News bites: March 11, 2023

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by tccolb

While we await for the premiere of Stealer: The Treasure Keeper, Joo-won (Alice) is fielding offers for his next project and is considering a new thoughtful romance called Nighttime Photo Studio (roughly translated). If he accepts, Joo-won will be playing a photographer who takes photo of the dead and his encounter with one woman in particular leads him to realize how precious life can be. [Newsen]

MBC’s new fantasy romance The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract (roughly translated) has added Yoo Seon-ho (Under the Queen’s Umbrella) to the cast, going from royal brothers to chaebol half-brothers with Bae In-hyuk (Cheer Up). The webtoon adaptation will be centered around Lee Se-young (The Law Cafe) as a 19th century Joseon woman who time travels to present day. [Star News]

The first poster is out for SBS’s third season of Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim, bringing back the irascible Han Seok-gyu (Recipe For Farewell) as the heart of our story along with Season 2’s Ahn Hyo-seop (Business Proposal) and Lee Sung-kyung (Call It Love) – among many other familiar faces. The new third season begins this April, following Taxi Driver 2 in the weekend slot. [SBS]
A new video teaser has dropped for KBS’s upcoming weekender The Real Deal Has Come, unveiling more about our parents-to-be played by Baek Jin-hee (Happy to Die) and Ahn Jae-hyun (People with Flaws). I’m liking the energy so far and it’s making me hopeful for a fun and heartwarming family drama, come March 25. [Osen]

KBS is wasting no time now that Real Deal will be on the docks later this month and has already started working on their next weekender, Hyo-shim’s Independent Life (roughly translated). With scripts by Jo Jung-sun (Mother of Mine), production is currently at the casting stage and UEE (Ghost Doctor) is in discussions for the lead role. [Star News]
Kim Nam-joo (Misty) is preparing for her drama comeback and is reviewing an offer for Wonderful World (working title). The suspense-revenge story follows our heroine in the aftermath of her son’s wrongful death and is determined to make the perpetrators pay when the law lets them off with just a slap on the wrist. Still in the planning stages, PD Lee Seung-young (Tracer, Voice 2) is attached to direct. [Star News]
New stills have finally been released for ENA’s Paper Moon, finally giving us a glimpse of others in the main cast, including Yoo Sun (Eve), Seo Young-hee (Would You Like a Cup of Coffee), Lee Chun-hee (Law School), and Gong Jung-hwan (Imitation). With Kim Seo-hyung (Mine) in the leading role, the suspense-thriller premieres in April. [MBC]

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1 jerrykuvira

March 11, 2023 at 11:12 PM

1. - I guess we are in the afterlife season.

Wow! Nice! Kim Nam-joo's making her return. I wished it was with a soft toned drama though. It has the flair and aura worthy of a comeback, yet also has anger written all over it.

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2 - I'm sure I've seen other beanies pitching for similar premise - Joseon lady time-traveling to our time - not so long ago. And there are chaebol brothers too - possibly for her to love-triangle. Tagline should be "Change your life's genre")))

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3 miso

March 12, 2023 at 12:16 AM

#2 sounds interesting. Lee Se-young is always a joy to watch and I'm looking forward to Bae In-hyuk opposite her.

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4 Kurama

March 12, 2023 at 3:01 AM

Kim Nam-joo in a revenge drama? It will be intense! She was so good in Misty.

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5 dkb

March 12, 2023 at 9:05 AM

Yayy, Dr. Romantic is back. Was waiting on news about this.

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6 kiara

March 12, 2023 at 10:55 AM

Han Suk-kyu and Kim Min-jae. ❤️

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bong-soo

March 12, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Yes and according to MDL, Mr. Goo (Lee Gyu-ho) is returning.
I really would have liked to see Yang Se-jong as part of the cast for 3.
There was that wonderful 30B17 reunion in DRTK 2 of YSJ and Ahn Hyo-seop.

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kiara

March 12, 2023 at 2:40 PM

I would have love to see him (YSJ) too but not to play 2nd fiddle here.

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bong-soo

March 12, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Lol, well everyone on the medical staff will be playing second fiddle to Kim Sa-bu (Han Suk-kyu). Maybe we can hope for another YSJ cameo likevin 2.
I hope as time as moved on KMJ’s Nurse Park incorporates some of his Moo-hak from DALI 😇.

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7 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

March 12, 2023 at 4:21 PM

The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract, and Hyo-shim’s Independent Life are on the long list for potential watches. My new policy is holding strong; add to long list, check out all subsequent write ups and posters, look for the identified genre mix on multiple sources once satisfied move to the active testing watch list. Review the first two episodes looking out for random all in black stalker, listen out for tense background music, immature/shouty/vindictive women, scheming/malicious/murdering palace minister and any other signs of unwanted genre mix. If it passes these tests continue to watch until story line goes off on a random tangent😬