According to media outlet reports on October 13 KST, main director Joo Dong Min has stepped down from the SBS drama 'The Escape of the Seven', which recently began filming for season 2. 

A new major budget project by scriptwriter Kim Soon Ok of 'Penthouse', 'The Escape of the Seven' was developed as a two-season project from the beginning, with the first season scheduled to finish airing in November. Recently, the cast and crew began filming for season 2, but without its main director, Joo Dong Min. Instead, co-producer Oh Joon Hyuk has replaced Joo Dong Min as the leading director of season 2 for unknown reasons.

Previously, the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) received numerous complaints from viewers for the highly provocative content of 'The Escape of the Seven', including the violent deaths of characters in every episode, the excessive abuse of illegal drugs, and an unsupervised childbirth scene inside a high school. 

Starring Hwang Jung Eum, Uhm Ki Joon, Lee Yoo Bi, Lee Joon, and more, the dark revenge story centers around seven villainous characters who are connected to the the death of a young girl. Season 2 of 'The Escape of the Seven' is slated to air some time in March of 2024.