Filming is reportedly starting for Squid Game 2 this summer with an eye towards a 2024 release on Netflix. At Tudum, the platform’s promo event this weekend, Netflix confirmed that the original four big stars Lee Jung Jae, Gong Yoo, Lee Byung Hun, and Wi Ha Joon will all be returning, and joining them are additional top stars Im Shi … Continue reading →
The weekend time slot now has not one but two successful romance K-dramas to occupy viewers time and both are deserving of the first weekend out of the gate win. jTBC old school chaebol romance King the Land increased in its second episode to 7.544% ratings even bigger than tvN fantasy romance See You in My 19th Life which increased … Continue reading →
Woo hoo, summer is here in earnest as basically every school is out and also the sun is out where I live after months of unseasonably cold and overcast conditions. Also there are two new lighter side romance dramas that dropped today with tvN premiering fantasy drama See You in My 19th Life and jTBC releasing King the Land. 19th … Continue reading →
Netflix has announced a new medical K-drama likely airing in 2024. It’s called The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call and is adapted from the same name novel and webtoon. The drama will be led by Joo Ji Hoon with his full cast of trauma center doctors including Choo Yeong Woo, Yoon Kyung Ho, Ha Young, and Jeong Jae Kwang. The … Continue reading →
This sounds like a heartwarming second chances type of drama that sounds broadly appealing. K-ent is reporting that the full cast is onboard for K-drama Melo House (Romantic House) with Ji Jin Hee and Kim Ji Soo as the older couple and young leads Minho and Son Na Eun. It tells of a couple who divorced when they went bankrupt … Continue reading →
I feel like this is a chicken or the egg situation, but the decision is probably a good one. Streaming platform Disney+ has been producing its own K-dramas for two years and also licensing other terrestrial channel K-dramas for streaming in hopes of capitalizing on the expansion. Unfortunately it’s not yielded meaningful returns, i.e. increased subscribers and also retaining subscribers, … Continue reading →
This Sat is the head to head premiere of two romance K-dramas both on my watch list. tvN has Meet You in My 19th Life going fantasy while jTBC brings back old school classic chaebol and cinderella romance with King the Land. The leads of King the Land are in the upcoming Allure Korea July edition doing their darndest to … Continue reading →
The second season of global hit Squid Game has been in talks since the first season premiered in 2021 and now it’s actually heading into production this summer 2023. The latest news is that Im Shi Wan is joining the games, no word on the character or potential season 2 storyline. Returning for sure is male lead Lee Jung Jae … Continue reading →
The tvN second season of Tale of Gumiho wrapped with decent 5% average ratings for the cable network and talk of a third go-around. Female lead from the original season Jo Boa only made a cameo and not sure if she’ll be back for a third season if it does happen, but she’s now confirmed for a romance K-drama Destined … Continue reading →
Kyaaaaaa, my wish totally just came true! Kim Woo Bin and Suzy are confirmed for the next hit screenwriter Kim Eun Sook penned K-drama. It’s a fantasy romance titled All Your Wishes Will Come True (Wishes Granted by Genie) and will air in 2024. It’s a fantasy story with an emotional genie in a bottle runs across a stoic woman … Continue reading →
The original The Uncanny Counter was the unexpected ratings hit in late 2020 marking one of smaller cable network OCN‘s biggest wins. It was scheduled for a season 2 right away but then got delayed after male lead Jo Byung Gyu got accused of a school yard bullying scandal which has since been handled as the first accuser recanted. The … Continue reading →
K-drama romances love fate and childhood connections and this drama takes both to a new level of meant to be. See You in My 19th Life will premiere next weekend on tvN and the latest main trailer shows female lead Shin Hye Sun taking charge all the way to pursue her past life first love Ahn Bo Hyun. He’s a … Continue reading →
Cable leader tvN released a confirmation of the next slate of Sat-Sun K-dramas and it’ll be fantasy all the way. First there is See You in My 19th Life followed by The Uncanny Counter 2 and the biggest budget on deck comes after that with Arthdal Chronicles: Sword of Aramun. It’s the sequel to the 2019 Arthdal Chronicles which was … Continue reading →
