Netflix's Mystic Story, the production company of "Persona 2," revealed that Sulli was filming the series prior to her death. It was also said that five directors were expected to film five different stories out of their individual views.
According to Dispatch on Wednesday, October 23, only one segment has been completed, helmed by director Hwang Soo Ah, and that it has now been canceled. He said that his story concept was about a doppelgänger wherein a human and a pig become one.
In response to this, Mystic Story explained, "As the leader of the second season of "Persona," Sulli was in the midst of filming the second segment. Nothing has been decided yet regarding the reveal of this project."
The company added that they aren't in the position to decide whether they will replace the late actress, given that they are still grieving. In addition, they haven't discussed future plans for the
Meanwhile, "Reply Night"/"Night of Hate Comments," where Sulli was one of the main hosts, decided to shut down the show in light of the f(x) alumna's passing. In a statement, the JTBC2 channel announced that they will mark the 16th episode as the finale, which aired on October 11.
"JTBC2's "Night of Hate Comments" will end with the 16th episode which aired on October 11.
After learning about the sad news of one of our "Night of Hate Comments" main MCs and contemplating the production direction, we decided to discontinue the production of the program because we judged that the program could not continue in the absence of the deceased.
We think of our time with the confident and beautiful Sulli as an honor, and we hope she will rest in peace.
We thank viewers who cared for "Night of Hate Comments" and sympathized with our intention to raise warnings about malicious comments."
The show reportedly earned the ire of online users, but a member of the production staff clarified that the program's aim was to use the malicious comments as an alarm against malicious commenters.
"In reality, many celebrities are still suffering from malicious comments and it was considered taboo for celebrities to express their opinions about them. Various agencies will continue on the mission to change the culture of online comments, but Reply Night wanted to give the celebrities a chance to personally talk about the malicious comments through a variety show programming," the staff said.
"We thank the viewers who cherished our show as a sounding alarm to fight against malicious comments," the insider added.
