It’s a star-studded lineup for period film Gone With the Wind, but even before we get to the big names attached, I’m already loving the premise: It’s a comic sageuk that’s Joseon-meets-Ocean’s Eleven centering around a team of thieves that works to steal…ice? Fastest. Heist. Ever. (With that plot, shouldn’t it really be titled Gone with the Sun?)

Backing up, let’s take a look at the cast. This will be comic actor Cha Tae-hyun’s (Hello Ghost, Speedy Scandal) first foray into the sageuk world as the leader of the gang who gathers all of the top specialists of the time to carry out their scheme. Considering there’s already a modern-day “Korean Ocean’s Eleven” in the works, does this make Cha the comic equivalent of Lee Jung-jae?

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Seo Shin-ae has made her (albeit short) career playing precocious youngsters, so it shouldn’t be too much of a stretch for her to play a full-on genius in her upcoming Drama Special episode, titled Boy Meets Girl.

Her character enters high school at the age of 12 and is forced into a rigid life centering around her education by a pushy mother. In these stills, she’s busy at the chalkboard working out a complicated problem in her classroom.

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One of my favorite child actors, Seo Shin-ae (Thank You, Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child) will be appearing in another of KBS’s Drama Special episodes. Her segment is called Boy Meets Girl, and she’ll play a science genius who is admitted to a science high school at the age of 12.

Her Ji-wan character doesn’t know how to do anything other than study, and because of her ambitious mother, Ji-wan is “locked into her studies under the name of gifted special education” despite her young age. She begins to mature as she meets an untalented middle-aged man.

Sounds like a meaty role for a gifted young actress. The Boy Meets Girl episode of Drama Special will air on October 2.

Via TV Report

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I haven’t covered Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child much since it began airing, which is mostly a factor of not having enough time. But the drama has attracted a steady, if smallish, fanbase who are drawn to the drama’s fresh take on a familiar genre of summer horror fare.

Here are some candid photos capturing comic moments between the cast, taken between shoots, and the lighthearted feel here contrasts with the darker mood of the series. Above is Han Eun-jung as a gumiho, while young Kim Yoo-jung plays her daughter.

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KBS’s Gumiho: Tale of the Fox Child is all set to premiere tomorrow, in the timeslot vacated by My Country Calls, which ended last week. I’ve already outlined the story several times (refer to this and this for more info) so there’s not much to add in the way of story, but here is a collection of stills.

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On July 1, the cast of KBS’s Gumiho: Tale of the Fox Child held their production press conference. And while Han Eun-jung is the headliner, I’m wondering if (and hoping that) the two girls actually run away with the story.

Kim Yoo-jung plays Han’s half-human, half-fox child, and Seo Shin-ae is a sickly, cranky nobleman’s daughter. They were born on the same day and their fates become linked as Han and her daughter run away and meet Seo’s village family.

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Really, my favorite thing about this image from Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child is that wonderfully disgruntled grumpyface on Seo Shin-ae. Aw! It’s like a wee puppy trying to look menacing; you just want to cuddle it, even if it looks like it wants to bite you.

We’ve already seen the stills of Kim Yoo-jung as the fox-child, and now it’s Seo Shin-ae’s turn as her human acquaintance/rival. (Previously, we also saw stills of the drama’s star Han Eun-jung as the gumiho, and the three leading men.)

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Here’s our first look at the half-fox, half-human child played by actress Kim Yoo-jung in the upcoming sageuk horror-thriller Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child. Above she is in her “normal” human guise, but the character comes into her mythical gumiho powers at the age of 10, which necessitates a physical transformation as well. The closer the character comes to turning 10, the more gumiho traits she starts to show, which increases the chances of her being discovered by her human neighbors.

Alas, the girl doesn’t know of her heritage, and neither does she realize that her mother (played by Han Eun-jung) is a gumiho, which makes her transformation all the more shocking for her.

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The drama initially called Gumiho’s Revenge has been renamed Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child [구미호: 여우누이뎐]. With the Hong sisters putting out their own series this year (My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho), there were initial questions of similarities between the two dramas, but I don’t think that will be a concern, as Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child will be a suspenseful sageuk series. And now that the details of the story are out, I have to say it sounds pretty intriguing (though a lot rests on the direction and execution).

This title is actually closer to the original name under which the script won a prize in a KBS script competition last year, which literally means “Fox Sister” but in this particular case means “Fox’s Child,” according to a source with KBS. The change was made to preserve the feel of the original work, and the child in question is the half-human girl born to the gumiho (a shape-shifting fox with nine tails that takes human form) played by Han Eun-jung.

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Post tags: Baek Bong-gi, Gumiho's Revenge, Gumiho: Tale of the Fox's Child, Han Eun-jung, Kim Yoo-jung, Seo Joon-young, Seo Shin-ae

December 30 was, once again, the night of the 2009 MBC Drama Awards. Unlike last year, there was no split Daesang award nor the ensuing controversy, but then again, there really was nobody with whom it could be shared. To absolutely nobody’s surprise, Go Hyun-jung was named Daesang winner for her delicious portrayal of Mi-shil in Queen Seon-deok, which had a monstrous night. Full awards list below.

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