Category Archives: K-dramas

Production Company Behind River Where the Moon Rises Sues Ji Soo’s Agency KeyEast for $2.7M of Additional Costs to Re-film Drama With New Male Lead

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In the annals of least surprising developments in K-ent, the lawsuit that was bound to happen is here. The production company behind River Where the Moon Rises has sued former male lead Ji Soo‘s agency KeyEast Entertainment. It’s a straight forward claim for damages, costs, expenses due to Ji Soo‘s bullying scandal which led to the production company needing to … Continue reading →

Kim Young Dae May Be Seo Hyun Jin’s Leading Man in SBS Noona-Dongsaeng Romance Drama Why Oh Soo Jae

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The casting call continues and this time it’s for two already hard at work stars taking on another project non-stop. Rising young actor Kim Young Dae has been offered the male lead in SBS drama Why Oh Soo Jae, which already signed on leading lady Seo Hyun Jin. She’s currently filming You Are My Spring with Kim Dong Wook and … Continue reading →

Lee Dong Wook Offered the Male Lead in OCN Thriller Bad and Crazy by the PD and Screenwriter of The Uncanny Counter

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tvN drama Mouse is making my head hurt with all these serial killer personality/gene/brain transplant mumbo jumbo so I hope this drama airs later in 2021 so I can have a break on these types of stories. K-ent is reporting that Lee Dong Wook is in talks for the OCN thriller drama Bad and Crazy, playing the male lead who … Continue reading →

Kim Sun Ho and Shin Mina Confirmed for tvN Rom-com Drama Seaside Village ChaChaCha a Remake of the Movie Mr. Hong

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Rejoice, we have a confirmed great pairing and for a rom-com to boot! After months of rumors and speculation, today Shin Mina and Kim Sun Ho have confirmed their casting for the second half of 2021 tvN romance Seaside Village ChaChaCha. Not a fan of the drama title but a mega fan of both leads, who I must say must’ve … Continue reading →

Park Bo Young Does Average Jane While Seo In Guk Swaggers with Fantasy Vibes in First Stills for tvN Drama Doom at Your Service

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I remember that grim reapers always need to wear black and look like secret service agents in dramas because that’s just what we expect. So the first stills of Seo In Guk as the titular Doom/Destruction himself in tvN fantasy romance Doom at Your Service (One Day Destruction Came to My Door) has his middle man between Heaven and Earth … Continue reading →

Kim Hye Yoon in Talks for Female Lead of Sageuk Drama Secret Royal Inspector and Jo Yi Opposite Taecyeon

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Awwww, this wasn’t the cast original set out and isn’t the one that I would have preferred. Upcoming sageuk drama Secret Royal Inspector and Jo Yi was originally set to star Jo Byung Gyu after his breakout hit with The Uncanny Counter but he stepped aside after the bullying allegations against him from his school age days continued unabated. He … Continue reading →

First Official Stills of Lee Do Hyun in KBS Period Romance Drama Youth of May Set in the 1980’s Student Democracy Movement

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I’ve got all sorts of feels when it comes to Lee Do Hyun and his upcoming KBS drama Youth of May. He’s finally the solo male lead and I can’t wait to see what he brings to the role. But with the recent netizen attacks on any drama that it perceives to deviate from history or take fictional liberties in … Continue reading →

jTBC Releases New Statement Denying Snowdrop is Pro-Conservative Regime Crackdown on Student Democracy Protests of 1987, Says its About Election But Will Change Female Lead’s Name

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jTBC is on the defensive but not backing down to the netizen furor over its upcoming drama Snowdrop, which let us all agree on hasn’t aired yet so what the drama is fully about no one knows other than the production. After Joseon Exorcist was excoriated for demeaning King Taejong by fictionally portraying him as slaughtering citizens after hallucinating they … Continue reading →

Jung Il Woo and Yuri Exude Classic Sageuk Vibes in New Stills for MBN Drama Bossam: Stealing Fate

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The upcoming sageuk drama Bossam: Stealing Fate will be the special 10th anniversary production for the smaller cable network MBN, and I sure hope the quality is much better that jTBC’s 10th anniversary big budget clunker Sisyphus: The Myth. The more I see of Bossom the more I like it, Jung Il Woo returns to his rugged sageuk roots and … Continue reading →

Episode 14 of River Where the Moon Rises Starts Ga Jin’s Palace Politicking with Ratings of 6.4%, 8.4%

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After the action packing episode 13 of River Where the Moon Rises, the action moves squarely back to the palace and I kinda dozed off because it’s back to the stuff that the drama never did well in the first place. Ga Jin is starting to politic and set traps herself, good for her but it always feels like a … Continue reading →

OCN Confirms K-drama Voice 4 for June 2021 with Leads Song Seung Heon and Lee Ha Na

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The OCN Voice series keeps chugging along and the network has confirmed the leads and broadcast date for the next chapter. Voice 4 will star Song Seung Heon, the third male lead to join the franchise after Jang Hyuk did the first season and Lee Jin Wook the next two seasons, alongside OG female lead Lee Ha Na who I … Continue reading →

A Smartly Won Battle Gets Ga Jin and Ondal Back to the Palace in Episode 13 of River Where the Moon Rises as Ratings Stay at 6.8%, 8.7%

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It’s wild to think that a week ago the worst thing to befall K-dramas in 2021 was the male lead swap in River Where the Moon Rises, and then Joseon Exorcist came along and went “Hold my beer.”. Mon-Tues remains thin on drama offerings and I’m happily still enjoying River, a drama that has gotten better narratively but still a … Continue reading →

Kwon Hwa Woon Goes From Being Shady in Mouse to Guest-starring in Last Two Episodes of River Where the Moon Rises as Kim So Hyun’s Grown Up Younger Brother

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tvN Wed-Thurs drama Mouse has been offing characters left and with at will, zero hesitation. For example, Dr. Daniel is off to sell real estate and now Dr. Yo Han is donning his court hanbok and off to politicking in the Gorguyeo. Actor Kwon Hwa Woon, who I have seen in supporting roles in many dramas but really caught my … Continue reading →