakaoPage web novel and webtoon by Jäger and Ant Studio
2020 Fatal Promise[16][17] KBS 2TV N/A
How to Buy a Friend[18] based on the Daum webtoon by Laad Kwon
Mom Has an Affair[19][16][20]
 SBS TV Studio S (SBS)
TBA Dead Man's Letter[13]
(literal translation)		 KBS 2TV N/A based on the Daum webtoon by GAR2 and Teacher Oh

Non-scripted programming

Year Title Network Associated Production Note
2020 Miss Back MBN Space Rabbit first non-scripted program production[21]

Current managed people

Directors

Screenwriters

See also

Notes

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External links

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