Kim Min-ha and Noh Sang-hyun are teaming up again — this time as college sweethearts navigating a decade of love, jealousy and doubt.
Love stories often end with a wedding. But Netflix’s upcoming Korean romantic comedy Messily Ever After is more interested in what happens after the butterflies fade.
The streaming giant has set the new feature starring Kim Min-ha and Noh Sang-hyun, who previously shared the screen in Pachinko.
This time, they step into leading roles as a couple whose relationship is tested not by dramatic outside forces, but by time itself.
Currently in production in Seoul, Messily Ever After follows Su-hyun and Hyun-tae, college sweethearts who stay together long after graduation.
Their bond swings between devotion and frustration as careers grow, personalities clash and the small irritations of daily life begin to pile up.
Rather than focusing on the rush of new love, the film explores the harder question: What does it take to stay?
Kim plays Su-hyun, a perfectionist museum curator who appears calm and polished at work but struggles with jealousy and emotional uncertainty in her personal life. Noh portrays Hyun-tae, an installation artist deeply committed to his creative identity — sometimes to the point of stubbornness.
Their chemistry is fueled as much by disagreement as affection.
The project marks the feature directorial debut of Seo Jung-min and is backed by Seoul-based production company Bombaram Film, known for youth romance Love Untangled and the socially reflective hit Kim Ji-young, Born 1982.
The movie joins Netflix’s ambitious 2026 Korean slate, which includes 33 titles across film, scripted series and unscripted formats. Among them are romantic comedy Boyfriend on Demand starring Jisoo, the superhero drama The Wonderfools led by Park Eun-bin and Cha Eun-woo, and Possible Love from acclaimed filmmaker Lee Chang-dong.
No release date has been announced yet. But if Messily Ever After delivers on its promise, it may offer something rare in romantic comedies — an honest look at love when it’s no longer new, but still worth fighting for.
