K-drama Signal 2 Likely Shelved After tvN Leaves it Off 2026 Drama Promo Slate After Male Lead Jo Jin Woong’s Scandal and Retirement From Industry

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There are many shelved dramas in both K-ent and C-ent, ones that have never seen the light and others released quietly a long time after whatever scandal halted its release. The high profile big budget Signal 2 (The Second Signal), the long awaited second season to the hit 2016 tvN drama has likely joined that ignominious group. This week tvN … Continue reading →

Kim Sung Cheol and Jin Ki Joo in Talks for Medical K-drama Sleeping Doctor

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Oh I’m down with this unexpected and fresh K-drama pairing. Kim Sung Cheol and Jin Ki Joo are in talks for a new medical K-drama titled Sleeping Doctor (or Doctor Sleep) described as a healing drama. Both will play doctors, with her as someone who has experienced sexual assault and learned to overcome it, but is also plagued by narcolepsy … Continue reading →

Youku Changing Modern Workplace C-drama Irreplaceable with Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun into 20-minute Medium Length Episodes Aligned with Industry Trend and Policy Changes

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So this may be the start of a new format that will become commonplace, time will tell. Reportedly Youku will cut it’s already finished modern workplace C-drama Irreplaceable with Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun into 20-minute episodes and turning it into a medium length format. The current long form dramas are typically 40-60 minute episodes and of course … Continue reading →

Princess Agent’s Sequel Rebirth with Li Yun Rui and Huang Yang Tian Tian Tentatively Scheduled for April 2026 Release

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So lunar new year is in mere days and already the 2025 C-drama season truly feels in the rear view mirror and everyone is onto the latest releases that kicked off the 2026 season. There will be plenty of C-dramas dropping but one interesting one with a lot of baggage is Rebirth (冰湖重生 Bing He Cong Sheng), the sequel to … Continue reading →

iQiyi Airdrops Comedic Period C-drama How Dare You with Wang Chu Ran and Cheng Lei on February 6th

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It’s here! Those waiting for a potential crack addicting C-drama may have one at hand with the airdrop of How Dare You on streaming platform iQiyi this Friday February 6th. Just in time for a weekend session and hopefully it’s as cute and entertaining as the previews looked. Wang Chu Ran plays a modern woman time traveled back to the … Continue reading →

Jo In Sung, Han Hyo Joo, and Go Yoon Jung Confirmed to Return in Moving Season 2 But Lee Jung Ha Will Not Due to Enlistment

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Some great news on a sequel front overall, but comes with one downside development. The production of hit K-drama Moving is closely to moving forward to start filming season 2, and Moving 2 will be written by the same original webtoon writer who did the first season that helped make it so good. This week K-ent reported that mommy and … Continue reading →

Zhang Wan Yi and Shen Yue Cast in Modern Family C-drama Adapted From Novel

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A new C-drama got cast this week with filming expected to start after lunar new year so end of February or early March, It’s titled 但愿人长久 Dan Yuan Ren Chang Jiu and is adapted from a novel, and shares the name with a famous classic song by Teresa Teng. The leads will be Zhang Wan Yi and Shen Yue, and … Continue reading →

Byun Woo Seok is a Broody Prince in New Stills for MBC K-drama Perfect Crown

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I have a confession, I’ve never finished watching Lovely Runner lol. I liked the first two episodes, but life got busy and I put it aside and never got back to it even after it became a breakout hit. That means I still don’t personally understand the meteoric rise of Byun Woo Seok but it’s a double edged sword for … Continue reading →

Kim Sun Ho and Cha Eun Woo’s Tax Evasion Scandal Puts Respective Next Drama Projects Portraits of Delusion and The Wonderfools Airing in Jeopardy

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The fallout is already starting to be covered in K-ent with the recent tax evasion scandals with same agency stars Cha Eun Woo and then Kim Sun Ho. For Kim Sun Ho, this past day his agency Fantagio announced that he has accepted responsibility and is reflecting on not following procedures for opening his personal agency and the funds flow, … Continue reading →

Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage Script Adjusted for Equal Male and Female Lead Screen Time as Filming Set Commence After Lunar New Year

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So this potential big budget hit or big budget trainwreck is close to launching with the actual date now rumored for the start of filming. Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage is slated for February 20th, just two weeks away and a mere four days after lunar new year so no long holiday break for the cast and … Continue reading →

Kim Sun Ho Allegedly Under Investigation for Tax Evasion Following Cha Eun Woo as Agency Fantagio Denies Any Wrongdoing

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At this point when it’s a two-for-two occurrence of having a hit drama followed by scandal I suggest Kim Sun Ho either go to an exorcist to excise the bad luck or else just do small indie projects with no change of becoming popular. This week it was reported by K-ent that the actor is under investigation for alleged tax … Continue reading →

IU is Impeccably Dressed as the Chaebol Daughter in New Stills for MBC Drama Perfect Crown

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Even if this K-drama turns out to be just mid, as so many are these days, I’m still planning to watch for the visuals. Female lead IU in the upcoming MBC drama Perfect Crown plays the chaebol heiress who enters an arranged marriage with the nation’s prince to gain the prestige and status she can’t buy with money. She’s done … Continue reading →

First Look at Newly Shorn Kim Go Eun with Kim Jae Won as Her Final Love Interest in Yumi’s Cells Season 3

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It’s only been five years since the first season of Yumi’s Cells aired in 2021 but it feels twice that long honestly. The drama did a great job of adapting the webtoon and also managed the messiness of love and breakups through two seasons of fairly realistic and happy/sad emotional beats. But the big break between season 2 and the … Continue reading →