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Jing Tian, Zhang Ling He, and Darren Chen Kick Off Filming for Xianxia Romance C-drama Si Hai Zhong Ming

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 3, 2023 by ockoalaJune 2, 2023
Woman in traditional attire, dramatic lighting scene.

So it’s not just Bai Lu starting another drama filming, her costar from delayed Story of Kunning Palace is also diving into his next project. Zhang Ling He is joining Jing Tian and Darren Chen (Guan Hong) as filming has started for xianxia period C-drama Si Hai Zhong Ming (Four Seas Heavy Brightness and was formerly known as Si Hai … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Darren Chen, Guan Hong, Jing Tian, Si Hai Zhong Ming, Zhang Ling He

Go Ah Sung and Chang Ryul Cast in TVING 19+ Rated Romance K-drama Chunhwa Love Story

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2023 by ockoalaJune 2, 2023
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Oh this sounds saucy and potentially too steamy for TV haha. TVING has announced the production of a sageuk romance drama titled Chunhwa Love Story (or Erotic Painting Love Story) starring Go Ah Sung and Chang Ryul. I didn’t recognize his name but seeing his picture I immediately remembered him as the creepy and crazy step brother in Gold Spoon. … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Chang Ryul, Chunhwa Love Story, Go Ah Sung

Bai Lu and Chen Zhe Yuan are in Talks for Romance Period C-drama Attacking Jade

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2023 by ockoalaJune 2, 2023
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Since Bai Lu’s drama Story of Kunning Palace looks indefinitely delayed, joining the ranks of over a dozen or more high profile C-dramas in the last 7 years or so to get shelved for one reason or another, she might as well keep filming. She’s in talks for the C-drama adaptation of the romance novel Attacking Jade. The first male … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Attacking Jade, Bai Lu, Chen Zhe Yuan

C-drama Lost You Forever Part 1 Tentatively Scheduled for July 2023 Airing and Production Releases New Stills Celebrating 2 Million Reservations

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 2, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
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I’ll believe this when I see it but so far this latest C-ent crack down on dramas with problematic elements/cast et. al. has not stopped ALL dramas from airing as period drama Beauty of Resilience (Hua Rong) started airing this week. So the scoop is that my most highly anticipated C-drama Lost You Forever adapted from the Tong Hua same … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Deng Wei, Lost You Forever, Tan Jian Ci, Yang Zi, Zhang Wan Yi

First Fan Snapped Pictures of Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won Filming K-drama The Queen of Tears

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 1, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
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Filming is underway in Seoul for the K-drama The Queen of Tears, the big budget production with A-list leads Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won and written by hitmaking screenwriter Park Ji Eun of Crash Landing on You and You From Another Star. The two leads play a married couple so that’s cool to start off already married and … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, The Queen of Tears

The Childe Director Park Hoon Jung Gets Flack for Doing the Exact Same Movie Poster Design as His Prior Flick The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 1, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
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I don’t think this is a controversy but more like viewers calling out some lazy movie design work. Upcoming thriller movie The Childe (The Gentleman) released a full cast movie poster and K-netizens noticed that it looks exactly the same as the full cast movie poster for The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion. The kicker is that both movies are … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged The Childe, The Witch

Bona and Rookie Jang Da Ah Headline TVING K-drama Adaptation of Girls School Bullying Webtoon Pyramid Game

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 1, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
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A girl-centric school yard bullying webtoon will be hitting the small screens later this year, with TVING producing the live action version of Pyramid Game. The drama stars Bona as the transfer student that ends up a victim of the school’s pyramid game, a student voted and sanctioned game whereby the student with the lowest popularity votes gets to be … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Bona, Jang Da Ah, Pyramid Game

Amidst a Snowstorm of Love with Wu Lei and Zhao Jin Mai Finishes Filming and Releases Official Character Stills and Making of Video

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 31, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
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For a drama called Amidst a Snowstorm of Love it definitely took advantage of last winter late 2022/early 2023 as it filmed in Europe and wrapped recently as the spring season comes to a close. The cast already went back to film in China so with this end of filming the production released a full set of character stills with … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Amidst a Snowstorm of Love, Wu Lei, Zhao Jin Mai

First Stills of Kim So Hyun and Minhyun for tvN’s Mon-Tues Drama Useless Lies

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 31, 2023 by ockoalaMay 31, 2023
Young man and woman in stylish portraits.

Woohoo, I’m so excited for this drama making the first return of Kim So Hyun back to the small screen in two years since sageuk River Where the Moon Rises. She actually has another drama Is it Coincidence but this tvN series Useless Lies will arrive first in early July. The first stills are out of her and male lead … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim So Hyun, Minhyun, Useless Lies

Song Joong Ki is a Kid in a Couture Store Decked Out in Louis Vuitton for GQ Korea March 2023 Edition

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 31, 2023 by ockoalaJune 1, 2023
Man and woman interacting through prison bars.

K-actor Song Joong Ki was at Cannes Film Festival last week for his upcoming K-movie Hopeless and when he walked the red carpet for the film’s screening he wore Louis Vuitton and looked absolutely dashing. Too bad that was not the look the brand gave him for his GQ Korea pictorial this June which is the opposite of fitted tuxedo … Continue reading →

Posted in Fashion | Tagged Song Joong Ki

Lee Seung Gi Shares Proposal Story with Kang Ho Dong and Also Wipes His Official Instagram Account

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 30, 2023 by ockoalaMay 30, 2023
Three people dining together in a kitchen.

I feel like anytime Lee Seung Gi mentions his now wife Lee Da In in any way it’s just bound to get commentary or blowback. They are still newlyweds but have been dating publicly for two years and likely longer, so perhaps it’s that his fans just thought they would break up but since they didn’t all that pent up … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Lee Seung Gi

Makjang Maestro Writer Im Sung Han Returns June 2023 with TV Chosun Time-travel Family Drama Lady Durian with Park Joo Mi and Choi Myung Gil

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 30, 2023 by ockoalaMay 31, 2023
Modern and historical scenes with horseback and hanbok

After K-drama land’s wildest screenwriter Im Sung Han went on a viewer brain cell destroying rampage in the early 2010’s writing stupider and stupider dramas culminating in the Princess Aurora bloodbath following by the Apgujeong Midnight Sun controversy and her abrupt retirement, she took a 6 year break and has come back to major success with Marriage Lyrics and Divorce … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Choi Myung Gil, Jeon No Min, Kim Min Joon, Lady Durian, Mrs. Durian, Park Joo Mi, Yoon Hae Young

Yoo Seung Ho Serves Up Attitude in June 2023 Dazed Magazine Pictorial

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 30, 2023 by ockoalaMay 29, 2023
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So this year 2023 K-actor Yoo Seung Ho is turning 30 years old as he was born in 1993, and imma need some valium to calmly let that sink in. He’s already 30 in Korean age and has long since finished his military service and done more than two decades in the industry in roles across movies and dramas. But … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Yoo Seung Ho

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