I’m ready to pack my suitcase and travel to drama dream casting land now with the BIG news that Seo Hyun Jin and Gong Yoo may finally work together! And in a romance based drama called Trunk to boot! As long as it’s a real romance story and not a pull the rug out from under you type like The Interest of Love. The drama is a Netflix production and is based on the same name novel set around an agency that sets up people with their ideal spouses. Seo Hyun Jin is the director of said company but doesn’t believe in love and Gong Yoo plays a music director that believes all marriage is duplicitous. This drama sounds soooooo opposites attract similar to Love and Marriage that early era Kim Ji Hoon and Kim Min Hee rom-com with a divorce lawyer and a top matchmaker.
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It appears the Great and Lonely God isn’t so lonely anymore judging from the smile on his face this weekend as Gong Yoo shared a snap of his beloved hobby that is deep sea fishing. I don’t know when he … Continue reading

It’s the 30th anniversary next month in November 2022 for Elle Korea and it feels like a later entry for the magazine into South Korea than expected. It started sharing and influencing fashion in the early 90’s but missed the … Continue reading

So the order of the GIFs and pictures are in the ranking of how frequently K-netizens discuss wanting these two to work together. I can’t disagree with most dream pairings especially when the perfectly curated GIF delivers all the feels … Continue reading

The casting response is fast on this drama but it is also not a surprise since top actor Gong Yoo is quite selective on his projects. He was offered the male lead to make a prime time drama return in … Continue reading

I would say screenwriter Kim Eun Hee played a meaningful part in why tvN big budget big name cast K-drama Jirisan was a relative failure in bringing in the ratings. There was wonky directing in the beginning but it settled … Continue reading

The recently premiered Netflix sci-fi drama The Silent Sea was did not get as much positive reception from the critics as the prior few Netflix premiered dramas did and the viewership also is not as high. But the viewers who … Continue reading
In the currently airing SBS drama Our Beloved Summer, male lead Choi Woo Shik‘s character is a successful adult artist after being an academic loser in high school. He belongs to Soop Entertainment agency and this week he’s the pen … Continue reading

There may be a pause in the Netflix K-drama hit train but it’s understandable, not every risk is going to work out. This Christmas Eve the streaming platform continued its one K-drama a month release and the big budget high … Continue reading

Well, I can’t decide which side could have been behind the rumor, the one with a drama coming out next month or the one with a mega re-release of an album and a record setting longest song ever. I’m teasing, … Continue reading

I still remember when Bae Yong Joon and Choi Ji Woo would top every Japan viewer poll on anything Hallyu related for a good decade and more after Winter Sonata swept the nation. They’ve dropped off for years now but … Continue reading

The competition to be the most sought after K-actor in casting calls is intense and this week K-ent industry insiders shared their view in an article on which actors are currently the most coveted among industry casting agents. Casting agents … Continue reading

Las year the Korean box office went from $1.5 billion to $250 million due to the pandemic and this year it’s on the same pace so movies released in 2020 after March through the end of the pandemic will have … Continue reading