Kim Nam-gil revealed that “Song of a Thief” was originally a comedy and was ready for its second season, while “Hot-Blooded Priest 2” “of course will also be filmed.”

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Kim Nam-gil recently co-starred with Seo Hyun in the Netflix series “Song of Thieves”which was well received. In an interview with the media, he talked about the possibility of a second season of “Song of Thieves”and also mentioned the whereabouts of the “long-lost”second season of “Hot-Blooded Priest”.

Kim Nam-gil was interviewed by major Korean media such as SOOTV NEWS and ‎JoyNews24, and said that “Song of Thieves”was originally scheduled to have 20 episodes (actually only 9 episodes), and he is someone who will wholeheartedly film it no matter what happens next, although he doesn’t know if it will happen. The second season should be filmed. The screenwriter, starring and other production teams are ready to start filming next fall. However, they still have to wait and see the audience’s response to the first season. The decision lies in the hands of the production company and Netflix.

Even though there is no guarantee that “Song of Thieves 2″will be produced, Kim Nam-gil still revealed that the second season will tell more stories about the thieves group, and why Hee-shin (played by Seohyun) became an independent army and a cruel Japanese soldier named Naobo Messenger will appear., the change of stance of Ben Yi (played by Lee Hyun Wook)… and even spoiled “someone died”, and even revealed that “Song of a Thief”was originally supposed to be a comedy, but ended up being changed into a period drama after investing a lot of production costs.

Kim Nam-gil has vowed to make “The Song of Thieves 2”, but what about the long-awaited “Hot-Blooded Priest 2”? He replied, “Of course it will be filmed.””Originally, it was planned to be early next year, but it should be after filming Netflix’s “Triger”. The actual situation is not clear yet. We should discuss it with the screenwriter again.”