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Drama Casting & News
Jung Yong-hwa cast opposite Park Shin-hye again, seriously
by | April 15, 2013 | 556 Comments
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
by | April 14, 2013 | 47 Comments
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
by | April 13, 2013 | 69 Comments
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
by | April 12, 2013 | 85 Comments
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
by | April 11, 2013 | 96 Comments
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
by | April 11, 2013 | 65 Comments
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
by | April 10, 2013 | 43 Comments
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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Revenge drama Shark completes casting
by | April 9, 2013 | 48 Comments
KBS’s revenge thriller Shark — the so-called third in the revenge trilogy by the Resurrection and Devil team — must’ve gone on a casting spree, because after a while of hinting at possible casting leads, now the show has announced a whole slew of confirmed castings. Sohn Ye-jin (Personal Taste) was the first main lead... More »


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So Ji-sub and Gong Hyo-jin courted for new Hong Sisters drama
by | April 9, 2013 | 142 Comments
A new year means there’s a new Hong Sisters drama on the way, and this time they’re heading to SBS in the summer. Some of us are still scarred from Big, while others of us may choose to remember their last drama as Best Love, but never fear, because there’s a brand new drama ahead... More »


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Answer Me 1997′s sequel to be about basketball
by | April 6, 2013 | 39 Comments
girlfriday: There’s new news on the Answer Me 1997 follow-up drama, which was being called Answer Me 1994 up until now… Apparently it’s going to be a basketball drama. Huh? As in Last Match Redux? javabeans: Whaa? Is that awesome, or too much meta jokery? We’d be the last to have a problem with any... More »