Ep.1 air date for upcoming KBS2 drama series “Friend Contract” (literal title), starring Lee Sin-Young, Shin Seung-Ho and Kim So-Hye, is now set for April 6, 2020. The drama series consists of 4 episodes and it will slot into KBS2’s Monday and Tuesday 10 PM time slot. The last drama series to air in that time slot on KBS2 was “The Tale of Nokdu” and it will be followed by “Once Again.”
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First teaser trailer added for upcoming SBS drama series “The King: Eternal Monarch” starring Lee Min-Ho, Kim Go-Eun, and Woo Do-Hwan. Teaser trailer #1 features Lee Min-Ho as Lee Gon. Around the 10 second mark of the teaser, Lee Min-Ho states “I am the Emperor of the Korean Empire and my name is Lee Gon.”
“The King: Eternal Monarch” first airs sometime during the first half of this year in South Korea.
Jung Il-Woo is cast in new SBS drama series “Late Night Snack Man and Woman” (literal title). For the drama series, Jung Il-Woo will play lead male character Park Jin-Sun. Actress Kang Ji-Young (formerly of idol group ‘Kara’) has been offered the lead female role and she is currently “positively considering” her offer.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Park Jin-Sung (Jung Il-Woo) is a chef and runs his own late-night snack restaurant. He is physically attractive and loves to cook, but he also has a secret. Park Jin-Sung gets involved with TV show producer Kim A-Jin.
“Late Night Snack Man and Woman” will air as a completed pre-production, sometime in the second half of this year.
Teaser trailer #2 and group poster added for tvN drama series “Memorist” starring Yoo Seung-Ho & Lee Se-Young. Around the 27 second mark of teaser trailer #2, captions in Korean appear that states “Appearance of state authorized hero, who never existed in the world.”
“Memorist” first airs March 11, 2020 in South Korea.
Seo Ye-Ji is cast in upcoming tvN drama series “Psycho But It’s Okay” co-starring Kim Soo-Hyun. For “Psycho But It’s Okay,” Seo Ye-Ji will play lead female character Ko Moon-Young. Her character is scripted as a popular writer of children’s literature, but she has antisocial tendencies.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: A story about a man employed in a psychiatric ward and a woman, with an antisocial personality disorder, who is a popular writer of children’s books.
Moon Kang-Tae (Kim Soo-Hyun) works in the psychiatric ward. His job is to write down the patients’ conditions and to deal with unexpected situations, like if patients fight or they run away. He only earns about 1.8 million won (~$1,600 USD) a month. The woman (Seo Ye-Ji) is a popular writer of children’s literature, but she is extremely selfish, arrogant and rude.
“Psycho But It’s Okay” is now slotted to first air June, 2020 in South Korea.
Hiroshi Tamaki and Issey Takahashi are cast for lead roles in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Ryu no Michi.” The drama series is based on 2011 novel “Ryu no Michi” by Toru Shirakawa. The drama series will have Hiroshi Tamaki and Issey Takahashi playing twin brothers who try to get revenge on Genpei Kirishima.
“Ryu no Michi” first airs April 14, 2020 (takes over Fuji TV’s Tuesday 9PM time slot after “The Secrets“).
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First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “A Piece of Your Mind” starring Jung Hae-In and Chae Soo-Bin. At about the 5 second mark of teaser trailer #1, Jung Hae-In’s voice appears and he states in Korean “One leaf without a sound lands on my shoulder. The universe places a hand on my body.” Above is a teaser poster for the drama series and the caption on it states “I am enough with your half of a half.”
“A Piece of Your Mind” first airs March 23, 2020 in South Korea.
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Kim Ha-Neul, Yoon Sang-Hyun, and Lee Do-Hyun are cast in JTBC drama series “18 Again.” The drama series will have Yoon Sang-Hyun and Lee Do-Hyun playing the same character who changes from a 37-year-old man into an 18-year-old man. The drama series will be directed by Ha Byung-Hoon. He previously directed by 2017 KBS2 drama series “Go Back Couple.”
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Jung Da-Jung (Kim Ha-Neul) is married to 37-year-old Hong Dae-Young (Yoon Sang-Hyun). They have have 18-year-old son and daughter. Jung Da-Jung works hard as a rookie announcer and she has a warm heart. She becomes completely fed up with her husband and is unable to deal with him anymore. Hong Dae-Young got fired from his job and he is looked down upon by his family. Jung Da-Jung hands him divorce papers.
Meanwhile, Hong Dae-Young looks at himself as an ordinary jobless middle-aged man. He regrets his life. At that moment, his body changes into that of an 18-year-old year old person, while his mind is still that of his 37-year-old self. Back in his teenage days, Hong Dae-Young (Lee Do-Hyun) was an excellent basketball player and also popular. Now, with his regained 18-year-old body, he changes his name to Ko Woo-Young and begins to live a new life.
“18 Again” will first air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.
First script reading for KBS2 drama series “Soul Repairer” (literal title), starring Shin Ha-Kyun and Jung So-Min, took place December, 2019 at KBS Annex Broadcasting Station in Yeouido, South Korea. Along with director Yoo Hyun-Ki and screenwriter Lee Hyang-Hee, main cast members that attended the first script reading included Shin Ha-Kyun, Jung So-Min, Tae In-Ho, Park Ye-Jin, Joo Min-Kyung, Jo Kyung-Sook, Park Soo-Young, Jung Hae-Kyun, Choi Jung-Woo, and Park Hyun-Suk. The first script reading took about 5 hours to complete.
“Soul Repairer” first airs May, 2020 in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer added for TV Chosun drama series “Somehow Family” starring Sung Dong-Il, Jin Hee-Kyung, & Kwon Eun-Bin.
Plot synopsis by AsianWiki: Sung Dong-Il (Sung Dong-Il) and Jin Hee-Kyung (Jin Hee-Kyung) are a married couple. They run a boarding house near an airport and most of their guests work at the airport.
“Somehow Family” first airs March 15, 2020 in South Korea.