News bites: January 4, 2024
by tccolb
Clockwise: Song Kang-ho, Lee Kyu-hyung, Jin Ki-joo, Seo Hyun-woo, Byun Yo-han
- Disney+ announced that Uncle Sam-shik will be releasing this year, lining up the great Song Kang-ho (Cobweb) in his first drama project, in addition to Byun Yo-han (Mr. Sunshine), Lee Kyu-hyung (May It Please the Court), Jin Ki-joo (My Perfect Stranger), and Seo Hyun-woo (Celebrity). Taking place in the stormy 1960s, the period series is both written and directed by filmmaker Shin Yeon-shik (Cobweb). [News1]
- Jung So-min (Alchemy of Souls) has confirmed casting for tvN’s Mom’s Friend’s Son, acting opposite Jung Hae-in (D.P. 2) in a friends-to-lovers rom-com. Expected to broadcast later this year, PD Yoo Je-won (Crash Course in Romance) is at the helm, working together again with writer Shin Ha-eun (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha). [News1]
- Dark new promos are out for Netflix’s horror-suspense The Bequeathed, spooking my chicken-sized heart with an eerie teaser and accompanying poster. Headlined by Kim Hyun-joo (Trolley), Park Hee-soon (Moving), Park Byung-eun (Moving), and Ryu Kyung-soo (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938), the mystery unfolds on January 19. [News1]
- Hong Jong-hyun (Race) is reviewing an offer for Coupang Play’s new melodrama What Comes After Love, potentially joining Lee Se-young (The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract) and Japanese actor Sakaguchi Kentaro (Dr. Chocolate). The novel adaptation has production led by filmmaker Moon Hyun-sung (Seoul Vibe), with Jung Hae-shim (Car Camping) co-writing. [Newsen]
- EXO’s Suho (Behind Your Touch) will be acting in a sageuk rom-com for his next drama, starring in MBN’s The Crown Prince Has Disappeared (working title). Aiming to broadcast later this year, the series is helmed by PD Kim Jin-man (Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People) with scripts by the Bossam: Steal the Fate writers, Kim Ji-soo and Park Chul. [News1]
- Over on JTBC, a new poster has dropped for the upcoming Queen of Divorce, celebrating the end of marriage with our divorce-solving leads: Lee Jia (Pandora: Beneath the Paradise) and Kang Ki-young (The Uncanny Counter 2: Counter Punch). Beckoning us to some yummy divorce cake, the series will be launching this month on January 31. [Sports Donga]
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1 Unaspirated
January 4, 2024 at 4:17 PM
My partner will watch anything Song Kang-ho is in, so I’m interested to learn more about that one.
How was Suho in the Butt Show? I honestly cannot picture him in a sageuk, but also don’t really have any experience with his acting. I like him in general though so I hope he does great!
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Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
January 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Suho was monochromatic in the butt show. I liked him until I didn't. He looks cute and has a sum total of two expressions, almost, though not quite, in the league of Eun Woo.
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Unaspirated
January 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Disappointing but not unexpected. Still, practice can only be a good thing!
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2 HopefulRomantic 🦋 Tigermoth 🦆❤️🦆
January 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM
The concept of The Crown Prince Has Disappeared sounds very fun, and I loved Bossam, but I'm very ??? about the leads... hmmm... hopefully with such a stacked production they excel!
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3 tabong has two different tears🍉
January 4, 2024 at 4:56 PM
1. Uncle Sam Shik's cast is INSANE.
3. Trolley part 2? 😆
6. I can feel the chemistry already. January I need you to end now. I can't wait any longer.
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4 jerrykuvira
January 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM
1. 1960😩😩😔. I'm weak already.
6. Okay...Those spectacles are giving something.
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sonai
January 4, 2024 at 11:19 PM
6. Well, if you cut off the wedding cake, would this transform into a Miami Vice poster? 😂 (Granted, only thing missing would be palm trees mirrored in their glasses!)
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 5, 2024 at 4:35 AM
What an awesome catch on the poster!
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5 jillian
January 4, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I am interested in Uncle Samshik (amazing cast) and The Bequeathed (in the mood for spooky).
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6 Kathryn51
January 4, 2024 at 7:13 PM
There are two female kdrama actresses that I "follow" (put on watchlist when their name appears) and the remarkable Jung So Min is one of them. So glad that she is returning to the small screen for Mom's Friend's Son. Billed as a "friends-to-lovers rom-com"??? I'm already obsessing over it - and the fact that it's tvN, so a likely Netflix platform.
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sonai
January 4, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Yes! Good news, really liked her in the dramas I watched with her (Mudeok!). Cannot wait for this Jung Hae-in drama…! *leaves a well measured “wooohoooo!”*
Netflix would be awesome, too.
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DancingEmma
January 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Mudeok for sure!
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7 The Kdrama Enthusiast
January 4, 2024 at 9:50 PM
The only two I'm not particularly excited for/intrigued by are The Bequeathed and The Crown Prince Has Disappeared.
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8 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
January 4, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Uncle Sam-Sik could be the 2024 On the verge of insanity with the veteran actors giving depth to a character led tale.
Looking forward to Mom’s friend’s son and Queen of divorce. I hope all three deliver.
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9 redfox
January 4, 2024 at 10:09 PM
ah it made it to the news!
I´m having a game with myself "when will I actually recognize Byun Yo Han on a picture? bc I swear the guy morphs his face or something he always looks different. maybe he is an alien in disguise and the skin doesnt fit.
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10 Kurama
January 4, 2024 at 11:23 PM
1) I'm kinda sorry for the public channels, they can't afford big names like Song Kang-Ho, Ryu Seung-ryong, etc.
2) I'm so happy to read it! I already love this pair!!!
3) Not a fan of horror drama/movie...
4) I love drama that mixes actors from other countries. I like the casting of this one.
5) Suho is not good enough as an actor to be a lead. Rich Man, Poor Woman remake was disapointing. In the same time, I wonder who thought he could replace Oguri Shun.
6) I'm curious about it.
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11 CasualDramaFan
January 5, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Yes for Mom's friend's son and excited for Queen of divorce (if the time permits). I am not sure about Su-ho drama, I was alright in Butt show and that was because of the show it self made him quite likeable.
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12 Kafiyah Bello
January 5, 2024 at 4:16 AM
I am pretty excited for all of them, 😊.
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13 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 5, 2024 at 5:08 AM
1. Awesome cast.
2. Hope the writing is good. Wasn't too taken in by Hometown Cha Cha Cha.
3. Already on my Netflix watchlist.
4. Seems like it has all the makings of a classic.
5. I love you Kim Jun-myeon, but what were you thinking ... a sageuk, really??
6. Bring it on! I want to up my throwing a flower pot on a dastardly villain game alongwith Kang Ki-young.
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Diana Hansen
January 5, 2024 at 8:26 AM
I like your enthusiasm! I just have to find room for all of the new ones coming whilst trying to finish older ones!
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 5, 2024 at 9:00 AM
The year-end has had a really jam-packed viewing schedule, especially over the weekends. So many dramas, so less time.
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imzadi
January 5, 2024 at 8:45 AM
2. I love the casting, but I didn't care for Hometown Cha Cha Cha. I binged a lot of drama in the past few months, but this was the only one I dropped after a few episodes.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 5, 2024 at 9:01 AM
I hit play only because of Shin Min-a, but it was difficult to continue.
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imzadi
January 5, 2024 at 1:28 PM
I can't even pin point why I dropped it. I just didn't really care for either of the lead characters.
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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip
January 5, 2024 at 9:13 AM
I disliked both HomeCha and Crash Course, but Jung So-min and Jung Hae-in have my full attention, so 🤷🏼♀️? I'll have to check out the promos. It's a long way off.
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🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
January 5, 2024 at 9:34 AM
The leads are really the only reason I'm watching out for this. Wait and watch seems good policy.
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14 vienibenmio
January 5, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Queen of Divorce has to have some romance between the leads, right, even if it's subtle? The poster is giving that vibe
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15 Snow Flower
January 5, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Why are you on Disney, Uncle? So disappointed...
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bong-soo
January 5, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I hear you on that.
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16 Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
January 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
6. Def #6.
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17 bong-soo
January 5, 2024 at 3:52 PM
No. 1. UNCLE SAMSHIK. Disney+ puts the kibosh to my watching it. I would have loved to see Sang Kang-ho and especially Byun Yo-han in a drama together but alas it won’t be happening.
No. 2. tvN’s MOM’S FRIEND’S SON. Being a Jung Hae-in fan and if it is available on a legal steam in the US I am sure I will be there.
If you are interested in the background on the concept in Korean society of a ‘mom’s friend’s son’ check out this link describing the korean word: Umchina:
https://en.everybodywiki.com/Umchina
No. 5. MBN’s THE CROWN PRINCE HAS DISAPPEARED. It looks to me like BOSSAM (2021) in an alternate universe.
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kiara
January 5, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I'm sorry to hear. 😔 I miss Byun Yo-han like crazy. I can't wait to see him back in dramaland.
Figures, Chungmuro's veterans Song Kang-ho, Choi Min-sik (Big Bet), Ha Jung-woo, and Hwang Jung-min (Narco-Saints) would most likely bring a film writer and PD. Netflix is bringing Kim Yoon Seok to dramaland in "Alone in the Woods (2024)," Sol Kyung-gu will be in "Whirlwind" with Kim Hee-ae. I love the writer, and I'm excited about that. Also, "Hyper Knife" with Park Eun-bin?
I don't watch as many K-films as I used to, so it's good to see Chungmuro's finest in Dramaland. We will always have Ryu Seung-ryong, Han Suk-kyu, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Hee-ae, Kim Hye-soo, and more going back and forth between the big screen and dramaland.
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bong-soo
January 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Good news on the Byun Yo-han front. I just discovered that his award winning film THE BOOK OF FISH (2021) is now available to rent in HD on Youtube for 0.99. Finally I will be able to watch it.
Thanks for the tips for upcoming dramas. This is the first I have heard of all 3 of them.
The Netflix thriller ALONE IN THE WOODS will probably be a definite for me. WHIRLWIND being a heavy political drama probably not. HYPER KNIFE sounds like the evil version of A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2016) (Viki US) which was an early Jang Hyuk favorite of mine. Definitely TBD if it will be a watch.
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