IGN can exclusively reveal not only first look images of Prime Video’s Butterfly, but we can also confirm that all six episodes of this Daniel Dae Kim-led spy-thriller series will premiere on August 13, 2025.
Kim, who has previously starred in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Lost, and Hawaii Five-0, will also serve as executive producer on this series that co-stars Reina Hardesty (The Secret Art of Human Flight), Piper Perabo (Yellowstone), and Louis Landau (Rivals).
Prime Video’s Butterfly is based on BOOM! Studios’ graphic novel series of the same name by Arash Amel, and it is a “character-driven spy-thriller that explores family dynamics within the treacherous world of global espionage.”
“It’s centered on David Jung (Kim), an enigmatic, highly unpredictable former US intelligence operative living in South Korea, whose life is blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself pursued by Rebecca (Hardesty), a deadly, sociopathic young agent assigned to kill him, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for,” continues the official description.
“Butterfly is the realization of a longtime dream to bring together American and Korean storytellers and create a show that bridges two cultures that I love deeply,” said Kim. “I couldn’t be happier with the creative team we’ve assembled, both in front of and behind the camera, and I’m grateful to Ken Woodruff, Boom! Studios, 3AD, Amazon, and everyone else who helped bring it to life.”
The Mentalist and Gotham’s Ken Woodruff will be serving as showrunner and co-creator alongside acclaimed novelist Steph Cha. Other members of the cast include Kim Ji-hoon, Park Hae-soo, Kim Tae-hee, Charles Parnell, Sean Dulake, and Nayoon Kim, with Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa appearing in guest roles.
Woodruff and Cha join Kim as executive producers alongside John Cheng for 3AD; Stephen Christy and Ross Richie for BOOM! Studios; and Arash Amel for The Amel Company.
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