This could be a big year for Disney+, what with Netflix hit or miss these days, terrestrial channels still struggling, and big cable like tvN and jTBC also not consistently producing hits. Last year the streaming platform hosted the leads of its biggest on deck dramas to Singapore for a media event and this week released new official shots of … Continue reading →
Well it’s certainly double the good tidings for K-actress Jo Boa. She landed the female lead role in the high profile K-drama Knock Off which will air in 2025 and now she’s also landing a new role in her personal life, that of wife. She’s announced her upcoming marriage to a non-celeb boyfriend this October 2024 in Seoul. Obviously even … Continue reading →
I don’t think any of this is a surprise but it’s certainly a welcomed confirmation. The K-drama Knock Off set in the late 90’s onward as a period story of the Korean fashion industry and the counterfeit goods world got mega attention due to the casting of Kim Soo Hyun as the male lead. It was never expected to air … Continue reading →
So Kim Soo Hyun will be getting two new actress costars he’s never worked with before in his next drama Knock Off. Earlier it was announced that Kim Si Eun would be the female lead and now Jo Boa joins as the second female lead. Kim Si Eun is an up-and-comer with solid rising cred while Jo Boa has been … Continue reading →
New jTBC drama Destined with You premiered last week and if the supernatural romance drama starring Ro Woon and Jo Boa sounded interesting to you then it’s time to dive in. It’s also streaming on Netflix and has entered the global top 10 so clearly the drama looks intriguing to viewers. Whether it’s actually good the jury is still out, … Continue reading →
It’s rather ironic and shortly after a post about great K-drama couples pictorials we get a new one that tells us exactly what NOT to do. Ro Woon and Jo Boa are pairing up for the K-drama Destined with You and are featured in this coming edition of Vogue Korea so it’s very high fashion concept in a clean and … Continue reading →
Oh, so this drama totally has a past life component, which is what ties leads Ro Woon and Jo Boa together in the present day in upcoming jTBC drama Destined with You. Neither are strangers to this very conceit, Ro Woon has it in Extraordinary You and Jo Boa dealt with it in Tale of Gumiho, and in both cases … Continue reading →
Lol, can I send this back and ask for a re-do? The first drama posters are out for jTBC romance Destined with You and it’s so flat and a big nothing-burger of chemistry and energy. Female lead Jo Boa is really hit or miss when it comes to her onscreen romantic chemistry with her male lead but she is still … Continue reading →
A fantasy romance K-drama is headed our way in late summer 2023 and the first script reading stills are out for Destined with You starring Ro Woon and Jo Boa. Airing on jTBC Wed-Thurs time slot, Jo Boa plays a normal government employee who becomes the owner of an old wooden chest with the key to lifting of curse on … Continue reading →
The tvN second season of Tale of Gumiho wrapped with decent 5% average ratings for the cable network and talk of a third go-around. Female lead from the original season Jo Boa only made a cameo and not sure if she’ll be back for a third season if it does happen, but she’s now confirmed for a romance K-drama Destined … Continue reading →
The casting is moving forward for sageuk drama Swallowing Gold (literal title Swallow Gold) which last month announced leads Lee Jae Wook and Jo Boa. Now Kim Jae Wook and Jung Ga Ram are joining the cast for a drama about a rich merchant in Joseon and the return of his long missing son. The drama explores the missing children … Continue reading →
A fresh new sageuk and pairing popped up today to help over the midweek hump. K-ent is reporting that Lee Jae Wook and Jo Boa are in talks to lead a new sageuk drama titled Swallowing Gold (literal) adapted from the same name novel. Lee Jae Wook is the son of a rich merchant wife who disappears as a child … Continue reading →
The question in the next few weeks is whether just finished tvN Mon-Tues drama Military Prosecutor Doberman will remain in the 2nd spot or drop to 3rd with the similar high ratings of still airing tvN weekend drama Our Blues. Military Prosecutor Doberman concluded this week and this drama actually had really high ratings for tvN but remains quite underrated … Continue reading →
