I do like reunions of leads from hit dramas but these two Meng Zi Yi and Li Yun Rui I have no feels about since I didn’t watch Blossom and neither ever appealed to me strongly before. But they are indeed hot thanks to that drama and this reunion in the period drama Tigers Sniff the Rose is getting more … Continue reading →
There are many shelved dramas in both K-ent and C-ent, ones that have never seen the light and others released quietly a long time after whatever scandal halted its release. The high profile big budget Signal 2 (The Second Signal), the long awaited second season to the hit 2016 tvN drama has likely joined that ignominious group. This week tvN … Continue reading →
Oh I’m down with this unexpected and fresh K-drama pairing. Kim Sung Cheol and Jin Ki Joo are in talks for a new medical K-drama titled Sleeping Doctor (or Doctor Sleep) described as a healing drama. Both will play doctors, with her as someone who has experienced sexual assault and learned to overcome it, but is also plagued by narcolepsy … Continue reading →
So this may be the start of a new format that will become commonplace, time will tell. Reportedly Youku will cut it’s already finished modern workplace C-drama Irreplaceable with Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun into 20-minute episodes and turning it into a medium length format. The current long form dramas are typically 40-60 minute episodes and of course … Continue reading →
So lunar new year is in mere days and already the 2025 C-drama season truly feels in the rear view mirror and everyone is onto the latest releases that kicked off the 2026 season. There will be plenty of C-dramas dropping but one interesting one with a lot of baggage is Rebirth (冰湖重生 Bing He Cong Sheng), the sequel to … Continue reading →
It’s here! Those waiting for a potential crack addicting C-drama may have one at hand with the airdrop of How Dare You on streaming platform iQiyi this Friday February 6th. Just in time for a weekend session and hopefully it’s as cute and entertaining as the previews looked. Wang Chu Ran plays a modern woman time traveled back to the … Continue reading →
Some great news on a sequel front overall, but comes with one downside development. The production of hit K-drama Moving is closely to moving forward to start filming season 2, and Moving 2 will be written by the same original webtoon writer who did the first season that helped make it so good. This week K-ent reported that mommy and … Continue reading →
A new C-drama got cast this week with filming expected to start after lunar new year so end of February or early March, It’s titled 但愿人长久 Dan Yuan Ren Chang Jiu and is adapted from a novel, and shares the name with a famous classic song by Teresa Teng. The leads will be Zhang Wan Yi and Shen Yue, and … Continue reading →
I have a confession, I’ve never finished watching Lovely Runner lol. I liked the first two episodes, but life got busy and I put it aside and never got back to it even after it became a breakout hit. That means I still don’t personally understand the meteoric rise of Byun Woo Seok but it’s a double edged sword for … Continue reading →
The fallout is already starting to be covered in K-ent with the recent tax evasion scandals with same agency stars Cha Eun Woo and then Kim Sun Ho. For Kim Sun Ho, this past day his agency Fantagio announced that he has accepted responsibility and is reflecting on not following procedures for opening his personal agency and the funds flow, … Continue reading →
So this potential big budget hit or big budget trainwreck is close to launching with the actual date now rumored for the start of filming. Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage is slated for February 20th, just two weeks away and a mere four days after lunar new year so no long holiday break for the cast and … Continue reading →
At this point when it’s a two-for-two occurrence of having a hit drama followed by scandal I suggest Kim Sun Ho either go to an exorcist to excise the bad luck or else just do small indie projects with no change of becoming popular. This week it was reported by K-ent that the actor is under investigation for alleged tax … Continue reading →
Even if this K-drama turns out to be just mid, as so many are these days, I’m still planning to watch for the visuals. Female lead IU in the upcoming MBC drama Perfect Crown plays the chaebol heiress who enters an arranged marriage with the nation’s prince to gain the prestige and status she can’t buy with money. She’s done … Continue reading →
