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 →
I sense an intentional emulation of the Cannes Film Festival red carpet here with the sprawling staircase but since it works so well totally go for the same grandeur vibe. The 25th annual Shanghai International Film Festival opened over the weekend with a grand red carpet gala and so many Chinese and Hong Kong stars in attendance with movies to … Continue reading →
Congrats to K-actor Song Joong Ki for another happy event in his life! He announced today via a message to fans that he welcomed a baby with wife Katy Louise Saunders. The child is a healthy baby boy and the entire family is currently in Rome, Katy’s hometown. The couple announced their marriage in January and also confirmed then that … 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 →
K-actress Han Hyo Joo is lucky she doesn’t work in Mainland China because she would totally get blacklisted by the government for this, tax evasion/underpayment is such a sticking point over there. The actress’s agency released a statement today that the actress paid an additional $55,000 USD in taxes after a tax audit revealed an underpayment. Her agency said this … Continue reading →
I know this pictorial screams Out of Africa or The English Patient but it also brings back all the expectation and dash hopes of a previous drama to novel adaptation. C-actress Liu Shi Shi graces the cover and pages of the July 2023 edition of Elle China and it’s a shoot set in the backdrop of a desert and plateau. … 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 →
These two really took family planning seriously lol! K-actor Kim Moo Yeol and K-actress Yoon Seung Ah announced this week that the couple welcomed their first child together last week on June 8th. Their little baby boy was born healthy and mommy and son are home resting now. The new parents have been married since 2015 and dated years before … 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 →
jTBC has confirmed another drama airing schedule, with Behind Your Touch (original title Hip) to premiere after King the Land, so in mid-August. This drama is from the screenwriter of critically acclaimed series The Light in Your Eyes (Brilliant) so will be a reunion with Han Ji Min as the female lead. The drama has Han Ji Min playing a … Continue reading →
For some reason I thought C-stars Tan Song Yun and Xu Kai have done a drama together before now but alas it was just the usual casting carousel jumble so this upcoming drama will be their first together. It’s called As Beautiful As You (Chinese title You Are More Beautiful than the Starlight) and it’s an start-up company tech industry … Continue reading →
