Prime Video has released the official trailer for Butterfly, a six‑episode action spy thriller series led by Daniel Dae Kim and based on Arash Amel’s BOOM! Studios graphic novel. Kim plays David Jung, a onetime US intelligence operative hiding out in South Korea—until his past kicks the door in. Trailer above and info below.
The trailer drops us straight into the mess: Jung is being hunted by Rebecca (Reina Hardesty, It’s What’s Inside), a razor‑sharp young assassin raised by the sinister outfit Caddis. The catch? Rebecca is also his daughter, long convinced her father was dead. Their reunion is a bullet‑ridden family therapy session. “It’d be pretty sh*tty if you died again,” she tells him. Jung’s badass reply: “Don’t worry, I’m not that easy to kill.”
Rebecca’s handler, Juno (Piper Perabo, Yellowstone, Covert Affairs), clearly enjoys twisting the knife, while Louis Landau’s mysterious operative circles the chaos. Every gunfight looks to be peeling back another secret about Jung’s fateful “impossible decision” and why Caddis wants him erased.
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Cast and creators
Created for TV by showrunner Ken Woodruff (The Mentalist, Gotham) and novelist Steph Cha, Butterfly is promising high‑stakes action with emotional fallout.
Kim—who’s also executive‑producing—said in a statement that the project 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.” He added, “I couldn’t be happier with the creative team we’ve assembled, both in front of and behind the camera.”
Alongside Kim, Hardesty, Perabo, and Landau, the series features Park Hae‑soo (Squid Game), Kim Ji‑hoon, Kim Tae‑hee, Charles Parnell, Sean Dulake, and Nayoon Kim, with Sung Dong‑il and Lee Il‑hwa appearing in guest roles.
Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip, the upcoming Street Fighter reboot) directs the opening two episodes. Woodruff and Cha executive‑produce with Kim and John Cheng (3AD); Stephen Christy, Ross Richie, and Adam Yoelin for BOOM! Studios; and graphic‑novel author Arash Amel.
Release date
Butterfly hits Prime Video on August 13, with all six episodes dropping at once.
