21Studios

21Studios is a Korean story IP developer that operates with a wider remit than a standard production shingle. The company's own site frames it around development, production, and investment across genres and formats, with an emphasis on expandable worlds and character-driven properties rather than one-off scripts.

That positioning matters because 21Studios is not only chasing adaptation rights after the fact. It is building a small ecosystem. The company also runs 21Pages as a publishing label, which gives it a cleaner lane between literary development and screen translation than many local content boutiques can claim.

Pilgrims is the clearest proof point right now. On the official work page, 21Studios is listed as the producer of the June 3, 2026 feature adaptation of Kim Cho-yeop's story, directed by Heo Pyeong-gang and voiced by actors including Kim Hyang-gi, Park Ji Hu, and Lee Joo-young. That makes the company worth tracking as part of Korea's growing literary-IP-to-screen pipeline.