Remarried Empress Across Korea: 0 Fan-Spotted Spots

About the drama

The Remarried Empress (재혼황후) is a Disney+ and Hulu romantic fantasy series. It premiered on 3 November 2026 with four episodes, followed by two new episodes every Wednesday through 25 November — 10 episodes in total.

The series is based on the Naver Webtoon of the same name by Alphatart, which Disney says has amassed almost 3 billion views. The adaptation was written by Yeoh Geena and Hyun Choong-yeol, directed by Cho Su-won (Still 17, Pinocchio), and produced by Studio N.

Empress Navier of the Eastern Empire has built and led a prosperous land alongside her husband, Emperor Sovieshu. Her world breaks when Sovieshu brings Rashta, a runaway slave, back to the palace with the intention of making her his concubine. Navier refuses to let emotion decide her future: she agrees to the divorce on one condition — that she be allowed to remarry Heinrey, Crown Prince of the rival Western Kingdom. What follows is a story of love, lust and regret that threatens the fate of an entire kingdom, as Navier works to reclaim her power.

Shin Min-a plays Empress Navier; Ju Ji-hoon plays Emperor Sovieshu; Lee Jong-suk plays Crown Prince Heinrey; and Lee Se-young plays Rashta.

Ahead of streaming, three episodes screened as the world premiere on 7 October 2026 in the On Screen section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival. Reports in September said the main trailer passed 13 million cumulative views within 48 hours of release. One thing to know before watching: the Eastern Empire is fictional — a Western-style imperial setting, not a Korean historical court — which is why the production looked to Europe rather than Korea for its locations.

The production set out to bring the webtoon to live action as faithfully as possible, according to coverage of Disney+‘s behind-the-scenes special look. Alongside the real European locations, the team used elaborate sets, costumes, visual effects and music to recreate the world of the original story. That emphasis on fidelity matters because the source material arrives with a large existing readership: the webtoon ran for years on Naver Webtoon and LINE Webtoon in more than ten languages, so many viewers will arrive comparing the series against the story they already know.

Filming locations

Locations will be added as episodes air. Primary filming took place in Europe. The production scouted 16 castles in person across France, Germany and the Czech Republic before choosing Schleissheim Palace in Germany as a major filming location, as described in Disney+‘s behind-the-scenes special look.

Schleissheim Palace is a real historic palace complex in Germany — not a set built for the show — and it is the one location the production has confirmed as a selected major filming location.

Other European places have been named in online coverage, but this guide lists only what the production has confirmed. Unconfirmed castle names are not listed as filming locations here. Because the story is set in a fictional empire and the shoot was centred in Europe, there may be few or no Korean filming locations to list; Korean spots will be added after airing only if they are identified by a reliable source.

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