News bites: August 28, 2024
by tccolb
- The promo campaign is now out the gate for tvN’s upcoming Parole Examiner Lee, kicking things off with stills from the revenge drama’s first script reading. Starring Go Soo (Missing: The Other Side), Kwon Yuri (Good Job), Baek Ji-won (Connection), and Lee Hak-joo (LTNS), the series is slated to premiere in October with production led by PD Yoon Sang-ho (Curtain Call, River Where the Moon Rises) and writer Park Chi-hyung. Sports Donga]
- TVING announced that the new romance Love in the Big City will be launching on October 21, showcasing our story’s lead Nam Yoon-soo (Today’s Webtoon) in the first posters. Based on a bestselling novel (which also has an English translation), the drama’s scripts were penned by the original author Park Sang-young, splitting the episodes between four filmmakers to give each segment its own flavor. Notably, a part of the novel has also been adapted into a movie – starring Kim Go-eun (Little Women) and Noh Sang-hyun (Soundtrack #2) – which will debut at the Toronto International Film Festival before its wider release on October 2. [Newsen]
- In a double whammy of Nam Yoon-soo this fall, we’ll also be seeing him in KBS’s new sitcom Dog Knows Everything (previously Nonsense). With Lee Soon-jae (Family: The Unbreakable Bond) as our hero and actor-turned-amateur detective, the new poster and teaser sees him teaming up with dog Sophie to tackle the unsolved mysteries in town. The series premieres on September 25 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [KBS, MBC]
- The script reading stills have also been released for the fantasy romance My Girlfriend Is a Tough Guy. Headlined by Yoon San-ha (Romance in the House), Arin (Alchemy of Souls), Yoo Jung-hoo (Durian’s Affair), and Chuu (Dating Class), the webtoon adaptation has now entered filming and is aiming to broadcast early next year. [Newsen]
- The Busan International Film Festival unveiled their “On Screen” section list, lining up six dramas to screen at the festival this October. Two are international: Netflix’s Japanese drama Beyond Goodbye and Netflix’s Taiwanese series Born for the Spotlight. The remaining four then come from Korea’s side, including: TVING’s Dongjae, the Good or the Bastard (previously Good or Bad Dong-jae), Disney+’s Gangnam B-Side, Netflix’s Hellbound 2, and TVING’s Way Back Love (previously A Week Before I Die). [SBS]
- In the meantime, promos continue on SBS with new stills of Park Shin-hye (Doctor Slump) as our title’s The Judge from Hell. Here to bring judgment on those most deserving, her time in the mortal realm will also entangle Kim Jae-young (Love in Contract), Kim Ah-young (Miss Night and Day), and Kim In-kwon (Parasyte: The Grey). The fantasy romance will be airing weekends, beginning on September 21. [SBS]
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1 jillian
August 28, 2024 at 5:48 PM
#1 looking forward to seeing Go Soo and Yuri back on the small screen.
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ryunami
August 28, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Me too! I have this show in my watching list for months 🤭
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jillian
August 29, 2024 at 6:31 AM
I just recently added it to mine. 😊 hopefully it will be good!
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2 bunnylita
August 28, 2024 at 7:21 PM
I read Love in the Big City last year and it's really good. I hope the movie and drama do it justice.
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Dylan [is crying bc of Umi no Hajimari]
August 29, 2024 at 8:50 AM
So happy there's an English translation, those tend to be rare :)
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3 Anne18
August 28, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Wow, grateful for the news about BIFF drama screenings! 👍
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4 Kurama
August 29, 2024 at 6:43 AM
I'm curious about Parole Examiner Lee. Go Soo's last dramas, Money Game and Missing the Other Side 1 and 2, were pretty good. He makes good choices.
I thought Love in the Big City was a movie, not a TV show.
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tccolb
August 29, 2024 at 8:58 AM
It's confusing, the movie and drama seem to be separate projects - though they're releasing around the same time. 😵💫
I don't know if the drama version will keep the English title, though? We might not have enough Lovely titles yet so maybe we'll get a Lovely City or something lol
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Kurama
August 29, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Oh, thank you.
It's kinda weird. Do we need to watch the movie first to understand the TV show? Or the opposite? There are separated stories?
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tccolb
August 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
The movie is based on a section of the novel about the character Jae-hee. The drama, I think, is doing the whole story, which I'm guessing is 4 sections? 1 for each director? But I haven't read the novel... maybe I'll read the novel this weekend lol...
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tccolb
August 29, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Quick update: I bought the e-book lol. There are four sections/chapters and Jae-hee is the first one, so it may be safe to watch the movie first without too many plot spoils for the end.
Kurama
August 29, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Thank you!
It's quite weird to adapt one novel in different formats.
5 Dylan [is crying bc of Umi no Hajimari]
August 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Wait, "The Judge from Hell" has romance? huh.
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6 Ahjummaaa
August 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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Ahjummaaa
August 29, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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7 Ahjummaaa
August 29, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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8 Ahjummaaa
August 29, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Go Soo is so handsome. His acting is so-so, to be honest. But his previous dramas Missing: The Other Side 1 & 2 were SO GOOD. And so I want to recommend them here to anyone looking for a good drama to watch. Better than the dramas playing right now, dare I say.
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9 Minnie🫘👩🏻🚀Pioneer and Teacher 👩🏻🏫🌱🏹
August 29, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Definitely excited to see Nam Yoon-soo.
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10 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸
September 3, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Parole Examiner Lee is a revenge drama!? Hmm.
I'm all for the original author writing drama scripts and hopefully improving them but then handing them over to five different people!? Well there is a reason why the fingers of a hand are different. Interesting to have four directors for a drama and (I think) another one for the movie. Seems like a strange choice but it just may be the next big thing. 😂
Yoon San-ha 😍❤ well I am crazily in love with him so *fingers crossed* for this to be his big break to catapult him into the major leagues.
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