So the online negative commentary around C-actress Yu Shu Xin earlier this month will indeed impact her next C-drama. She was confirmed for the wuxia period drama A Journey to Glow, the companion next project to C-drama A Journey to Love. The male lead was not yet confirmed but by all accounts it was going to be Wang An Yu … Continue reading →
So I’m getting such major deja vu with the promos for upcoming SBS rom-com Will You Marry Me. I love leads Choi Woo Shik and Jung So Min and the premise, and the promos look so good but so did Love Next Door and that drama bamboozled me so hard with how much I loved those leads and wanted to … Continue reading →
It looks like the controversy in Mainland China over K-actress Jeon Ji Hyun’s new K-drama Tempest having scenes or dialogue that allegedly insult the country has reached a nadir. The top brands such as Piaget, La Mer, Louis Vuitton and more which have running advertisements and online CFs featuring Jeon Ji Hyun as their brand spokesmodel have all pulled anything … Continue reading →
It’s been a disappointing year (so far) for streaming platform Disney+ with it’s K-content. Maybe the fall of Kim Soo Hyun and delay of what would have been the platform’s biggest K-drama this year with Knock-Off was a sign of what’s to come. Fantasy action Twelve was a bomb and political thriller Tempest is getting more news over controversy than … Continue reading →
Well this is much ado about nothing lol. Jeon Ji Hyun is back on the small screen this month with political thriller Tempest opposite Kang Dong Won, and the series airs on Disney+ so there are no ratings to report but the streaming viewership appears to be solid enough. This week in the new episode aired, C-netizens got offended by … Continue reading →
So all the attention, rightly, is on tvN runaway weekend hit Bon Appétit, Your Majesty but there is actually another rom-com that has turned into a hit for a different network as well just not as stratospheric in ratings. Small cable network ENA premiered My Troublesome Star with Uhm Jung Hwa and Song Seung Heon last month on Mon-Tues and … Continue reading →
This is the first promo from upcoming Netflix fantasy K-drama Genie, Make a Wish that didn’t make me want to laugh at it. The drama released a ton of new drama and character stills this week all of which form together to actually tease a full story complete with other characters beyond the killer genie and his lamp rubbing actress … Continue reading →
This is good news to stop the continuing ballooning of drama budgets, but unfortunate for stars that have soon to be produced Netflix K-dramas. The streaming giant is reportedly capping K-drama salaries at 300 million won (about $212,000 USD) per episode after it got to nearly three times that amount in recent years for super top stars. This will hopefully … Continue reading →
The unexpected surprise that is young actor Lee Chae Min being totally on point in tvN weekend drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty may be starting a trend. Because this week attention from K-netizens are on rising actor Kim Jae Won who earlier had been cast as the male lead in Yumi’s Cells 3 but didn’t get as much coverage then. … Continue reading →
So the issue can addressed right away and I hope everyone can go back to just anticipating this upcoming K-drama. TVING thriller Dear X is slated to premiere in early November but has been judiciously releasing promos since last month. It’s all very shocking to see grown up child actress Kim Yoo Jung fully throw herself into a sociopathic femme … Continue reading →
I think there is a chance that tvN weekend drama Bon Appétit, Your Majesty could hit 20% ratings for the cable network and become one of it’s top rated dramas of all time what with six more episodes remaining. But even not accomplishing that feat doesn’t diminish that it’s a bona fide hit for the network and a much needed … Continue reading →
So the August K-dramas battled it out and the runaway clear winner is Bon Appétit, Your Majesty on tvN, with only the question of how high could it go in ratings through the rest of its run. Mary Kills People is a mega flop with ratings in the 1% range and such a depressing topic and Twelve is also a … Continue reading →
At this point its becoming a meme of sorts, just how bad the promos can be for upcoming big budget and high profile fantasy K-drama Genie, Make a Wish. Written by Kim Eun Soek, starring Kim Woo Bin and Suzy, and bankrolled by Netflix, all that hype has been muted in recent weeks with a series of very very bad … Continue reading →
