At San Diego Comic-Con 2025, WEBTOON Entertainment debuted the opening sequence of the highly anticipated live-action film Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy to a packed crowd following a panel celebrating the film adaptation’s August 1st U.S. premiere. In the first five minutes of the film, Dokja explains how he became obsessed with and the sole reader of Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World…an apocalyptic webnovel that he will soon find himself living in.

Based on the WEBTOON sensation by creators SingNSong, the webcomic has over 2.2 billion global views, and the film adaptation hitting US theaters is the first of a five-film saga starring Lee Min-ho, Ahn Hyo-seop and BLACKPINK’s Jisoo.

During the panel, Screen Rant Deputy Editor Megan Peters discussed with Ryan Lee, WEBTOON’s Head of Content; Vi Ma, leading North American marketing efforts on the film with 213 Pictures; and Anime By the Numbers Editor Miles Atherton exactly why this incredible story that explores the relationship between reality and fiction, good and evil and a story’s characters and its readers, has captivated the world.