So I didn’t hear about this drama until now, when it’s already started filming and Netflix has released the script reading stills. It won’t arrive until 2026 but will add to the streaming giant’s slate of big name K-dramas for next year. The drama is titled Variety and stars Son Ye Jin and Jo Yuri, from the writer and PD … Continue reading →
This weekend was the 4th annual Blue Dragon Series Awards, the television offshoot of the prestigious Blue Dragon Film Awards, with only online streaming K-dramas and shows eligible. The winners were mostly the same names as the Baeksang Awards two months ago in May, with the differences being some of the Baeksang winners were for cable and terrestrial shows thus … Continue reading →
The timing couldn’t be better to hear about a new Ao Rui Peng drama especially when it sounds similar to his currently popular one airing. The Coroner’s Diary is doing well in buzz and ratings and is looking like a true breakout for Ao Rui Peng, while Moonlight Mystique did okay it didn’t help his career as much as this … Continue reading →
It’s being called combo of the worsts by C-netizens, and it doesn’t help that one of the two looks absolutely terribly at delivering on the fashion element. Chen Fei Yu and Yang Chao Yue were spotted at the Balenciaga show in Paris this week and seeing them in one frame is sending C-netz into a tizzy of mockery and embarrassment. … Continue reading →
Lol, I can’t believe I’m seeing the opposite reason but the same thing that happened with Dilraba Dilmurat and her fandom during the filming of her C-drama Love Beyond the Grave. There the complaint on her costume was that it was too ornate and too much going on all over the place. Now there are complaints coming out from the … Continue reading →
The attempt to make young C-actor Zhou Yi Ran happen by Tencent is becoming quite amusing to date. The young man got a breakout in 2023 thanks to the surprise hit youth drama When I Fly Towards You (WIFTY) and since then it’s been clear as day that Tencent wants their boy wonder to become the next big drama actor. … Continue reading →
Next month in August the sageuk romance with a modern girl time-travel element Bon Appétite, Your Majesty will premiere on tvN in the Sat-Sun time slot. It’s really been a ratings desert all through K-drama land and while this drama may not break that trend hopefully it adds some sizzle to deliver a fun watch. The drama stars Yoona as … Continue reading →
So filming has been chugging along for modern romance C-drama Dazzling starring Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui, with mostly their fans doing day-to-day updates. But this week it went buzzy all over C-ent thanks to the two leads filming a kiss scene. The scene was shot over many hours and had dozens of takes, from close ups to … Continue reading →
It’s good the authorities looking into C-actress Huangyang Tian Tian and the scandal around her family’s wealth and other violations moved fast to investigate and reach a conclusion. The slow rolling makes it hard to plan out whether her already filming dramas can air as well make impact her getting cast in new roles if she is found to not … Continue reading →
I’m glad there are finally consequences for these so-called billing order fights between the male and female leads in C-dramas. Unless it’s clear one star is a whole level above the other, nowadays even up-and-comers at times are trying to take top billing over established stars. This situation has apparently now derailed the period C-drama Yu Ting Yao, which had … Continue reading →
It’s a cute reversal that Park Min Young‘s hit K-drama Marry My Husband got a fantastic J-dorama adaptation recently and she herself in her next upcoming K-drama Confidence Man KR is adapting the popular J-version, which went on from season to multiple movies. I loved the series, such a fun ride each time even if the plot got increasingly sillier … Continue reading →
The first stills are out for just started filming period romance and political C-drama Que Gu (雀骨) which the best translation could be Sparrow Bone or Peacock Bone, but the drama will likely get a better English title later on. The drama currently is less being anticipated than being discussed with consternation due to the casting of 17 year old … Continue reading →
So iQiyi premiered the comparatively mid-budget and mid-level leads period C-drama Coroner’s Diary three days ago and it’s time to see the initial response. The drama stars Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng in what is best described as CSI olden times mystery of the episode with an overarching bigger conspiracy type of drama genre. The drama just hit … Continue reading →
