Archive for the ‘Drama Casting & News’ Category
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Yoon Sang-hyun joins cast of Yeo Jin-gu’s Could We Love
It looks like Yoon Sang-hyun (Can’t Lose) is making his drama comeback with the new show starring Yeo Jin-gu as a high school delinquent, called Could We Love, due out this summer on SBS. Aw, I guess this means his ajusshi idol drama isn’t happening anymore. Sadface. I’m still trying to figure out what the... More »
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End of the World halved due to poor ratings
Bad news for The End of the World, the cable medical plague drama that has picked up a mania following (i.e., a cult hit), though it hasn’t been able to carve out a space for itself in the ratings game. As a result, it’s getting cut early to nearly half its original length. The show... More »
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Moon Geun-young confirms her sageuk comeback
Moon Geun-young (Alice in Cheongdam-dong) has been attached for some time to the upcoming historical biopic drama Goddess of Fire Jung-yi, but has finally confirmed that she will headline. And it’s looking more and more like her leading man will be Lee Sang-yoon (My Daughter Seo-young), who is still finalizing contract negotiations. I have no... More »
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Jung Yong-hwa cast opposite Park Shin-hye again, seriously
Dude. WHY. Why why why with the repeat pairing that will not die in dramaland? Jung Yong-hwa and Park Shin-hye AGAIN? It’s been confirmed that the pair who were costars in 2009′s You’re Beautiful and again in 2011′s You’ve Fallen For Me are going to be reunited for a third time. Jung Yong-hwa just been... More »
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Second teaser and character posters for Mandate of Heaven
Here’s another peek at KBS’s new Wednesday-Thursday show to follow IRIS 2, the fugitive sageuk thriller Mandate of Heaven starring Lee Dong-wook and Song Ji-hyo. It’s now carrying the full title Mandate of Heaven: Story of a Runaway, Joseon Edition, which seems unnecessarily descriptive. Maybe someone finally figured out that their title chun-myung ["thousand people"... More »
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The Chaser cast and crew reunites for new drama, courts Lee Yo-won and Go Soo
Lee Yo-won, Go Soo The writer-director team from last year’s gripping daddy-revenge conspiracy drama The Chaser is getting the band back together for a new drama this summer called Empire of Gold, and is currently courting Lee Yo-won (The Horse Healer) and Go Soo (Bandage) to headline. The Chaser’s star and daesang winner Sohn Hyun-joo... More »
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Nam Sang-mi becomes Goddess of Marriage for SBS
New drama alert! It’s called Goddess of Marriage, and this one headlines three stars I like very much, which automatically makes me sit up a bit straighter and hope a little harder for a good result. I mean, I always hope for a good result, but when you’ve got Kim Ji-hoon (so gruffly sweet, as... More »
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Lee Jun-ki looks at action noir for next drama
Ooh. Lots of good stuff in this bit of news. Lee Jun-ki: considering a new drama; that’s a period romantic noir; featuring action and fighting; set in the 1930s, during the Japanese Occupation years; based on a manhwa from the writer of Damo; admidst the backdrop of Shanghai. Excited yet? Tags: Lee Jun-ki... More »
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Uhm Tae-woong drops Yi Sun-shin, considers Sword and Flower
So remember that Yi Sun-shin drama that Uhm Tae-woong was supposed to star in? Not so much anymore, since that production stalled in development (which explains why the City Hunter PD who was attached is now doing the new Hong Sisters drama.) But never fear, because busy busy Uhm Tae-woong already has a new prospective... More »
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The flower boys join tvN’s Dating Agency: Cyrano
Casting news is rolling in for tvN’s new romantic comedy series Dating Agency: Cyrano, which is based on the film starring Uhm Tae-woong as the matchmaker-turned-romantic-target and which has inexplicably shuffled around the words in its title but made no more sense of them. Is this their one concession toward reminding us that it’s the... More »
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