News bites: October 15, 2022
by tccolb
Jo Boa, Kim Ro-woon
- A Kim Ro-woon (Tomorrow) and Jo Boa (Military Prosecutor Doberman) pairing is in the works for This Romance is a Force Majeure (roughly translated). The drama does involve yet another lawyer in dramaland, but there are some intriguing elements such as a forbidden text that was mysteriously sealed 300 years ago and an old curse stemming down from the Joseon ages. With PD Nam Ki-hoon (Kiss Sixth Sense) at the helm and writing by Noh Ji-seol (100 Days My Prince), filming is set to begin in November. [Sports Chosun (1), (2)]
- A new poster is out for KBS’s upcoming Curtain Call featuring our story’s matriach Go Du-shim (Our Blues) alongside granddaughter Ha ji-won (Chocolate) and her supposedly long-lost grandson Kang Haneul (Insider). Airing in the Monday-Tuesday time slot, following The Law Cafe, the drama premieres in just a few weeks on October 31. [JTBC]
- Just in time for Halloween, Seezn released their main poster for Midnight Horror: Six Nights (roughly translated), which will be launching this month on October 27. The omnibus-style series will be a collaboration between five filmmakers who are versed in the genre: Im Dae-woong, Yoo Young-sun, Lee Jung-haeng, Kim Jung-min, and Choi Yoon-ho. The cast includes Seo Young-hee (Would You Like a Cup of Coffee), Kang Mina (Cafe Minamdang), Kwon Han-sol (Shooting Stars), and Bong Tae-kyu (Penthouse 3) among others. [News1]
- As we (im)patiently wait for SBS’s Flower Scholars’ Love Story, actor Ryeo Woon (Through the Darkness) has been offered a lead role in a new timeslip drama called Sparkling Watermelon. Written by Jin Soo-wan (Chicago Typewriter, Kill Me, Heal Me) with PD Sohn Jung-hyun (Mental Coach Jegal) attached to direct, production will officially begin next year in 2023. [Ilgan Sports]
- New character posters and a video teaser have dropped for Disney+’s Shadow Detective, this time featuring all four leads: Lee Sung-min (Juvenile Justice), Jin Gu (Superior Day, Kyung Su-jin (Mouse), Lee Hak-joo (Artificial City). The crime-action will be coming to our screens later this month on October 26.[Sports Donga]
- The promos continue for tvN’s Behind Every Star (formerly Call My Agent) and new character stills have been released of our talent manager quartet: Lee Seo-jin (Dr. Park’s Clinic), Kwak Sun-young (Inspector Koo), Seo Hyun-woo (Extracurricular), and Joo Hyun-young (Extraordinary Attorney Woo). Slated to broadcast on November 7, the comedy will be airing in tvN’s Monday-Tuesday slot. [Newsen]
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1 DancingEmma
October 15, 2022 at 8:22 PM
I’m assuming “Curtain Call” is not a romance as technically the romance between her grandchildren would be incestuous even if he is faking it.
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Midnight
October 15, 2022 at 8:46 PM
Having traumatic flashbacks to Will It Snow For Christmas! Lol
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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
October 15, 2022 at 9:09 PM
Yikes, I hope not. It's a mismatch on every level. Ha Ji-won is 11 years older than Kang Ha-neul, which might not matter in some contexts but they feel like different generations in real life if not in the show. The employer/employee power differential, the conspiracy (however well-meant) to deceive the grandmother, and the whiff of faux-incest make the idea of a romance between them really off-putting. I hope the show goes in a different direction.
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ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min
October 15, 2022 at 9:17 PM
Agreed. However, dramaland has a bad habit of doing fauxcest romances no matter the dodgy circumstances of the people involved. 2005’s My Girl comes to mind most strongly (I hate to admit it, but it was something of a guilty pleasure favourite for me back in the day).
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JillofAllTrades
October 17, 2022 at 11:32 AM
I second on "My Girl". Both it being a bit of a touch of incest and being a guilty pleasure.
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A. McG.
October 16, 2022 at 7:33 PM
As for the age difference between HJW and KHN, Gong Hyo-jin is 10 years older than KHN, I didn't notice it in When the Camellia Blooms. Perhaps it's KHNs built/looks/skills that he can pull it off. He played "senior" to Lee Min-ho and Kim Woo-bin in The Heirs. The Kdrama is based on a Spanish script by Alejandro Casona. If I remember correctly, the real grandson does show up eventually. It's why I'm tuning in, to see how the Kdrama plays out. If the real grandson does show up, I'm betting it's the guy from Pachinko, Steve Noh Sang-hyun.
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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
October 16, 2022 at 8:24 PM
I've been trying hard not to give away this potential spoiler.
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DancingEmma
October 16, 2022 at 11:27 PM
@elinor. How do you know? Spill the tea!!!
Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
October 17, 2022 at 1:06 AM
@dncingemma - If you google the title of the play on which this drama is based, you'll get a major plot development right up front in the first search result. (I suggest you not do that if you want the possibility of some mystery preserved; I wish I hadn’t.) Of course the drama may go another way and not follow the play faithfully - adaptations do that all the time. But right now the publicity for the show is not even teasing this twist and that’s why I call the comment above a potential spoiler; knowing about it establishes expectations and for me at least it diminishes the fun of finding out by watching.
A. McG.
October 17, 2022 at 4:47 PM
Sorry if I spoilt something. I'm so curious how the Kdrama follows the original. For instance Little Women, IMO, has more in common/similar vibe with the Nancy Drew mysteries than the Louisa May Alcott novel.
DancingEmma
October 17, 2022 at 6:21 PM
@ A. McG. Not for me so please don’t worry. I don’t mind spoilers. For me, it is the journey that matters. I hope others feel the same too.
DancingEmma
October 16, 2022 at 11:26 PM
@A. McG: The fauxcest - as my clever Beanie, @ladynightshade has termed it - is what I find icky. But I never mind the so called ‘noona’ relationships. Men have globally normalised age difference between themselves and women because it suited them to marry, young and fertile women. I will never object to any ‘noona’ ones as the scale is so far tipped against it as to be almost a travesty. Bring on more if these stories!
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ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min
October 15, 2022 at 9:13 PM
@dncingemma: I see you missed out on the fauxcest trope when it was all the rage in dramaland (good for you).
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DancingEmma
October 16, 2022 at 1:36 AM
@ladynightshade: Thank the Goddess for small mercies.
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2 Blue (@mayhemf)
October 15, 2022 at 9:23 PM
Oh wow. I somehow completely missed the premise of ‘Curtain Call’! well now, that changes everything. I don’t even know what to expect from this show now. Is this faux incest or is it not romance. Whatever it is, I will check it out. But Atleast I am not going in blind.
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3 ladynightshade wants to be gazed at by namgoong min
October 15, 2022 at 9:29 PM
1. Rowoon is one busy man. I found Jo Boa to be mismatched with most of her recent male leads, so hopefully this will be a change. However, what really needs to change is the overpopulation of lawyers.
2. Really, really looking forward to this (weird fauxcest vibes be damned) and the poster looks so classy!
3. Ooh a horror anthology! The actors involved sound great too.
4. The writer of my favourite drama Chicago Typewriter??!? *immediately moves this to the top of my ‘most anticipated of 2023’ list*. BTW, why are there is a guy named Rowoon and a guy named Ryeo Woon in this industry? The hangul spelling/pronunciation is probably worlds apart and this is just an English language spelling quirk, but it does tickle me as a foreigner.
5. More police, oh boy. Love the actors, but good god I’m tired of copaganda.
6. Slowly getting more and more excited for this.
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 15, 2022 at 10:26 PM
Why?! Why not hahaha.
Pronunciation is different, but they are only one letter apart even in hangul lol:
Rowoon = 로운
Ryeo Woon = 려운
Don't worry, there's like 15 Minhyuks in the industry. This isn't that close in comparison ;)
Side related but the rieul (ㄹ) combinations with the ""Y"" vowels (ㅛㅕㅑㅠ etc) in Korean are some of my favourites, but killer to get my tongue round. So annoying.
It's especially my favourite in the older word for dragon (Yong 용) : Ryong 룡.
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sooyi
October 17, 2022 at 3:06 AM
Don't get me started with the Wooks (and worse, a lot of them are Lees).
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DancingEmma
October 16, 2022 at 1:34 AM
@ladynightshade: A brutal joke that one of my law students told me: “What do you call a million lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? A bloody good start!” And, this student comes from a multi-generational and well-known legal family!
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4 Jezz
October 15, 2022 at 9:46 PM
I found Behind Every Star will originally be on Netflix and it will premiere on November 16, instead on November 7. Let's see what happen next for international streaming rights for Behind Every Star whether it will remain on Netflix or moving to other legal streaming platforms.
BTW, Reborn Rich was officially on Viu and maybe on Viki. Not on Netflix yet so maybe after this Kdrama will be over.
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5 💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 15, 2022 at 10:08 PM
Noooooooo Jo Boa (my love!) with Rowoon???? Dramaland, why you do this to me 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
October 15, 2022 at 10:15 PM
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍹
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 15, 2022 at 10:29 PM
And can he STOP being paired in Noona romances! Give me a Jo Boa SUFBB reunion pair up instead pleeeeaseee.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you're gonna have TOO much fun watching me watch this like a masochist.
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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
October 16, 2022 at 11:02 AM
I would like a one-year moratorium on noona romances, lawyer shows, cop shows, and rom-coms-with-murder. Just one year. Force writers and showrunners to do something, anything else.
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6 Kurama
October 16, 2022 at 12:20 AM
1) I like both actors but what is the curse?
2) Can they skip the end of The Law Café to give it to me now? It sounds so much as an old classic Kdrama. I'm really excited to see the romance between both actors.
5) Lee Sung-Min is pretty busy.
6) I really hope it will be able to be as good as Dix pour cent. The original one had a lot of famous French actors who acted as guest, I didn't hear about Korean actors who will have a cameo in this one...
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miss h
October 16, 2022 at 8:05 AM
I haven't heard about Korean actors cameoing either but there better be. That was a big part of the fun of the original, actors playing exaggerated versions of themselves.
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Kurama
October 16, 2022 at 11:45 PM
Oh, inthe last teaser, we can see familiar faces like Cho Yeo-Jeong and Jin Sun-Kyu.
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7 DancingEmma
October 16, 2022 at 1:28 AM
The mention of poor Rowoon must have triggered Sic!LOL
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💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
October 16, 2022 at 3:35 AM
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8 Kafiyah Bello
October 16, 2022 at 5:04 AM
Chicago Typewriter/Kill me heal me writer, done and done and done.
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9 OldLawyer
October 16, 2022 at 10:53 PM
Why would they change the title for CALL MY AGENT? How did that slip past the marketing Department?
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sooyi
October 17, 2022 at 3:14 AM
I guess it's due to cultural differences. In South Korea, a celebrity "manager" is pretty much the talent's agent, personal assistant and chauffeur who accompanies them in all their assignments. So it'd be weird when the actor says "call my agent!" when said person is right next to them. But I do agree the original title rang better and is a better fit for a satirical setting.
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10 OldLawyer
October 16, 2022 at 10:55 PM
THIS ROMANCE IS A FORCE MAJURE? Really? Anyone want to take odds on that title changing before the broadcast?
That being said, I will probably watch it.
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11 glenlake8
October 18, 2022 at 4:42 PM
Six Disney+ shows just showed up on Hulu in the U.S. Grid, Rookie Cops, Big Mouth, May it Please the Court, Outrun and The Zone.
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