Archive for June, 2010

Drama Casting & News
The leading men of Gumiho: Fox Child
by | June 20, 2010 | 9 Comments
Seo Joon-young Lead actress Han Eun-jung will be acting opposite several leading men in the new sageuk thriller Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child. First announced was Seo Joon-young as a young love interest, who is pictured above. Two more actors have been cast to complicate matters: Yoon Hee-seok and Jang Hyun-sung. The former plays... More »


Drama Casting & News
Runaway adds Daniel Henney to its cast
by | June 20, 2010 | 63 Comments
So Daniel Henney is joining Rain, Lee Jung-jin, and Lee Na-young in spy drama show Runaway, and I’m kinda ambivalent about it. On one hand, the man is beautiful. On the hand, his acting… not so beautiful. He’s improved since his debut, but not enough for me to get any sort of excited about this.... More »


Celebrity News
Lee Min-ho holds birthday fanmeeting
by | June 20, 2010 | 59 Comments
Lee Min-ho turns 23 on June 22, and to celebrate the event, the rising star held a fanmeeting on the 20th. The event was also in conjunction with the second anniversary of his fan club “Minoz”; titled A Special Day With Min-ho, the gathering was open to 4,500 of his fans. The fanmeeting was attended... More »


Chungmuro/Film
10 posters for Death Bell 2
by | June 19, 2010 | 19 Comments
Looks like Death Bell is another high school horror franchise in the making. Since the original movie (also called Bloody Midterms or Go-sa) did so well two summers ago (starring Nam Gyu-ri, Lee Beom-soo, Kim Bum), producers are back with a sequel this summer, Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp. This movie has again teamed up... More »


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Kim Hye-sung signs on to G-Love
by | June 19, 2010 | 28 Comments
Kim Hye-sung (Boy Meets Boy, Unstoppable High Kick has a new project in the works, a movie called G-Love [글러브]. He’ll be working with director Kang Woo-seok (who directed Silmido and Public Enemy Returns and produced Into the White Night and No Mercy), and has been cast alongside actors Jung Jae-young (The Divine Weapon) and... More »


Drama Casting & News
War drama Legend of the Patriots premieres this weekend
by | June 18, 2010 | 45 Comments
Admittedly Road No. 1 and Into the Fire have garnered most of the attention among Korean War projects, but KBS also has a drama premiering this weekend, Legend of the Patriots. (Its Korean title, Jeon Woo, translates literally to Comrades.) It’s actually a remake of a hugely successful series that aired from 1975 through 1978,... More »


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Movieweek interview on Gu Hye-sun’s Magic
by | June 18, 2010 | 21 Comments
Gu Hye-sun‘s feature directorial debut, Magic, is now a week from its release, and the following is an interview from Movieweek featuring both her and her star, actress friend Seo Hyun-jin (who, by the way, was also featured in Gu’s short film The Madonna). The movie takes place at an arts high school and is... More »


Open Thread
Open Thread #140
by | June 18, 2010 | 218 Comments
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Drama Casting & News
My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho cast addition: T-ara’s Hyomin
by | June 18, 2010 | 22 Comments
Lots of casting news lately — here’s one for SBS’s My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho, and it involves another idol star crossing over into television. Pop group T-ara’s Hyo-min is joining her fellow members Eun-jung (Coffee House) and Ji-yeon (God of Study) in the acting game, and has been added to the Gumiho fantasy drama... More »


Drama Casting & News
Lee Jung-jin cast as Rain’s rival in Runaway
by | June 17, 2010 | 40 Comments
Rain now has his rival for the upcoming spy-melodrama Runaway, and it’s 32-year-old Lee Jung-jin (of I Love You Don’t Cry and Bottom of the 9th Inning with 2 Outs). Also, we finally get more on the story of Runaway, which centers around an “astronomical sum of money that disappeared with the outbreak of the... More »