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Blackpink's Jisoo is criticised and faces backlash amid character posters drop for new film

Blackpink Jisoo 's latest film project titled ' Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint ' is an adaptation of a web novel. The film, however, has been heavily criticised by netizens online, as it is said that the project will be removing and redoing various historical aspects of it. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The film is said to have a lot of different elements from the webtoon, which has caused speculation amongst the masses, especially after the idol's teaser photos dropped. Jisoo faces backlash amidst the teaser and character poster drop The character posters for the film dropped recently and caused quite a stir online. Majorly due to the discrepancies in 's character. The idol is set to play Admiral Yi , a general who is known to wield swords; however, the poster shows the Blackpink singer with a gun instead. Netizens heavily criticised the poster and teasers for the film and expressed their worry online on social media platforms and fan forums, as per reports from Koreaboo. Netizens are worried that the historical aspects of the characters will also be altered since a lot of precedents have already been removed for the global release of the web novel on multiple occasions. CEO of the company releasing the film shares a statement In response to the criticism, CEO Won Dong Yeon, in charge of the company releasing the film, shared a statement. He shared through a social media post that the changes that have been made so far are required in order to ensure a smooth transition of the story from a web novel to a film. He also shared with the public that the original author of the novel was aware of the changes. He shared that author Joo Ho Min had made approvals of the changes himself. Reaction from netizens Many netizens expressed disdain over the matter and took to different social media platforms and fan forums to express their opinions. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now One shared that 'Since all of it is gone, they just won't be able to act,' while another said that 'I feel pathetic for having bought and read the entire book.' About 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' is a popular fantasy as well as an action-based film. The film is based off of a webtoon where a long-running novel suddenly becomes the reality after it comes to an end. The novel has only one reader, Kim Dok Ja, who then pairs up with different characters to survive in this new world where people possess powers.