Okay, I think K-netizens are freaking out about this casting for the wrong reason because I don’t think there will be a love line coming. K-ent is reporting that Cha Eun Woo is in talks to join the K-drama Wonderful World which has already cast Kim Nam Joo as the female lead alongside Kim Kang Woo playing a pair of … Continue reading →
One door closes and another door opens for K-actor Son Seok Kyu and getting an amazing leading lady to boot! After turning down the Hong Sisters romance streaming drama Can This Love be Translated he’s now been offered the male lead in the upcoming police thriller K-drama Nine Puzzle. He plays a outwardly lackadaisical but brilliant in reality detective who … Continue reading →
The casting is moving forward for sageuk drama Swallowing Gold (literal title Swallow Gold) which last month announced leads Lee Jae Wook and Jo Boa. Now Kim Jae Wook and Jung Ga Ram are joining the cast for a drama about a rich merchant in Joseon and the return of his long missing son. The drama explores the missing children … Continue reading →
So the rejection can definitely be translated here and it’s a “nah, I’m good” from K-actor Son Seok Kyu to the drama writing duo of the Hong Sisters. He was offered the male lead in their upcoming romance drama Can This Love be Translated where he plays a talented multilingual translator who does work for a top movie actress and … Continue reading →
The upcoming jTBC romance King the Land probably spent most of its budget on hiring two top idol-actor leads in Yoona and Junho because it’s sorely lacking in the art department lol. But that may not matter when the end result arrives and they show the money was well spent on two charming leads that can turn the overdone prince … Continue reading →
So this drama looks and sounds silly as heck but perhaps that’s part of the charm. Upcoming KBS fantasy romance drama Heartbeat has Taecyeon playing a vampire nearly close to his dream of becoming human and falling for Won Ji An as the plucky human girl that wandered into his life. It’s interesting to see Won Ji An go from … Continue reading →
It’s great to see jTBC medical and second chance drama Doctor Cha continuing to increase in ratings, the most recent episode 12 got an impressive 18.493%. Over at SBS, the third season that is Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3 has remained steady in the 12%-13% ratings since its premiere three weeks ago and this may be the last season for … Continue reading →
Man, this totally feels like a handful of crazy idol fans of Bona who made a mountain out of a molehill. Recently finished sageuk drama Joseon Attorney did okay ratings and after its fun is generating more noise. After the last episode aired, male lead Woo Do Hwan posted a BTS video on his SNS of a cut scene from … Continue reading →
Sometimes the most random stuff gets made out of hit products and this one is precisely that. The popular 2021 K-drama Vincenzo has gotten a Japanese musical adaptation which just released the first poster above ahead of the August 2023 premiere in a theater in Kobe. The musical stars young J-stars Wada Masanari and Suzuka Tomita, no clue who they … Continue reading →
I don’t know yet what the real reason is but it definitely sounds juicy. K-ent is reporting that the thriller dual female lead drama The Price of Confession which had cast Song Hye Kyo and Han So Hee will not be going forward. The first report was that the two leading ladies left the production but later Han So Hee’s … Continue reading →
I don’t know who greenlit this drama but it’s either going to be the throwback romance longtime K-drama lovers didn’t realize we needed or a pointless retread of tropes that don’t work anymore. I’m hoping for the former when jTBC premieres King the Land in mid-June but even with optimism the first poster and new trailer just looks so cheesy … Continue reading →
This drama sounds EXACTLY like My Roommate is a Gumiho but swap out the Eastern myth nine tailed fox for the Western myth vampire. The first stills are out for KBS Mon-Tues drama Can You Feel My Heartbeat with Taecyeon playing a hundred year old vampire who is thisclose (one day missed) to becoming a human. He loves trying new … Continue reading →
I think fantasy always sounds interesting on paper but the execution has been spotting in K-dramas. The Beauty Within was amazingly heartfelt but Doom at Your Service fell completely flat, just naming two from the opposite ends of the spectrum. tvN upcoming drama See You in My 19th Life takes the premise of a woman who remembers all her past … Continue reading →
