Aw, bummer — Im Shi-wan (Misaeng) won't be taking the tvN remake of Entourage after all, choosing to focus on his other projects instead (he's currently filming the movie One Line)....
Yoon Shi-yoon
Hooray! Yoon Shi-yoon (Prime Minister and I) will be released from military service (in the Marine Corps, no less) on January 27. His contract with his current agency, Taxi...
If you're gonna remake a strong, complex show like The Good Wife featuring a strong, complex woman like Juliana Margulies' lead character, you'd better make sure her remake counterpart is...
I know we usually post our weekly round-up of news bites on the weekend, but I'm tossing out another set this time since there were lots of minor stories piling...
Cable station tvN has snapped up another hit American TV show to remake into a K-drama (Entourage plans to air next year), and has confirmed procuring rights to CBS's The...
javabeans: Remember how tvN was gonna remake HBO’s Entourage?
girlfriday: Oh yeaaaaaah are they still doing that?
javabeans: That news first surfaced two years ago that they’d licensed...
Hong Jong-hyun, Baekhyun
More casting updates for the Bu Bu Jing Xin remake! The Korean version is titled Moon Lovers and now reports that Hong Jong-hyun (Mama, Dating Agency Cyrano)...
According to latest reports, Lee Jun-ki (Scholar Who Walks the Night) is considering taking on the remake of the popular Chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin, retitled Moon Lovers, with...
KBS is making a big push for a revival of some their drama classics to be remade for Hollywood. The network has struck a co-production deal with producer Michael Uslan...
An international co-production is in the works for a Korean drama adaptation of the time-slip Chinese fusion sageuk Scarlet Heart (Bubu Jingxin). Hollywood's Universal Studios is investing in the Korean...
Im Shi-wan out of Entourage, Seo Kang-joon probably in
by javabeans
Aw, bummer — Im Shi-wan (Misaeng) won't be taking the tvN remake of Entourage after all, choosing to focus on his other projects instead (he's currently filming the movie One Line)....
Tags: Entourage, Im Shi-wan, remakes, Seo Kang-joon
News bites: January 23, 2016
by awcoconuts
Yoon Shi-yoon Hooray! Yoon Shi-yoon (Prime Minister and I) will be released from military service (in the Marine Corps, no less) on January 27. His contract with his current agency, Taxi...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Cheese in the Trap, Do Ji-han, Go Chang-seok, Gong Hyo-jin, Joo Jin-mo, Kang So-ra, Kim Ji-won, Kim Min-joon, Kim Woo-bin, Lee Byung-heon, Lee Hyun-woo (2), Lee Jia, Lee Seon-kyun, news bites, Park Shin-yang, Park Yoo-hwan, remakes, Ryu Soo-young, Seo In-gook, Yoo Yeon-seok, Yoon Shi-yoon
Jeon Do-yeon in contention to head The Good Wife remake
by javabeans
If you're gonna remake a strong, complex show like The Good Wife featuring a strong, complex woman like Juliana Margulies' lead character, you'd better make sure her remake counterpart is...
Tags: Jeon Do-yeon, remakes, The Good Wife
Drama news bites: December 23, 2015
by javabeans
I know we usually post our weekly round-up of news bites on the weekend, but I'm tossing out another set this time since there were lots of minor stories piling...
Tags: 1 show to rule them all, Answer Me 1988, Joo-won, Lee Jong-seok, news bites, Rain, remakes, Rude Miss Young-ae, Yong-pal
CBS’s The Good Wife to be remade by tvN
by javabeans
Cable station tvN has snapped up another hit American TV show to remake into a K-drama (Entourage plans to air next year), and has confirmed procuring rights to CBS's The...
Tags: cable programs, remakes, The Good Wife
Entourage remake in plans for 2016 airdate on tvN
by javabeans
javabeans: Remember how tvN was gonna remake HBO’s Entourage? girlfriday: Oh yeaaaaaah are they still doing that? javabeans: That news first surfaced two years ago that they’d licensed...
Tags: cable programs, conversation post, remakes
More princes join the mix for Bu Bu Jing Xin remake Moon Lovers
by javabeans
Hong Jong-hyun, Baekhyun More casting updates for the Bu Bu Jing Xin remake! The Korean version is titled Moon Lovers and now reports that Hong Jong-hyun (Mama, Dating Agency Cyrano)...
Tags: Hong Jong-hyun, Kang Haneul, Lee Jun-ki, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, remakes
Lee Jun-ki in talks to take Bu Bu Jing Xin remake drama
by javabeans
According to latest reports, Lee Jun-ki (Scholar Who Walks the Night) is considering taking on the remake of the popular Chinese drama Bu Bu Jing Xin, retitled Moon Lovers, with...
Tags: Lee Jun-ki, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, remakes
Resurrection, Full House join the ranks of U.S. remake hopefuls
by girlfriday
KBS is making a big push for a revival of some their drama classics to be remade for Hollywood. The network has struck a co-production deal with producer Michael Uslan...
Tags: Full House, Hollywood, remakes
It’s Okay, It’s Love PD helms remake of Chinese drama Scarlet Heart
by girlfriday
An international co-production is in the works for a Korean drama adaptation of the time-slip Chinese fusion sageuk Scarlet Heart (Bubu Jingxin). Hollywood's Universal Studios is investing in the Korean...
Tags: drama production, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, remakes