Archive for the ‘Drama Casting & News’ Category
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Goddess of Fire adds to cast
More casting news for the upcoming MBC sageuk Goddess of Fire Jung-yi starring Moon Geun-young: the offer is out to Kim Bum (That Winter, The Wind Blows) to be her leading man. He’s still considering the role, which is pretty late in the game considering they’ve already done a script read, but there’s some lead... More »
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Jung Yong-hwa quits Heirs citing difference of opinion
Huh, this is a surprise: Jung Yong-hwa has announced he is leaving the production of He Who Wears the Crown, Endure Its Weight: Heirs (which we’ll just call Heirs, since I think the full title is lame—look into taglines, show). Granted he’s already got a full-time job leading an idol band so it’s not like... More »
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Sword and Flower lands one lead, still casting others
Casting continues on KBS’s Sword and Flower, with one actress confirming and another issuing the usual “maybe, we’re considering it, nothing’s final” statement. This is the show looking to reunite Uhm Tae-woong with his Equator Man director, although Uhm is not yet confirmed either; it’ll be a sageuk set in the Goguryeo era with lovers... More »
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Answer Me 1997′s sequel courts parents for a reunion
Cable darling Answer Me 1997′s sequel project is finally starting to cast, and first up are the roles of Mom and Dad: Sung Dong-il and Lee Il-hwa are being courted to return to the franchise and steer a brand new family through the murky waters of adolescence. I normally never get excited about who gets... More »
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Go Soo confirms new drama Empire of Gold
SBS’s next Monday-Tuesday drama has reeled in its hero: we’ve got a confirmation for Go Soo, who will be the star of the next epic from the team behind last year’s hit political thriller The Chaser. This one’s called Empire of Gold, and will be the battle for one chaebol empire over the span of... More »
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Could We Love loses its spot on the SBS schedule
One downside to SBS granting I Hear Your Voice a timeslot (the show I just mentioned potentially starring Kim Jae-won and Lee Bo-young) is that in doing so it has passed over Could We Love?, another drama that was hoping for that upcoming Wednesday-Thursday berth. Could We Love is the show reuniting frequent co-stars Yeo... More »
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Kim Jae-won, Lee Bo-young consider new SBS drama
The beauty of Dramabeans is that I know I won’t be the only one who laughs first upon hearing that Kim Jae-won’s next drama possibility is titled I Hear Your Voice. Will his next drama title continue the conversation and reply, Yes, But Can You Also Hear My Thoughts? For now, I Can Hear Your... More »
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Remake of HBO’s Entourage heads to tvN
girlfriday: So add this to the list of remakes headed to dramaland: cable network tvN is doing a remake of the HBO show Entourage, to be helmed by the director of I Need Romance 2012. javabeans: How does a Korean Entourage even work? I mean, that’s just the way things operate in Korea anyway: Your... More »
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Stills and preview for Sung Yuri’s upcoming Birth Secret
With SBS’s weekend drama Birth Secret is a week and a half away from its premiere, here are a slew of stills from the show about an amnesiac woman trying to recover her lost memory. The plot unfolds around two sad souls, played by Sung Yuri (Feast of the Gods) and Yoo Joon-sang) (You Who... More »
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News bites: April 17, 2013
Casting news galore! And do I mean galore: Lee Soo-hyuk (Vampire Idol, Tree With Deep Roots) joins the cast of KBS’s revenge melodrama Shark. It’s the show that stars Kim Nam-gil as a man on a revenge mission against the family that destroyed his own. Again, I mean, since we’ve already seen Bad Guy. Lee... More »
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