Rain courted for dramaland comeback
by girlfriday
Well this is happy news. Rain is considering a new drama for the fall, after a four-year hiatus from television since 2010’s Runaway: Plan B. It’s been nice to see him back on variety shows like Rain Effect and Running Man since completing army duty, but it’s far more exciting that he’s seriously considering a drama. The new series is called Indian Summer, named for the sudden heat wave that occurs in autumn.
The project already has some buzz for its potential PD-star reunion because PD Lee Hyung-min will be directing. His first solo credit as a director is 2003’s Sang-doo Let’s Go to School, which starred Rain very early in his career as an actor. The PD has since done I’m Sorry, I Love You, Snow Queen, Bad Guy, and Hanbando. And despite the crazy that was Bad Guy, I was always very impressed by its moody visuals. It’s safe to say this guy is good at melodramas, and does the kind that don’t make me want to spork my eyes out.
The drama will be a melo about “the short miracle, a gift from the gods that comes before winter,” aka an Indian summer, used as a metaphor for “hope that finds you in the midst of despair when you don’t expect it.” There isn’t much about the plot, but it’s described as a healing drama about finding sincerity in this contemporary world, and focuses on a love story as well as parental love.
Indian Summer is hoping to secure a slot on the fall drama slate, and plans to start shooting in June.
Via Sports Chosun
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1 Chhavi
April 21, 2014 at 4:15 AM
yaaaay.....
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2 news
April 21, 2014 at 4:20 AM
While it's well known that other A-list film stars will never consider a drama again, it's comforting to know Rain still does. :-)
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Kasmar
April 21, 2014 at 1:29 PM
Why is it like that by the way? Very successful Korean actors not doing dramas and concentrating on films only?
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Lexurite
April 21, 2014 at 2:46 PM
Because it's really testing physically and mentally to film dramas : the whole live-shoot system, the changes in the script and you have to film in the rush few hours before the episode airs, makjang BTS like with Aurora or more recently Age of feeling. In every way, it's much more pleasant to shoot a movie than a drama. Kang Dong Won even said for him shooting a drama is worse than passing an exam (and we know how difficult it is in South Korea).
That's why I'm amazed when I see A-list movie stars like Ha Ji Won, Hyun Bin, Jang Dong Gun, Jun Ji Hyun, Kim Ha Neul etc.. shooting dramas when they aren't forced to.
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Shelena Mia
April 21, 2014 at 10:06 PM
Hyun Bin is A-list movie star? That’s news. What movie made him such a star?
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Quiet Thought
April 21, 2014 at 5:25 PM
What Lexurite said. Dramas look like the last refuge of Joseon peasant oppression in South Korea. Apparently working people for 22 hours a day and punishing or humiliating them if they show signs of exhaustion or complain about their failing health is a normal thing.You might as well be working in a Chinese or Marianas sweat shop. Would you pull a job like that if you weren't desperate for money?
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Aigoooo
April 22, 2014 at 1:51 AM
Hmmm.. I think getting paid more for less work has something to do with it. Some celebrities do dramas not for the sake of being in a drama but the possible payoff if the drama is successful (CFs, movie offers, more CFs, fan meetings etc..).
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Marina
April 21, 2014 at 8:33 PM
Rain is A-list drama star?! Really? Don't get me wrong, I am his big fan, and watched, also listened to him in everything ... but playing Ninja or sitting on the designated chair with his name on it (on the set of upcoming movie Pince) next to Bruce Willis's chair, doesn't make him an A-list movie star. Just saying.
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Mandy
April 23, 2014 at 8:37 AM
Totally agree!
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3 Mama J
April 21, 2014 at 4:24 AM
OH MY GOD, yes.
Don't care what it is, don't care who it's with, don't care what it's about. Just put My Beloved on my screen twice a week for 10 weeks minimum, PUH-LEESE Drama Gods.
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a_diva
April 21, 2014 at 2:57 PM
i soooooo second this!
it's been a while now since i noticed u and i are equally enamored with RAIN!
i luuuuurve him!
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missDVM
April 21, 2014 at 5:39 PM
Your comment cracked me up so hard.
(Aaaaand yes, I agree! lolz!)
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4 divyrus
April 21, 2014 at 4:32 AM
I like rain in dramas best ! Good news !
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Reality
April 21, 2014 at 11:06 PM
I only like Rain when he is dancing.
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5 dany
April 21, 2014 at 4:40 AM
So happy to hear this. It would be a good career move, I think.
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6 Langit13iru
April 21, 2014 at 4:43 AM
Oh, yeah. I love him in dramas especially in his first drama. He totally nailed it as a young dad. Anyway where it will be broadcast?
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7 SD
April 21, 2014 at 4:55 AM
Wow this sounds like a phenomenal love story. I wonder who his leading lady will be. I assume it will be an A-list actress since most of his previous leading ladies (Song
Hye Gyo, Lee Na Young, & Shin Min Ah) are part of that roster.
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8 Sae
April 21, 2014 at 5:14 AM
The song 'I'm only happy when it Rains' comes to mind. :) This should be exciting!!!
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9 ujsid
April 21, 2014 at 5:17 AM
Since bringing back leads from previous works together again is fashionable this drama season, why not have Rain and Song Hye Kyo reunited for this project?
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SD
April 21, 2014 at 5:21 AM
The thought crossed my mind too. I think it would be swoon-worthy. <3 I hope it materializes, but SHG seems to be very busy with overseas projects.
If it's not SHG, I think Yoon Eun Hye fits the bill too.
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Ek Ladhki Thi
April 21, 2014 at 3:31 PM
I agree, please cast Yoon Eun-hye PDnim. She needs to be in another good drama. She's my absolute favourite actress but I refuse to watch Mi-rae's Choice. She needs to be in something else I enjoy, I can only watch Coffee Prince and Lie to Me so many times.
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10 kuxi
April 21, 2014 at 5:28 AM
There's already Indian summer movie (2001) starring park shinyang. It's also melodrama romance. Is it same story? Why they didn't told that it based on that movie?
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11 kanz
April 21, 2014 at 5:44 AM
Yay, Rain!!! My first Korean crush.
Pray to dramagods that it will be awesome!
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12 SongSong
April 21, 2014 at 5:45 AM
He's done melo, he's done rom-com. He's good at both. But personally I like him in rom-com best. Full House remains one of my all time fave drama so far.
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eny
April 21, 2014 at 6:46 AM
i have difficulty watching him in melodrama, a love to kill, that drama fail to make me feel the sadness, when the first i saw the teaser in tv with the backsong of the ost i really wanna watch it, because it seems really dramatic but i couldn't get the emotion but i really like the main song
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13 xxjieunxx
April 21, 2014 at 6:25 AM
I still think his best on screen partner is Song Hye Kyo..I think they still gonna have that chemistry. Want to see them in a melo..All they did in Full house is fight but you can already see the chemistry, what more in a melo??Want to see that..but..Song hye Kyo is gonna be busy with promoting The Crossing(her chinese movie) and her movie with Kang Dong Won (My Palpitating Life) plus she's being courted by another Korean movie..Oh well!!A girl can dream...It still pains me that I havent seen them all lovey dovey until the late few minutes of the last episode of Full House...DramaGods, please....:)
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14 karls
April 21, 2014 at 6:48 AM
Yayyyy. Bi love love bi.
I know there will be butthurt k-netz against this but I dooooon't care.
Get it rain!!!
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15 Lilian
April 21, 2014 at 7:10 AM
To be honest I would prefer a comedic role for Rain but gotta say anything is better than nothing especially since I don't get to watch much Korean movies...
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16 JustaKDRAMAfan
April 21, 2014 at 7:59 AM
OMG!! Rain is coming back! Yes!!! I am so excited to see him in a drama again. :) well, it's not confirmed but I have hope now.
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17 srkambbs
April 21, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Didn't know there was a term called Indian Summer
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redfox
April 21, 2014 at 8:05 AM
"vananaistesuvi" in estonian, or "Old hags´summer" in translation. It is the last bit of heat before it gets chilly.
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18 redfox
April 21, 2014 at 8:04 AM
Funny about the title cause I always thought he sort of looks like an inuit or an american indian. I dunno why, might be the shape of his head.
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anonymous
April 23, 2014 at 1:45 PM
Native Americans were thought to have originally migrated into the Americas across the Bearing or Bering Straits. They do have their own creation stories about how they came to exist here. Often during my time in school, many exchange students from China and Japan would ask my Native American friend what race she was. A Google search will help you to understand why Rain's appearence might remind you of someone who is Native American. Some of his features remind me of features I find attractive on Black men: his high cheek bones, full lips, and cute tush. His style of dancing (especially back in the day) are also an added plus.
I think it would be interesting if his current girlfriend were cast as his love interest in the movie. I imagine that the chemistry between them would enhance Indian Summer. Anyway, anyone who comes across this comment and is Native American please feel free to correct me if needed.
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19 Mar
April 21, 2014 at 8:07 AM
Love Rain. Hip Song nearly ruined me for other men. It is nice to see him thinking about getting back in a drama even though I like him in his roles better than I like his dramas over all.
Not so jazzed on the melo. The director, that really tells us that its likely this will be a kind of cool tone in drama but with a lot of wtf and/or a wtf ending. Will hope that the director branches out a bit lol. It would be nice to see the drama allow some good kissing scenes because you know, Rain has really nice lips and such a crying shame to waste the potential. We all have our priorities, ha.
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20 Rose
April 21, 2014 at 9:07 AM
first let me scream!!!!YEEEEEEESSSS!!!!I'm happy to hear(read) that!!!;)
now comes my question which broadcast is this drama for?I hope it be kbs so I would be able to watch it!!!:D
Ohhh,I don't know why,but I kinda like to see him with Kim tae-hee!!is that lot to ask them play together in same drama?!!:D
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21 amber
April 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM
Indian summer reminds me of Secret Garden. Everyone remembers the first episode where there's a weather forecast about Indian summer. I've always been curious why is it there?
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22 Bisarang
April 21, 2014 at 9:38 AM
Yay! my love Rain! uri BiSarang!
Since it's a reunion with Lee Hyung Min PD, why not reunite the leads of Sangdoo, let's go to school? Please let Gong Hyo Jin be the lead as well, please producers? or whoever is in charge of it LOL
I was hoping that he will be in a rom-com drama again but if he's considering this project just to see him again in a drama, why not, I'm all in!
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Chandler
April 21, 2014 at 11:40 AM
I know! I'd love it if they could get Gong Hyo Jin. I loved them together more than I loved any of his other pairings.
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kanz
April 21, 2014 at 5:25 PM
Gong Hyo Jin is already been cast in It's Okay It's Love with JIS. So it's not gonna happen.
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mery
April 24, 2014 at 10:03 AM
Noooooooooo Y__Y
Why? :(
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23 jensredshoes
April 21, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Oh my gosh, yes please. He's such a good actor. He does misery and comedy equally well. Is it too much to hope for Rain AND Eric back In Romcoms in one year though?
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24 jensredshoes
April 21, 2014 at 10:15 AM
Oh, a melo? That's okay. We'll take what we can get!
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25 anna
April 21, 2014 at 10:34 AM
All my dreams come true! Would love to see him once again with Gong Hyo Jin or Kim Sa Rang.
Parental love? Will we see Rain as a dad???
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26 Drama Debussie
April 21, 2014 at 10:41 AM
Why does the vague yet intriguing plot sound a little like Ruler of Your Own World? Or maybe I just want every drama to be ROYOW.
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27 fab
April 21, 2014 at 10:47 AM
Perhaps this time I'll see what's his appeal...
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28 Chandler
April 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
I loved Rain in Sang-Do, Let's Go to School! So it's nice that they might be having a reunion :) In fact, I remember adoring the first half of that drama, even if it became a little too sad for me, I always really liked the directing and Rain's acting even though they were both rather green at the time.
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29 kopytko
April 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM
Ohhh, Sang Doo is one of my all-time favourites! I think this drama along with I Am A Cyborg But It's OK is Rain's best accomplishment. So my hopes are high.
As for the speculations about his co-star, I would like to see him work with Choi Yeo Jin. I guess they might have some chemistry.
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30 sunny
April 21, 2014 at 12:50 PM
yayyy!! ^^
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31 Sophia
April 21, 2014 at 1:05 PM
I would rather watch him in something funny, and this sounds too melo. But I'll take it. Welcoming him back to dramaland, hopefully this drama is worthy of him, especially after the disaster that was Fugitive Plan B.
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hhisc
April 21, 2014 at 1:23 PM
Haha I liked that drama, and loved him in it. Maybe he is why I liked it ...
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32 Marina
April 21, 2014 at 8:57 PM
Indian Summer lasts more than a month, sometimes month and a half in sunny Colorado. That's why we say there's only two seasons here: summer and winter. BTW: In ALL Slavic cultures it's called Babi Leto (Ajumma' Summer) meaning that middle-aged ladies are still hot and waiting for love. Are we in for another noona romance? With Rain? Sign me up, please.
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33 Dakchigo
April 21, 2014 at 9:26 PM
Isn't the PD doing a drama with Kim Jung-eun and Kal So-won too? Guess that's fizzled out though.
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34 Lotus_Blossom
April 22, 2014 at 1:42 AM
I like watching him dance. But Rain acting in a melo does nothing for me. He's acting is just too over-the-top sometimes.
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35 Ohyin_damola
April 22, 2014 at 4:00 AM
Im from nigeria...so excited really its a good good news...drama or film whatever i want to see my beloved on screen again...#Rain
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36 Suzie
April 22, 2014 at 4:01 AM
I might be in the minority, but I'd like to see him and Shin Min Ah again :)
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37 Adal
April 23, 2014 at 7:01 AM
All I can say is Thank God! It's about time!
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38 Rizzy
April 23, 2014 at 7:29 PM
Yeyyyyy! This is great news. I love Rain.
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39 mery
April 24, 2014 at 10:11 AM
I wonder who will be his co-star?? I assume it will be an A-list actress too... so maybe ... Ha Ji won? or song hye kyo!! (I want to dream too)
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40 fana
August 13, 2014 at 1:59 AM
I wish his co stars will be a very a + list star like*(song hyekyo,shin mina, jun jihyun, ha jiwon,han gain and son hyejin ) not with b lists or idols
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