SEOUL, July 10 -- South Korean actor Byeon Woo-seok will star in a Netflix series adaptation of the popular webtoon and web novel series Solo Leveling.

The streaming platform announced the casting today.

Byeon will play Sung Jin-woo, a struggling hunter who fights monsters to protect humanity.

According to Korea JoongAng Daily, Solo Leveling was first published on KakaoPage and has been read over 14.3 billion times worldwide.

The franchise expanded into an anime series, which won nine accolades including Anime of the Year at the Crunchyroll Anime Awards this year.

It was also adapted into a Netmarble role-playing game titled Solo Leveling: Arise, which has attracted tens of millions of players globally and won the grand prize at the ...