This is fantastic drama news, which still needs to be taken with a caveat at this point since it’s so far out on the horizon. MBC has brought Empress Ki screenwriter Jang Young Chul back after a three year hiatus and he will be helming the next Mon-Tues long drama series for the network after the currently airing 50-episode makjang Glamorous Temptation ends its run in early Spring of 2016. I did not like Jang Young Chul’s Empress Ki, despite the ratings and awards for that drama as he did take home the MBC screenwriter drama award that year, but I loved his earlier works like Giant and History of the Salaryman. MBC has paired up writer Jang with the veteran MBC PD who helmed Legendary Witch and Hundred Year Inheritance, both weekend dramas but got decent enough ratings. The new drama is tentatively titled Tyrant and will be male lead based.
With screenwriter Jang’s MO, there will definitely be revenge of some sort involved with Tyrant, and hopefully the male lead will be likable enough the don the mantle of such a heavy descriptive moniker. Tyrant is not a sageuk but instead more along the lines of Giant – it’s starts in 1997 after the IMF crisis and chronicles the story of a man with desire to success who weathers all challenges to win in both love and career.
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Thanks for the post! That's the writing team I've been missing. So it'll be just Jang, writing alone without his wife? I love their work, esp. when they team with PD Yoo In-sik.
I did actually loved EK although the 10 last episodes were not so good unlike the other episodes which were really interesting. didn't watch Giant and Salaryman but i heard many good reviews about both dramas so they are on my to watch list.
I wonder if the new drama id going to be long? apart from EK and other old saeguks i tend not to watch long dramas with 30+ episodes (that's why i didn't start giant yet but funny enough i watched its competitor at the same time slot Dong Yi 5 years ago). if it's a male centric i hope so much it will be older actor and not an idol or 20 something actor. someone like Jung woo sung or Jang dong gun will be great.
Idk sounds like a LMH bread and butter tho.. everything that has anything to do with Tyrant, Arrogant chaebols, arrogant vigilante, arrogant ganagsta and he could even play a dictator of fictional land
NO LMH please!
Never said he was going to do with or anything just that it sounded like his bread and butter..
If you want your bias whomever it is to be casted then you can have it be my guest
joo jin mo is the perfect lead
+1000
Though, I can't visualize him going for revenge rn lol. All I see is lovestruck JJM shouting Eundong-a~. They won't kill him off this time, right?
+3
Mine too!! Though I wasn't a big EmpKi fan, I give gold stars to everything else!! Tyrant! Hope they pick a great cast!!
What? That period makjang mess was from the screenwriter of History of Salaryman? Jang Young Chul should defintely stick to contemporary dramas and preferable reunite with PD Yoo In-shik.
I really enjoy HoS and IoM. I wish he comeback to SBS one day. But I know MBC will give him more episodes and I think he like it.
he was good in revenge drama queen of the game plus he was really good looking in that drama, my favorit line in my love eundong is " don't sleep with your husband tonigh"
he was good in revenge drama queen of the game plus he was really good looking in that drama, my favorit line in my love eundong is " don't sleep with your husband tonight
Wait! I would love to see my charismatic Ajhussi Lee Bum Soo to be cast as the main lead again. This guy is 1000s better than many young stars as a real actor. Even as a villain in LAST, he steals the show. LOL...
Yeah I agree.. They should cast Lee Bum Soo.
He can play charismatic hero or evil villain.. Easy..
I'd really love to see him back with Jung Ryeo Won too. Haha