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BTS Pictures of Kim Woo Bin and Suzy Filming K-drama Everything Will Come True Showcases a Very Fashion Funny Genie Male Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 18, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2024
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So Kim Woo Bin and Suzy have been filming the K-drama Everything Will Come True since the start of the year and it’s one of my most highly anticipated due to the two leads and also the drama is from the screenwriter Kim Eun Sook. After her last foray into dark revenge with The Glory, she returns to the fantasy … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Everything Will Come True, Kim Woo Bin, Suzy

Knight Flower Ends with 18.4% Ratings Surpassing The Red Sleeve Cuff as the Highest Rated MBC Fri-Sat Drama of All Time

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 18, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2024
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Well I know who’s getting the MBC Daesang this year lol. Of course another drama can come along and surpass this but it’s still the biggest rocket out of the gate in 2024. MBC Fri-Sat night sageuk drama Knight Flower with Honey Lee and Lee Jong Won ended this weekend with the final episode getting 18.4% ratings, an extraordinary achievement … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Honey Lee, Knight Flower, Lee Jong Won

C-drama Adaptation of Wartime Period Romance Novel Green Cloud Platform in Talks with Zhao Lu Si for Female Lead, Male Lead Deng Wei or Cheng Lei

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 18, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2024
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A new C-drama is in early casting stage but it has a pretty name and also potential leads and I like. The drama title is Green Cloud Platform adapted from the same name period romance novel set during a wartime with the leads going from enemies to lovers. The offer is out to Zhao Lu Si to be the female … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Lei, Deng Wei, Green Cloud Platform

C-ent Insiders Say the Billing Push From Chen Zhe Yuan’s Camp is Real and Coming From iQiyi Investing in the Drama Love on the Turquoise Land

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 17, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 18, 2024
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So y’all want more melon on this one? So the production of C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land is happy to have confirmed Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Zhe Yuan for the leads and both stars like the script and their characters. The biggest issue is billing order, it’s either going to be Dilraba first as expected or equal billing between … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love on the Turquoise Land

Liu Yu Ning and Tian Xi Wei Cast in C-drama Period Romance The Days of Seclusion and Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 17, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 17, 2024
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New C-drama casting alert and this one seems like a solid pairing for me. The C-novel The Days of Seclusion and Love is getting a drama adaptation and reportedly has confirmed as leads Liu Yu Ning and Tian Xi Wei in that billing order. Liu Yu Ning has been busy filming The Legend of Jewelry with Zhao Lu Si and … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Liu Yu Ning, The Days of Seclusion and Love, Tian Xi Wei

Jung Woo Sung Confirmed for K-drama Period Thriller Made in Korea with Director of Inside Men and Hyun Bin Also in Talks

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 17, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 16, 2024
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So this is like taking a high prestige K-movie cast and crew and moving it to K-dramas, which is happening more frequently these days. Jung Woo Sung has been confirmed for the drama Made in Korea, with the director Woo Min Ho of Inside Men and The Drug King. The drama is set in the 1970’s and Jung Woo Sung … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Hyun Bin, Jung Woo Sung, Made in Korea

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won Go Through the Three Stages of Relationship in New Stills for tvN Drama The Queen of Tears

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2024
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So tvN has been very good to viewers anticipating its upcoming K-drama The Queen of Tears as there has been a steady stream of promos since the beginning of February. The latest release shows leads Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won showing off their good looks through the three stages of a relationship. The first is cheerfully dating with … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

Na In Woo to Enlist in the Military Next Month in March 2024 After Attending Reward Trip to Vietnam with the Marry My Husband Production Team

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2024
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So I could totally swear that K-actor Na In Woo was done with his military service already, I guess I thought he was in his 30s and older then he really is. He’s only 29 years old and will be heading to his mandatory military service next month in March 2024. He will first attend a team reward trip to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Na In Woo

Kim Yoo Jung Gets Turned into a Chicken Nugget in Upcoming Netflix Slapstick Comedy Drama Starring Ryu Seung Ryong and Ahn Jae Hong

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 16, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2024
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So I would never be interested in this K-drama but for the cast and director involved, I love every one of them SO MUCH. The upcoming Netflix drama Chicken Nugget with Ryu Seung Ryong and Ahn Jae Hong premiering on March 15th released the first poster and teaser and I was just basically teleported back to one of my favorite … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Ahn Jae Hong, Chicken Nugget, Kim Yoo Jung, Ryu Seung Ryong

Chen Zhe Yuan and Liang Jie Find Romance in a War Zone in Posters and Preview for C-drama The White Olive Tree

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 16, 2024
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So it was western Valentine’s Day this week and with it a bunch of modern romance C-dramas on deck released new posters. One of them was The White Olive Tree which I wasn’t even tracking but now am intrigued solely because it looks like a remake of Descendants of the Sun. But the drama is based on the same name … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Liang Jie, White Olive Tree

Bai Jing Ting Gets Flack for Upstaging and Dominating the Joint Performance with Wei Da Xun and Wei Chen at the CCTV Lunar New Year Celebration

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2024
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So the C-way remains a collective mutual harmony rather and individual win at the expense of others, and C-actor Bai Jing Ting is learning the hard way what it means to be a stand out nail on a board. At this week’s biggest lunar new year television show the CCTV Chunwan program, Bai Jing Ting performed a song along with … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Jing Ting

Wang Yibo and Li Qin’s 1920’s Era Patriotic Communist C-drama Golden Journey Tentatively Scheduled to Premiere in March 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 15, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 15, 2024
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So this drama was part of C-actor Wang Yibo and his career directional turn away from idol fare to more serious dramas and movies in the last three years. The 1920’s era C-drama Golden Journey with him and Li Qin is about a young man who grows disenchanted with the republic front and embraces the inspirational communist ideals and becomes … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Golden Journey, Li Qin, Wang Yibo

Kim Ji Won Looks and Dresses the Part of the Haughty and Rich Queen of Tears in Upcoming Drama

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 14, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 14, 2024
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So Kim Soo Hyun has romanced a few rich/powerful/famous female lead characters in his most popular dramas and it appears he’s adding another one to his onscreen dating history. Kim Ji Won in Queen of Tears absolutely channels Jeon Ji Hyun in You From Another Star, IU in Producer, and Seo Ye Ji in It’s Okay to Not be Okay. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, Queen of Tears

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