Marks First Collaboration with Masked Singer Creator Wonwoo Park and Fifth joint-venture with prolific Jin Woo Hwang of Something Special
By Prensario (February 01, 2023)

Media Ranch’s President & Founder Sophie Ferron announces that Media Ranch now represents Wonwoo Park’s shingle DiTurn on two new formats: Round Table, a proven singing game-show format created by Park that was a hit in Korea on KBS 2; and, Love Maze, is co-created by Park and Something Special CEO Jin Woo Hwang, who introduced the parties.

This is the first deal between Media Ranch and DiTurn, with the goal to build a collection of  IP by leading format creator Park. Park is the original creator of global mega hit The Masked Singer and Lotto Singer.

Media Ranch and Something Special continue their successful collaboration, which has already seen four other formats go to market over the last two years. Hwang, former head of  Formats at CJE&M and current Chairman of the KFA (Korean Format Association – a division of KOCCA), produced hit shows Better Late Than Never aka Grandpas Over Flowers which enjoyed 2 successful seasons on NBC in the U.S.

Love Maze is a unique matchmaking game show where - for the first time in format history - a single elaborate maze stands in the way of two people falling in love.

Round Table is a hilarious proven game show where celebrity contestants without any singing skills must sing to win!

Head of Content and Storytelling at Media Ranch, Philip Kalin-Hajdu, will lead development on both formats.

Ferron said: ‘Media Ranch is thrilled to be able to partner with two of the most talented Korean format producers around. Jin and Wonwoo have such fantastic successes under their belt, and we can’t wait to present Love Maze to our broadcast partners. And we are excited to bring Round Table to new audiences’.

Hwang stated: ‘Something Special is excited to further our relationship with Media Ranch by sharing Love Maze. We feel Sophie and Phil and their team will add an extra element to bring the show to production in the West’

Park added: ‘DiTurn is excited to join forces to work with Media Ranch. We look forward to developing Love Maze as well as furthering the reach of  Round Table’.