The K-drama remake of Taiwan dramas trend isn’t over quite yet. On the heels of the remakes of My Queen into Witch’s Romance as well as Fated to Love You, up next is the critically acclaimed hit TW-drama In Time With You (I Might Not Love You). I’m not surprised in the least, ITWY was a hit when it aired, rocketed Bolin Chen to popular new heights from his indie movie roots, and created tons of memes about the dreamy beta-male that will forever be there for the alpha girl he secretly loves. Doing the remake is production company IWill Media which did When a Man Loves with Song Seung Heon and Shin Se Kyung.
The remake is prepping for a mid-2015 release and currently there is no word on which network it will air one whether one of the Big Three or end up a cable drama. While I love Ariel Lin and Bolin Chen, not to mention found Director Winnie’s directing in ITWY absolutely phenomenal, I hated the drama back when it aired. I had such high hopes and do appreciate how well made and acted the production was, but good god did I loathe Ariel’s Chen Yo Qing and no matter how wonderful Bolin’s Li Da Ren was I couldn’t get behind the coupling. I’m game for the remake to maybe fix the issues I had with the original.
It’s basically a given that the two leads of Korean ITWY are going to need the same insane chemistry between Ariel and Bolin, and hopefully have the same nuanced acting chops as well, in order to even come close to the original in terms of really bringing the characters to life. This story relies not on situations or tropes but on really subtle and long simmering emotional threads.
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I doubt this casting would ever come true for me, but if Kim Bum and Kim So Eun were cast as the leads in this drama I would surely tune in. They have great chemistry and it would be a new type of role for Kim So Eun because she has never played an alpha-type of female
ooh Kim So Eun would be a nice choice. the male lead can be Lee Seung Gi or Kim Soo Hyun maybe? the 2nd male lead can be Song Jae Rim! :D
Nope nope nope NOPE! No Song Jae Rim! Absolutely BIG NO NO. Don't ruin the image of my Prince Charming with the Dbag character.
This. Kim Bum and Kim So Eun casting would definitely be daebak. ❤
ITYM remains as one of my favorite tw dramas. The reply 1997 pair would work here
NOOOOOOO....I loved You Qing and Li Da Ren and I don't want anyone to ruin these characters. Also the directorial style of Director Winnie is so unique, they'd have to get someone really good to make it a seamless adaptation, I can only think of a handful of directors (Kim Yoon Cheol and the Coffee Prince PD) or screenwriters (Pak Yeon Seon perhaphs?) that could maybe make it work.
Same here. Not so sure about this..... :/
I really loved Time With You. I'm not a big fan when Korean adapts T- or Jdrama. But for this one, the story is simple (any strange character or weird scenes) so it would be interesting. For the actors, I want to see a new couple and not a couple we already saw in another drama. The choice of the actrice will be major.
ITWY is my favourite tw drama of all time. Korean adaptation? Nooooooo!
Both times Ariel Lin & Bolin Chen worked together, Ariel got awful characters. Who knows why, but I hated her in Lovesick and ITWY was really goood but still I got pissed off by Yo Qing. I hope I like the leads for the remake because even so I loved ITWY and yes, Bolin & Ariel had an amazing chemistry.
Surprising that Koala dislikes the drama because writing,acting,directing wise it is by the most impressive TW drama i have seen. I too had issues with the heroine, she was hard to like sometimes. Doing foolish things with terrible men.
For me K-drama remake will never exist in my eyes. I will avoid it totally.
I loved ITWY...even when You Qing went back to that horrid dude I could understand why even if I didn't approve. Da Ren was making me angry with that clingy girl too lol
I was just glad she'd already chosen a different path when she discovered dude hadn't changed
I loved ITWY! The middle dragged and YQ had a bad attitude, but I heart heart the dialogue! A very beautiful job done by Winnie too! I hope the remake is just as awesome or even
better. Please cast great leads Korea!!!
woohhh, one person who feels the same as I.... Ariel's character totally got on my nerves by the end and Bolin's needed a backbone – and simply deserved better than Yo Qing.
I think it's perfectly suited for a remake, but I'm not sure I'm confident they'll fix those issues. K-dramas love their alpha-ego heroines at times, see everything from My Sassy Girl to forthcoming Today's Love. Of course, they love the very opposite as well with arrogant chaebols and candies that bow to everything...