Joint Security Area, the drama special

11 April 25, 2014April 25, 2014

by awcoconuts

With the musical version of Joint Security Area (JSA) finally debuting late last year (after a three year delay) and ending its moderately successful run this month, it comes as no surprise that yet another iteration of the wildly popular movie (the 2000 film starring Lee Byung-heon, Song Kang-ho and Lee Young-ae catapulted director Park Chan-wook to fame and was the highest grossing film of its time) is in the works.

KBS is preparing a drama special based on the novel DMZ by Park Sang-yeon, on which both the movie and musical versions of JSA were based. A source said that the special is in the early planning stages: KBS is still seeking publication rights from Park Sang-yeon, and tentative assignments are for Park Pil-joo to write the script and Kim Jin-woo to direct (together, the two have a handful of drama specials under their belt).

Once the publication rights have been attained and casting finalized, the drama special will head to production and is anticipated to air this September.

Via No Cut

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Tags: Drama Special, remakes

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1 bashful

April 25, 2014 at 3:06 PM

Oh wow! Thanks for this news. :-) Will Lee Young-ae be considered to take part in this drama special?

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2 jomo143

April 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM

I LOVED this movie.

Whatever magic this cast did with the writing and directing all culminated in an extremely simple and moving ending.

It is unforgettable for me.

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3 Ivoire

April 25, 2014 at 3:49 PM

Thank you for the news, awcoconuts. I have heard and read so much about this movie, I am looking forward to the drama special, whenever it ends up being on the air.

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4 kikidee

April 25, 2014 at 5:26 PM

That was a really good movie. I'm trying to imagine it as a musical. I'm having difficulty.

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windsun33

April 26, 2014 at 9:33 AM

Same here. Kind of like "Apocalypse Now - the Disney Version".

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Jo

April 28, 2014 at 7:34 PM

exactly. I can't imagine belting out in song in the middle of a scene. I suspect many potential audience members could not either--hence the middling ticket sales. As always, I hope the drama provides quality (if it pushes through)!

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5 PebbledBeach

April 25, 2014 at 6:15 PM

Ooooh I will have to catch this when it gets uploaded to the KBSWorld channel.... on a side note the recent Drama Specials have been really entertaining. Totally worth checking them out :)

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6 canxi

April 25, 2014 at 6:58 PM

This movie was great. A drama special would be nice--I wonder who they would cast. I'm sure many up & comers would love to be in it.

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7 Laden

April 25, 2014 at 7:42 PM

Off topic:
Pardon the very frustrated girl
Pls who has the soft copy of the coffee prince novel and can email it to me.I've searched and searched the entire internet,but no luck
Pls help juseyo (۳º̩̩́_º̩̩̀)۳
I'll love you forever

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Ms. Fishy Piggy

April 26, 2014 at 7:42 AM

You may want to read the chapter summaries done by Javabeans back in 2007 on her recap page. Some valuable info can be found on the comments from Beanut Gallery on the first chapter's summary. Hope this helps.