Queen Mantis () is a 2025 South Korean mystery-thriller-police procedural television series written by Lee Young-jong and directed by Byun Young-joo based on the 2017 TF1 series La Mante. Go Hyun-jung and Jang Dong-yoon portray the lead roles. It aired on SBS TV from September 5, to September 27, 2025, every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST).
A woman was imprisoned as a serial killer a long time ago. The story unfolds as someone begins committing a series of murders imitating her.
The eight-episode series is written by Lee Young-jong and directed by Byun Young-joo. It is planned by Studio S, which also co-produced the series with Mega Monster, , and Docu-Factory Vista for SBS TV.
Queen Mantis is Lee's debut as a television series writer. He previously wrote the screenplay for the films Flu (2013), The Witness (2018) and ' (2023).
In an interview with OSEN, Lee said that the initial plan was to adapt La Mante into a film; however, Mega Monster recommended a series adaptation instead, which later prevailed.
On November 14, 2023, the production companies announced that the lead role for the series was offered to Go Hyun-jung. On July 23, 2024, Go and Jang Dong-yoon were confirmed to portray the lead roles.
Ji Chang-wook was offered the role of Cha Soo-yeol but declined due to scheduling conflict.
Kim Bo-ra previously portrayed the role of Ha Seol in the 2024 MBC TV Friday-Saturday drama Black Out, which was the debut television work of director Byun Young-joo.
Principal photography began in August 2024. Filming was done from October 2024 to February 2025.
A teaser for the series was aired on December 21, 2024 during the 2024 SBS Drama Awards.
It premiered on SBS TV on September 5, 2025, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST).
Queen Mantis is available for streaming on Wavve, Netflix (South Korea and selected regions), Kocowa (North America), U-NEXT (Japan), friDay Video, Hami Video and CHT MOD (Taiwan), TrueVisions Now (Thailand) and Rakuten Viki (selected regions).