Of course one is sworn to chastity and the other owns an adult sex toys company, it’s like K-dramas cannot make a story set up without the most obvious and opposite extremes for the two leads to overcome. A rom-com K-drama is set to premiere next month in October 2026 called Make Me Tremble (Make Me Tingle) and stars Nam … Continue reading →
The number of high profile K-dramas getting produced continues to decrease and it remains so hard to make a well produced show that it’s always a hit-or-miss risk. Next year will see the release of already completed filming fantasy romance K-drama Human X Gumiho airing on cable giant jTBC. Starring Jeon Ji Hyun as the titular gumiho who in this … Continue reading →
Ooooh, I wonder what happened behind the scenes to lead to this. K-actor Lee Jong Seok and his agency have announced that he’s no longer starring in upcoming K-drama Yi Seob’s Romance, adapted from the same name webtoon and in the shared universe as Casual Lie which is being made into a K-drama starring Lee Joon Hyuk. The reason given … Continue reading →
I take the “voluntarily” part of departing this upcoming drama with a grain of salt, but at least it’s now confirmed how the upcoming season 2 and 3 of hit drama The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call will proceed. Namely without female lead Ha Young, who will not be returning anymore to for the sequel seasons after her great-grandfather being … Continue reading →
Those lamenting that K-dramas don’t make ’em like they used to anymore has a lot of truth to it, even if the current fare still has gems and hits it’s just not as many nor as consistently satisfying. That’s why the recent 10th reunion specials of past K-dramas feels so good such as Answer Me 1988 and Goblin casts all … Continue reading →
I never really thought it was possible to adapt webtoon The Remarried Empress identically into a K-drama what with the fictional European royalty setting yet here we are, with the first look trailer for the Disney+ and Hulu streaming series dropping viewers directly into that backdrop. And you know what, I’m game for it and really open to this being … Continue reading →
Let’s resurrect a good old slice of K-drama fantastic onscreen chemistry and hope the second go-around is both as good and the two get a better story to go alongside it. Kim So Hyun and Song Kang are confirmed for the MBC romance K-drama White Scandal, after earlier being discussed for the roles that would reunite the two now nearly … Continue reading →
The timing almost feels too on the nose, with the first script reading stills out for upcoming colonial-era period K-drama 100 Days of Deception on the heels of K-ent still abuzz with talk about ancestors of one actress during that era being a Japanese collaborator. Dramas set during that era usually do well, some recent ones include critically acclaimed Mr. … Continue reading →
So the rumors last month are indeed true. Formerly disgraced and cancelled K-actor Yoo Ah In will indeed make his acting career return in a new movie that is heading into production. It’s titled Vampire and is directed by award winning director Jang Jae Hyun of Exhuma and The Priests. The movie also includes famous stars Lee Sung Min and … Continue reading →
So there’s a casting change with upcoming K-drama Men of the Harem as the most famous actor in the so-called harem of male leads just dropped out and replaced with another. Adapted from a webtoon, the drama is slated to star Suzy as she lives out a world where she as the Empress has a harem of men to choose … Continue reading →
The fallout from the pro-Japanese doctor ancestor scandal with K-actress Ha Young continues on, not really abating even one week into it. More information continues to come to light about her family – that her great-grandfather wasn’t just a pro-Japanese collaborator but actually married a Japanese woman and his household operated entirely in Japanese, that her grandfather worked in a … Continue reading →
The bad news keeps coming from K-ent this week and this one makes me so sad as a long time K-drama viewer. Award winning and famed director Ahn Pan Seok has passed away at the age of 64 years old, from illness complications stemming from his lung cancer diagnosis last year. He’s one of the most lauded of the K-drama … Continue reading →
Okay, whether this scandal is legit or not it is totally one that she unfortunately brought upon herself by talking about it. K-actress Ha Young saw her leading lady role Netflix K-drama Our Sticky Love with Jung Hae In premiere last Friday and has gotten strong positive reviews right off the bat. She also had a memorable guest starring role … Continue reading →
