I think he still have those lingering feeling for CITT lol.
Well...good luck!!!

I thought the drama wasn't really bad bad. It was just disappointing since it had so much potential. But when I got past the what-coulda-beens, it was okay. They need to do justice on Jung's arc though.

The casting is the problem. Like JB said it'll feel like Jung falling for Seol#2. I think it would've been better to get a whole new cast if they can't get them all back together. Otherwise it'll just be weird. But hey, no one's forcing me to watch anyway lol. I think one version of Cheese is enough for one lifetime. And Kim Go Eun will always be my Seol.

More importantly, are they casting a piano?

Worst idea ever ....

.. having a different cast/ love interest ... comparisons will be relentless ..

And the character was so complex that 16 episodes were short to explain jung .. A 2 hr movie, he'll simply come of as a psychopath

OMG!!

Please be good! please be good! please be good!

I really can't see another actor playing Yoo Jung, Yoo Jung is Park Hae Jin's so I'm super excited for this! I'm still not over CITT heartbreak but I just cannot not watch this! It's MY PARK HAE JIN!!!

Hands clasped, starting prayer from today till the movie is released!

Though most people might criticize the PD , i still think the PD couldn't do sucja big thing on her own. It is very easy for a production company or channel to put the entire blame on an employee who wouldn't be able to backfire. I don't know the entire story but I feel bad for her.

I really don't know how a movie is going to do justice to Seol and Jung. Not to mention the challenge of a whole new Seol (Kim Go-eun was perfect, even when the story went to pieces).

Can't fault Park Hae-jin for wanting to make things right as much as they can be after that extreme clusterfuck, as much as they can be in just two hours, but it's probably best to be optimistic and keep expectations low.

Dilemma indeed.

Well I don't get why anyone else said it's a trainwreck drama? Several aspect might end up not deliver really well... It's far from a masterpiece drama as well. Well even then it's delivering well for me... I hope they are delivering something new, They might end up choosing plot which is from Jung's Perspective... Jung is always end up have one the best line in a drama.

i do think the webtoon writer being part of the production team is what lured him in. As far as i know, Soonkki was overseeing the script for the drama till episode 4 when they cut her off. Park Hae Jin might be thinking the same way im thinking that maybe if the original creator had been overseeing the script for the whole series things might have turned out better for his character and the overall drama. And now that Soonkki is the scriptwriter for the movie, he can let out a sigh of relief.
I do still have qualms about how they will manage to pull off what a 16 hour drama couldn't do in a 2 hour drama.
It's interesting how here in the comments people are talking about how weird the film will be without the same cast as before but the k-netizens are absolutely elated that Park Hae Jin gets a second chance WITHOUT the other actors
Anyway, I will looking forward to this.

If this really happen, please be good. I want to see CITT adaptation from different side.

I'm a bit surprised that this is happening.. and more surprised that I find myself neither excited. nor dreading it. I guess I had a clean break from CITT. I know I'm gonna end up watching it, but just out of curiosity to see how they hope to pull this off with class(hopefully). But I'm going to keep my expectations super super low...

Btw when I was watching the finale I kept feeling like saying Seol"s lines from episode 9 on that yellow street to THE SHOW: "Show..exactly what are you? I think we could use some time. I want to get closer to you.. but I just can't seem to approach you..." In that same pained voice. Lolzzz

After the mess, the only original actor I care for is him. I can easily picture him with a different Seol because I wish CITT the drama never existed. Of course, I'm wary about how this movie will turn out but since it's already been decided, I send all my cheers for it to do well. I hope they take their time to give us a polished product. Please don't reduce it into a simple romance movie.

The drama was really good Everything was fine untill the last 2 episodes it was a disappointment, there was no need for a ridiculous car accident and crazy In Ha plus the ending was really bad and has no meaning. Other than that the drama was very interesting and all the actors/actresses played their role well,

It's not fair that everyone sympathized with only PHJ, it's not the other actors fault they played their role wel, I don't understand the hate of the other cassts

I really can't imagine another soul playing the role,

Maybe the movie should pick up where the drama ended

I'm very happy PHJ's going to reprise Yoo Jung in the movie. I just wish KGE were Seol...love her to bits, loved their chemistry together, loved the drama before it went downhill, loved the ost.

WOOHOO Park Hae Jin!!!

Now who would plat Seol and the piano??

First world problems?, but the struggle is real??

omg what??? noooooo but oooooooo yessss i don't knowww

I'll pass, I think. I think it might be good, but I also feel like it might be too soon seeing the general sentiment about the drama. It's a great thing for PHJ if it works out.

Kinda OT but I actually really liked CITT, and I had read the webtoon prior to it. I just feel like it's really unfair that most people keep on siding with PHJ while forgetting that all the actors played there part really really well, and that it was a well constructed drama, with great character development, and cinematography. And that why I love Lee Yoon-jung Pd she is a great story teller when it come to heartfelt, relatable dramas. I hope this doesn't stop her from future projects.

Why do people have problem with the actors? I have absolutely no problems with them at all. They were all fantastic, even Nam JooHyuk in his limited role.

The only problems I have are with the story in the second half and maybe some editing. Even cinematically, CITT was a masterpiece.

Is there no chance of Kim Go Eun for Seol? Piano boy won't be missed but Go Eun was perfect as Seol. Can we haggle for them to woo Go Eun? :P

I was a bit sad Kim Go Eun wouldn't comeback as Seol again, but now that it's a movie, it's time for Chun Woo Hee to jump in. Just cast her. She's the first candidate fans talked about in the first place

My last cartoon for "the site which won't be named" was an alternate ending for Cheese in the Trap.
If you want to read it, here it is:

https://www.dramafever.com/news/my-alternative-ending-for-cheese-in-the-trap/

My jaw literally dropped. Didn't think PHJ would confirm, BUT I do want to trust his decision in that they're making a movie true to the webtoon. It'll be odd to root for a new Seol because KGE was perfect for the character, but considering how the drama has ended this is for the best. Here is to hoping the movie will makes us forget about the drama entirely. Fighting!!!

No drama this time, please.

Only acting. Thank you.

Chance for a satisfying conclusion, finally, or pathway towards a second bloody disappointment?

No wonder we're all hesitating.

I don't know how to feel about this.

Yeah.... I love PHJ but I don't know how I feel about this movie! He was awesome but I think it's time he dedicated his time to something else. Sometimes shows are failures. Just chalk it up as a loss and move on.

Does this mean he's not doing the drama where he's playing a bodyguard to a top star?

Wow. Soonkki must have really strong feelings against the drama to be personally involved in another adaptation.

While I think the show was perfect during its first 6 episodes, I'm ready for a sassier and grayer adaptation. I think the webtoon characters have more punch. PHJ's Jung was spot on despite the unsatisfying end of his arc. However, Seol could have used more sass and In-ho more grit. I can't help but feel characterization was sacrificed in the name of setting the show's pastel-y mood. (Among other things, but I've ragged about them enough in the last few CitT articles.)

I'm a little wary of how the relationships among the characters will be developed in such a short time, but I'm confident Soonkki will be able to make all 120 minutes of this movie count.

From what I'm reading this is a China/Korea project so the cast will be split. That means a Chinese lead actress and dubbing? Not happy. Not happy it's not KSE anyway as, for me, she IS Seol. If this actually happens, and it's more than a year away so all this is still what ifs, I wish it would start where the drama ended (which for many will be around ep 14) and give us the rebuilding of Jung and Seol's relationship. We were all happy up until that point.

Also, the webtoon writer said at the beginning of the drama that she wanted it to be independent of her story. “I wanted the drama to have an entirely different feel from the comics because they are built on different types of media. However, the actual drama failed in doing so, being hailed as ‘true to the original,’” she said. “They never contacted me, so I had no idea that they were going to film the drama to exactly follow the comics.” So what is she going to do now? Stick with the webtoon story or build an alternate universe? We all know how we can see different story arcs for our own imaginary characters and I'm sure she also would enjoy doing that for people she has been writing about for 4 years now. It will be very interesting to see what the comments will be if she does go in a different direction.

I'm in. I don't mind multiple adaptations and I want to see how this will turn out. It's not like any of us will be getting a look at it until months after it's out anyway, so we'll know how it goes even if we don't watch it.

Like others have said, I think the thing that swayed PHJ to this role is Soonkki's involvement and lingering feelings. I, too, am unsatisfied with how things turned out (no fault of any of the actors who all did great with what they got) and when that happens you know, especially for an artist, you just go back it.

I feel like the movie won't be an adaptation of the whole 4 part web-toon but I'm willing to see them try all the same. Mostly, I'm hoping they do Inha justice and give her back her agency (Inha, a puppet? Irl lol), bring more nuance to Jung's storyline—some of his thoughts(though rare, they were there) and his looming presence (even when he wasn't there, he was there!), and show the angrier, scarier side to Seol that she has as well (this is a really interesting part of her and it's also one of the reasons Jung is so taken by her).