I think the safe best is to soft launch the promos of Resident Playbook and gauge the public appetite for a medical drama. It should be fine seeing as The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call was a big hit, but that drama was about ER type cases but this is more the slice-of-life of a med school student in residency … Continue reading →
Last year all of K-netizens hated doctors in real life after the doctor strike so even medical K-dramas got delayed from premiere due to the anticipated backlash. The most high profile being Resident Playbook with Go Yoon Jung leading a cast of young stars all playing med school residents in the same medical universe as the veteran doctors from hit … Continue reading →
This week a lot of new stills came out for upcoming K-dramas and I’ve been sifting through the ones that interest me. Romance K-drama Can This Love be Translated with Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung dropped three official stills showing the leads visuals solo and in one interacting shot. Kim Sun Ho plays a translator and Go Yoon … Continue reading →
This was one of the weirdest drama shelvings I’ve witnessed in my long drama watching life. Resident Playbook (Wise Resident Life) the follow up to the hit Hospital Playlist drama (season 1 and 2) was filmed in 2023 was supposed to air in 2024 as a high profile drama on tvN. Then in early 2024 the real life doctors in … Continue reading →
Another K-drama has started filming and it’s the Netflix romance drama Can This Love be Translated written by the Hong Sisters. The cast script reading stills came out this week and we can see leads Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung together for the first time and the visuals are as expected, they definitely match up nicely. If you … Continue reading →
The fallout from the doctor strike in South Korea earlier this year stemming from the government wanting to increase more medical school students to ease the doctor shortage continues to impact what was once a highly anticipated K-drama. Resident Playbook, the spin-off of Hospital Playlist, was supposed to air on tvN after Queen of Tears in May 2024 but was … Continue reading →
So the most recent casting for this drama is now confirmed as the final selection and the show is scheduled to start filming soon. Kim Sun Ho and Go Yoon Jung will start filming for the Hong Sisters romance drama Can This Love be Translated reunites her with the writing duo from Alchemy of Souls. The drama is about a … Continue reading →
The spokesperson switch for the other brand CF that did not renew with Han So Hee has also found a new buzzy actress to take over the campaign. The soju brand went with Kim Ji Won days after and now the agricultural bank has selected Go Yoon Jung in less than two weeks. There is clearly the same thought process … Continue reading →
This is an unfortunate case of reel world scheduling bucking up against real life timing. The tvN drama Resident Playbook (Wise Resident Life) is the younger version spin-off drama of the hit series Hospital Playlist which had two seasons. Resident Playbook headlines super buzzy young actress Go Yoon Jung and a bevy of up-and-coming younger stars like Shin Si Ah, … Continue reading →
So after years of talks and planning, the K-drama remake of Goong (Princess Hours) is happening this year. Not sure if it will air this year but the filming is by all accounts definitely happening. The original is still beloved and for many just a wonderful fond memory of falling in love with K-dramas through Goong or one of its … Continue reading →
K-actress Go Yoon Jung may be going back to one well that made her famous and another that is known for elevating actors to next level. On the heels of the conclusion of Disney+ drama Moving where she played one of the three main high school leads, and did such a wonderful job, she’s been offered the lead in PD … Continue reading →
This Friday’s Baeksang Awards in Seoul was probably a night of little to no surprises (just one big one) and a lot of satisfied winner picks. The Park Eun Bin and Song Hye Kyo race for Best Actress ended with the former taking home the Drama Daesang for Extraordinary Attorney Woo becoming the youngest individual winner for the top prize … Continue reading →
The players are being assembled for the fantasy K-drama Death’s Game and Go Yoon Jung is definitely capitalizing on her Alchemy of Souls success right away. She’s been cast as the second female lead in the webtoon adapted K-drama with leads Seo In Guk and Park So Dam. It’s the story about a man who has multiple second chances after … Continue reading →
