Shin Min-A & Kim Sun-Ho are cast in tvN drama series “Seaside Village Chachacha” (literal title). The drama series is a remake of 2004 movie “Mr. Hong,” which starred Uhm Jung-Hwa & Kim Ju-Hyeok in the lead roles. The drama series version will be directed by Yoo Je-Won (“Hi Bye Mama“) and scripted by Shin Ha-Eun (“The Crowned Clown“).
“Seaside Village Chachacha” will air sometime in the second half of this year.
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Main cast announced for Netflix drama series “The House of Paper” (working title). The drama series is a remake of Spanish television series “Money Heist” (“La casa de Papel”), which also streamed on Netflix. The script will reinterpret the original drama series and have it set in South Korea. Now cast for lead roles in the drama series are Yoo Ji-Tae, Kim Yunjin, Park Hae-Soo, Jun Jong-Seo, Lee Won-Jong, Park Myoung-Hoon, Kim Sung-Oh, Kim Ji-Hoon, Jang Yoon-Ju, Lee Joo-Bin, Park Jung-Woo, Kim Ji-Hoon, and Lee Kyu-Ho. Actor Yoo Ji-Tae will play the role of the Professor, who schemes an elaborate heist. Kim Yunjin will play Sun Woo-Jin, who leads the crisis negotiation team at the National Police Agency. The 8 recruited members for the Professor’s robbery team who take city names are: Park Hae-Soo (“Berlin”), Jun Jeong-Seo (“Tokyo”), Lee Won-Jong (“Moscow”), Kim Ji-Hoon (“Denver”), Jang Yoon-Ju (“Nairobi”), Park Jung-Woo (“Rio”), Kim Ji-Hoon (“Helsinki”) and Lee Kyu-Ho (“Oslo”).
Airdate for “The House of Paper” has not yet been revealed.
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Teaser trailer #3 added for JTBC drama series “Undercover” starring Ji Jin-Hee & Kim Hyun-Joo. Meanwhile, below are the first still images of Kim Hyun-Joo in the drama series. She plays Lawyer Choi Yeon-Soo. She works as a civil rights lawyer and is nominated for the chief position in Civil Servant Corruption Investigation Unit. This leads her to become involved in an uncontrollable situation. She is married to Han Jung-Hyun (Ji Jin-Hee).
“Undercover” first airs April 23, 2021 in South Korea.
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Ji Jin-Hee, Yoon Se-Ah, & Kim Hye-Eun are cast in tvN drama series “The Road: Tragedy of One” (literal title). The drama series is set exclusive “Royal at the Hill,” where only the top 1%ers live. Ji Jin-Hee and Yoon Se-Ah will play a married couple. Kim Hye-Eun will play TV Announcer Cha Seo-Young.
“The Road: Tragedy of One” will first air sometime in the second half of this year.
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Two teaser posters and ep.1 air date added for tvN drama series “Doom at Your Service” (English title) starring Park Bo-Young & Seo In-Guk. Caption on the teaser posters states “Love came when I prayed for destruction.”
“Doom at Your Service” is now set to air from May, 2021 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 9PM time slot after “Navillera“).
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Lee Ha-Na and Song Seung-Heon are cast in OCN drama series “Voice 4.” The drama series is a continuation of the Voice drama series that first began in 2017. Lee Ha-Na will reprise her character of Kang Kwon-Joo. She works as the team leader of the 112 emergency call center. Meanwhile, Song Seung-Heon will play new character Derek Jo. He worked for the LAPD in Los Angeles, before coming to South Korea and teaming up with Kang Kwon-Joo.
“Voice 4” will first air June, 2021 in South Korea (takes over OCN’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot after “Dark Hole“).
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SBS has decided to cancel their drama series “Joseon Exorcist,” starring Kam Woo-Sung & Jang Dong-Yoon, after airing just the first two episodes. About 80% of filming for the drama series has already finished and SBS has already paid for most of the broadcasting rights. Nevertheless, the decision to cancel the drama series was made after heavy criticism was thrown on the first two episodes of the drama series by the Korean audience. The criticism was for the blending of real historical figures and its fictional story, combined with the heavy use of Chinese cultural items like food, clothing, architecture, and music as backdrops for the first two episodes. Due to the public uproar most advertisers had already dropped the drama series.
SBS has not stated what will follow the now cancelled “Joseon Exorcist.”
Yoo Jae-Myung, Han Ye-Ri, & Um Tae-Goo are cast in OCN drama series “Hometown.” The drama series is a mystery-thriller and set in the year 1999. All three performers will play characters who are related to a terrorist attack that took place ten years earlier.
“Hometown” will air in OCN’s Saturday & Sunday 10:30 PM time slot, beginning sometime in the second half of this year.
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Upcoming JTBC drama series “Monthly House” (literal title), starring Jung So-Min & Kim Ji-Suk, is now set to air from June, 2021 in South Korea. The drama series will slot into JTBC’s Wednesday and Thursday 9PM time frame after the conclusion of “Law School.” Meanwhile, above is a promotional photo of Jung So-Min & Kim Ji-Suk, while they take a break from filming the drama series.
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First teaser trailer for tvN drama series “My Roommate Is A Gumiho” (English title) starring Jang Ki-Yong & Hyeri. The brief 15 second teaser trailer has narration that states (0:10) Hyeri “In an unguarded moment” and (0:11) Jang Ki-Yong “Living with a nine-tailed fox in the same house.”
“My Roommate Is A Gumiho” first airs May, 2021 in South Korea.
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