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Arthdal Chronicles 2 Confirmed with Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung as New Leads, Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ok Bin Returning, and Production Starts Filming This Month in August with 2023 Release

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Holy roller coaster take off, the production of Arthdal Chronicles Season 2 went from talk, talk, in discussion, coming soon to FILMING RIGHT NOW in the span of a day. The production team confirmed today that the script reading has taken place already and filming starts next week in mid-August 2022 through at least the end of the year and … Continue reading →

Arthdal Chronicles Season 2 to Film in 2023 with New Leads Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung and Planning for Seasons 3 and 4 Beyond

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Well it looks like the continuing saga of Arthdal Chronicles is indeed moving forward. The 2020 tvN huge budget sageuk drama starring Song Joong Ki and Kim Ji Won was earlier this year revealed to be planning a long discussed season two but with new leads in discussion Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung and Jang Dong Gun in … Continue reading →

Lee Jun Ki and Shin Se Kyung Offered Lead Roles in the Upcoming Arthdal Chronicles 2 Which Time Jumps 10 Years Later

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Well, why am I not surprised that if someone wants to throw more money at Arthdal Chronicles then it will indeed get made. The second season of the period drama, always expected in terms of narratively as the drama ended on a major cliffhanger and barely seemed to scratch the surface of the story, will be coming in 2023 and … Continue reading →

Studio Dragon Announces the Production of Arthdal Chronicles Season 2, Casting and Filming Start Date Not Yet Confirmed

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Well if I was a betting person I would not put all my money on this horse, but I can see why the investors conceivably believe it could beat it to ground to see if pumping more money in can recoup some of the loses and maybe even end up a moneymaker. Production house Studio Dragon announced today that it … Continue reading →

Production Company of Arthdal Chronicles Licenses IP to Produce Video Game and Manhwa and Still Considering Filming Season 2 of Drama

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Wow, I haven’t heard this drama mentioned in quite some time and honestly I feel like every single actor and actress involved has moved on completely by now. K-ent is reporting that the production company behind fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles has licensed the IP to produce a video game and also a manhwa story. It belies the question on who … Continue reading →

Sliding Scale of When Lead Onscreen Chemistry Saves or Sinks Preposterously Plotted K-dramas

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Four episodes into watching K-drama The King: Eternal Monarch and it’s a steady stream of “buh” and “huh” and “snooze…..” The story may be disjointed but there have been way worse written K-dramas that have worked better thanks to the onscreen romantic chemistry of the leads – not talking about acting ability, just whether the two leads make the viewer … Continue reading →

Production Company Confirms Season 2 of Arthdal Chronicles to Start Filming September 2020

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It’s too early to say whether this is a financial smart move but the production company behind the big budget fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles has announced officially that season 2 of the series would indeed be made. Filming is scheduled to commence September of 2020 which means the drama won’t even air until 2021. With season dramas there at least … Continue reading →

Joynews Poll of Industry Insiders Selects Arthdal Chronicle as Worst Drama of 2019 and Sky Castle as Best Drama

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This is a little early for year end lists but like Christmas creep everything happens earlier and earlier. Joynews in South Korea conducted a poll of 200 K-ent industry insiders from producers, directors, screenwriters, and drama crew members to ask their opinion on the best and worst lists of 2019 dramas. I’ll start with the Worst K-drama of 2019 since … Continue reading →

Arthdal Chronicles Ends with 7.373% Ratings and Confirms There Will Another Season

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tvN chose to bisect the airing of fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles into technically three parts but aired in two segments. Part 1 and 2 aired together as 12-episodes, then came Hotel Del Luna, and now Part 3 aired as a final 6-episode chunk. But the story itself was Season 1 and boy did it sure feel like it. I don’t … Continue reading →

Penultimate Episode of Fantasy Sageuk Arthdal Chronicles Bring in 6.412% Ratings

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It’s finale weekend over on tvN as the big budgeted and highly promoted fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles wraps up its ambitious tale with the final two episodes. The penultimate episode brought in 6.412% ratings, so part 3 of this drama in the end could not give it a much needed ratings boost beyond the 6% range it averaged during its … Continue reading →

Arthdal Chronicles Returns for Season 3 with Same 6% Ratings as Previous Seasons

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It’s a short 3 week airing for the final third season of fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles, with only 6-episodes left to wrap up the epic tale. Episode 13 aired this Saturday and got 6.115% ratings, a steep drop from its predecessor Hotel Del Luna which averaged 8.867% and its final episode broke 12%. I’m still not feeling the epic-ness of … Continue reading →

Fantasy Sageuk Arthdal Chronicles Returns for Season 2 This Weekend Taking Over For Hotel Del Luna

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tvN started off summer of 2019 with the highly anticipated fantasy sageuk Arthdal Chronicles but it was the next drama to come the fantasy drama Hotel Del Luna that garnered higher ratings an buzz. One will never know how Arthdal would have done had it aired all episodes in succession but it decided to separate 6-episode chunk into seasons so … Continue reading →

Poster and Preview for Season 3 of Arthdal Chronicles Teases Direct Conflict and More Action Between All the Leads

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Summer of 2019 is ending and will bring with it the return of tvN drama Arthdal Chronicles, which kicked of the summer when it first premiered at the beginning of June. The first two seasons didn’t reach the ratings height expected of such a big name and big budget production but narratively the drama did keep getting better as it … Continue reading →