Looks like upcoming tvN drama The K2 really will be an potentially upgraded version of last year’s hit SBS drama Yongpal. Coming from the same screenwriter, the first teaser has the same sleek mood and ambiance, showing only seconds long snippets of leads Ji Chang Wook, Yoona, and Song Yoon Ah. At least the audience sees Ji Chang Wook’s face … Continue reading →
KBS Wed-Thurs melodrama Uncontrollably Fond is heading into the final arc of its run, and for the last two months watching the winter filmed drama during the hottest days of summer has felt like a throwback when I used to marathon older dramas from opposite seasons. I’m so used to seeing leading lady Suzy all bundled up so this latest … Continue reading →
The visual hallmark of period dramas is that the entire cast appears to be cosplaying, but in ways that is a feast for the eyes even if lacking in historical accuracy. With that said, sometimes the cosplaying seems to get more attention than the script and one never knows what to expect until the drama airs. Filming has wrapped for … Continue reading →
This year’s Hallyu surge may have come to a screeching halt thanks to political posturing over South Korea installing the US-built THAAD deployment so close to Chinese range. Of course politics can intrude on entertainment, it always had and always will, and in this case one wonders how long it’ll last and which actors/actresses/dramas/films will get affected in the interim. … Continue reading →
Starring in a drama called Drinking Solo, I wonder if the casting criteria for all leads was the ability to convincingly act drunk. Almost every K-drama has the requisite drunk scene but this one is going to be so jam packed and spread across all characters, with the narrative set in a studying institute where instructors and students congregate to … Continue reading →
Flower boys in K-dramas have been all the rage for many years but a flower boy’s transformation in the last two years to ripped action hero may mean muscles are staging an arrival. The first drama stills are out of Ji Chang Wook in upcoming tvN action political thriller The K2, showing him fighting off a baddie in hand-to-hand combat and … Continue reading →
K-drama franchise School is truly a powerhouse in terms of launching future stars, and the latest iteration is no different. School 2015: Who Are You has exploded the acting careers of all three leads – Kim So Hyun is headlining Let’s Fight Ghost, Nam Joo Hyuk has K-Bu Bu Jing Xin coming up followed up Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo, and … Continue reading →
Looks like all it took was a K-drama adapted from a popular Chinese source novel for the rumored Chinese entertainment ban on K-ent to be lifted. The K-version of Bu Bu Jing Xin (Startling With Each Step) has just set a new record for highest per episode price sold to China for online broadcast – each episode sold for US … Continue reading →
Uber rich chaebols or country girls are not a dime a dozen, not even in K-dramas even if it feels that way, so it’s going to be amusing to see the contrasting lifestyle sparks fly in upcoming MBC drama Shopping King Louie. I’m less into the concept as I am amused by how great leads Seo In Guk and Nam Ji … Continue reading →
Korean drama screenwriter Kim Eun Sook is going back to a familiar face to round out the leads of her upcoming tvN drama fantasy Goblin, after selecting talented and new collaboration partners for the first three casting choices. Yoo In Na has been offered the second female lead role opposite Gong Yoo, Kim Go Eun, and Lee Dong Wook. Her … Continue reading →
It’s a job well done for the cast and crew of just wrapped SBS Mon-Tues drama Doctors, a drama that ended up being as bland as it’s final title when all the potential was there to make it interesting as the original title of Female Gangster Hye Jung hinted at. I dropped the drama midway through for being so utterly … Continue reading →
There’s always a point-counterpoint in liking aspects of a drama and it looks like the first OST from Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (Bobogyungsim: Ryeo) is going to be polarizing. I loved the teaser snippet released earlier this week and after hearing the full track “For You” by Chen, Baekhyun, and Xiumin of EXO I love it even more. It’s … Continue reading →
What is going on in K-ent this summer? There now feels like a never ending stream of sexual assault allegations again K-actors starting with Yoochun to Lee Jin Wook to Lee Min Ki and now adding Uhm Tae Woong to the ignominious collection. New broke this week that a woman is accusing Uhm Tae Woong of sexual assault at a massage … Continue reading →
