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Drama Casting & News
Dating Agency: Cyrano releases first stills
by | May 13, 2013 | 61 Comments
How ’bout some new stills from Dating Agency: Cyrano, the upcoming rom-com from tvN? We’ve seen posters and teaser videos, but the drama just released its first stills today, featuring its lead star Lee Jong-hyuk as the gruff boss of the theater troupe–turned–dating agency, which stages encounters designed to put its lovelorn clientele in the... More »


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Ha Ji-won returns to dramaland
by | May 12, 2013 | 125 Comments
MBC has a new drama in the works, and it’s a good news/good news/bad news kind of situation. Mathwise, that works out favorably, no? First, in the good column: Ha Ji-won (The King 2 Hearts, Secret Garden) is headlining as the leading lady. Score one point for Show. The drama will be a Goryeo-era sageuk... More »
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Kim Jae-won and Jo Yoon-hee star in weekend drama Scandal
by | May 10, 2013 | 58 Comments
Well that’s a saucy title. If your drama’s called Scandal, it’d better raise some temperatures to live up to its name. MBC has a new weekend drama in the works that’s set to follow Hundred Year Inheritance, and Kim Jae-won (May Queen) and Jo Yoon-hee (Nine) have signed on to headline. Well at least Kim... More »


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I Hear Your Voice holds first script read
by | May 9, 2013 | 37 Comments
SBS’s new fantasy romance drama I Hear Your Voice is totally one of those shows where you hear all the bits and pieces about it and you think, Oh that sounds cool… but then when you sit down and think about it, you still have no idea how any of the pieces fit together. I... More »


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CN Blue’s Lee Jung-shin joins Sword and Flower
by | May 9, 2013 | 54 Comments
I don’t know when it became the sageuk staple to always have a flower boy bodyguard in your cast, but I guess you don’t hear leading ladies complaining about it. Or me. KBS’s upcoming Wednesday-Thursday drama Sword and Flower has secured Uhm Tae-woong and Kim Ok-bin to headline, and the heroine now has herself a... More »


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Revenge thriller Shark’s mysterious first teaser
by | May 8, 2013 | 57 Comments
The first teaser is out for KBS’s upcoming revenge melodrama Shark, and it looks pretty spiffy. We barely get a sense of the plot itself since the shark metaphor takes up most of the preview, but it gets across a cold, dark tone that certainly screams revenge thriller. The production looks slick and the camera... More »


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Queen Seon-deok, Tree with Deep Roots team returns with new drama
by | May 7, 2013 | 76 Comments
All hail — the true kings and queens of sageuk are returning. That’d be the creative people behind Queen Seon-deok and Tree With Deep Roots, otherwise known as midas touch writers Kim Young-hyun and Park Sang-yeon. They have the distinction of writing “well-made sageuk” (just a moniker for high production value) that also gets good... More »


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Lee Jun-ki picks Two Weeks as next drama
by | May 7, 2013 | 149 Comments
Lee Jun-ki has announced his next drama project, and it’ll be a thriller for MBC called Two Weeks, which may sound familiar as it’s the drama from the 49 Days, Prosecutor Princess, and My Daughter Seo-young writer that takes place within a two-week time span. Yay for Lee Jun-ki coming back to television… though I’m... More »


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Im Joo-hwan, Kang So-ra’s Watch Out For Fools
by | May 6, 2013 | 49 Comments
Im Joo-hwan (What’s Up) is back on television, and here are the pretty first stills from his new SBS drama starring opposite Kang So-ra (Dream High 2). They look lovely and fresh and ready for spring, but I’ll say it again: daily drama booooo. The title is Watch Out For Fools, changed from its previous... More »


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Kim Bum confirms Goddess of Fire
by | May 5, 2013 | 132 Comments
Kim Bum (That Winter, The Wind Blows) has confirmed that he’ll be starring opposite Moon Geun-young (Alice in Cheongdam-dong) in his first historical drama, upcoming MBC sageuk Goddess of Fire Jung-yi. The project stars Moon as Joseon’s first female potter, and Kim Bum will play the warrior who’s been in love with her his entire... More »