News bites: September 14, 2022

12 September 14, 2022September 15, 2022

by tccolb

Shin Ye-eun, Ryeo Woon, Kang Hoon, Jung Geon-joo

SBS has lined up a new sageuk romance called Flower Scholars’ Love Story (roughly translated), starring Shin Ye-eun (Yumi’s Cells 2) as a boarding house matron while Ryeo Woon (Through the Darkness), Kang Hoon (Little Women), and Jung Geon-joo (Kiss Sixth Sense) play her scholarly lodgers. Planning to air in 2023, PD Kim Jung-min is attached to direct with scripts by Kwon Eum-mi and Kim Ja-hyun. [SBS]

Disney+ announced a new 8-episode crime procedural called Shadow Detective, which will premiere this coming October. Headlined by Lee Sung-min (Juvenile Justice), Jin Gu (A Superior Day), Kyung Su-jin (Mouse), and Lee Hak-joo (Artificial City), production is being led by PD Han Dong-hwa (Navillera, Bad Guys: City of Evil) and writer Im Chang-se. [Osen]

Kim Dong-wook (King of Pigs) has been offered a role in revenge drama Favorable Scam (roughly translated). With scripts penned by Han Woo-joo, directing will be helmed by PD Lee Soo-hyun – who worked with Kim previously on Find Me in Your Memory. According to reports, Chun Woo-hee (Be Melodramatic) is still in talks as well and filming is set to begin once casting has been finalized. [Sports Chosun]
In the meantime, Jung Moon-sung (Stock Struck) has been added to the cast of JTBC’s webtoon adaptation, Sacred Divorce. Forming a trio of besties alongside Jo Seung-woo (Sisyphus) and Kim Sung-kyun (Grid), production is aiming for an early 2023 broadcast. [My Daily]

Jung Moon-sung

tvN has been generously dropping promos for Love in Contract and the newest teaser can be found here. The rom-com has our leads Park Min-young (Forecasting Love and Weather), Go Kyung-pyo (Private Lives), and Kim Jae-young (Reflection of You) entangled in a love triangle complicated by not one but two contract relationships. The shenanigans begin next week on September 21. [Sports Donga]
A new poster and video teaser has come out for Disney+’s upcoming legal mystery, May It Please the Court. Primed and ready to fight dirty, no matter what it takes, lawyers Jung Ryeo-won (Diary of a Prosecutor), Lee Kyu-hyung (All of Us Are Dead), and Jung Jin-young (Bulgasal: Immortal Souls) will be coming to our screens on September 21. [Xports News]
The promos continue for SBS’s Cheer Up as well, featuring our underdog cheerleading team in the new poster and video teaser. Premiering next month on October 3, the campus rom-com stars Han Ji-hyun (Penthouse 3), Bae In-hyuk (Why Her?), Jang Gyu-ri (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay), Kim Hyun-jin (Can You Deliver Time?), and Lee Eun-saem (All of Us Are Dead). [SBS]

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2. Single releases have been a greater number of not-watch than watch. Shadow Detective isn't different except Lee Sung-min is leading this one. 'Don't forget how good he was in Juvenile Justice and watch it'.

3. Kim Dong-woooook. I'm in.

4. Sacred Divorce just got sacreder. Jung Moon-sung ☺️☺️. Whoever is the casting director for this drama is hitting all my right spots. Be on screen already Sacred Divorce. I'm waiting for you🥰.

It's almost time for 5's marriage selection.

Wow! May It Please The Court is here already. Lee Kyu-hyung + Jung Jin-young + legal = watch.

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2 💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜

September 15, 2022 at 1:24 AM

Prayer circle for Kang Hoon to be released from Second Leaddom here:

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sooyi

September 15, 2022 at 6:21 AM

I thought he was the male protagonist because he was cast first, or something like that, or maybe the initial reports mistakenly billed his name first. Seems like they're deviating from the novel because his character was more like 3rd male lead, and has no love line with the female protagonist.

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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜

September 15, 2022 at 4:51 PM

He is listed second here, and on MDL he's listed second to the other ML also, which is what initially drove my comment. I don't follow casting news off db really. Ofc, MDL is not always accurate, and I have no idea about the novel, so... *shrugs*?

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ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min

September 15, 2022 at 8:48 AM

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ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min

September 15, 2022 at 8:52 AM

So I tried posting a proper prayer circle of emojis here but DB comments f*cked up the placement. Whatever. Definitely not mad that they ruined something stupid that took painstaking time. Definitely not.

Anyway i join your prayer circle. Trying to have hope that they’ll just give him a secondary romance with a SFL, but given how these flower boy stories typically go, I think we have to prepare for heartbreak.

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3 Kurama

September 15, 2022 at 1:39 AM

1) I don't trust Shin Ye-Eun's choices of dramas...
2) The casting looks good but it's on Disney...
3)KDW looks very busy.
6) A legal drama on Disney, too many legal dramas on a not very friendly with Kdramas lovers channel
7) I found the main actress extremely thin in the teaser. This drama needs more food trucks.

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4 Midnight

September 15, 2022 at 1:46 AM

1. Now THAT is a proper flowerboy lineup reminiscent of the ensemble casts of yore!! I'm not into fluffy sageuk but this definitely piqued my interest.

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sooyi

September 15, 2022 at 6:25 AM

I wouldn't say it's all the rage again, but there is another "flower boy" drama in the works, it's about former idol group mates running a supermarket.

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Midnight

September 15, 2022 at 6:45 AM

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll wait to see who they'll cast.

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ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min

September 15, 2022 at 8:54 AM

Wow, that’s an awesome premise. Surprised I didn’t hear of it yet given that I’m typically up-to-date on drama news. I’ll look out for it.

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5 ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min

September 15, 2022 at 8:45 AM

1. That’s a PROPER flower boy lineup if I’ve ever seen one. But Ryeoun as the male lead over Kang Hoon? Hmmm…

2. Another Disney+ exclusive with a banger cast. Somebody please free them.

3. Kim Dong-wook and Chun Woo-hee. I’m sold!

4. The title Sacred Divorce still cracks me up.

5. Has this ever been the drama with the most prerelease promos? Maybe not number one, but it’s definitely up there.

6. As much as we’re in peak law drama saturation right now and want to strangle anyone trying to make more, I cannot turn down Jung Ryeo-won or Lee Kyu-hyung.

7. Honestly? I’m looking forward to this. It’s a combination of Sassy Go Go nostalgia, the promise of a nice campus setting, and washing away the stain of Bae In-hyuk in Why Her? for me.