IU has been offered the lead female role in new tvN drama series “Hotel del Luna.” Currently, IU is considering the offer. If she accepts, she will play the character of Jang Man-Wol. She is the CEO of Hotel de Luna and has lived under a curse for over a 1,000 years.
“Hotel del Luna” will first air sometime during the second half of 2019 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer #4 added for upcoming tvN drama series “Romance is a Bonus Book” (English title) starring Lee Jong-Suk and Lee Na-Young. In addition, above is the main poster for the drama series.
“Romance is a Bonus Book” first airs January 26, 2019 in South Korea.
Main poster and teaser trailer #3 added for tvN drama series “Touch Your Heart” starring Lee Dong-Wook and Yoo In-Na. Teaser trailer #3 is a character teaser of Oh Yoon-Seo played by Yoo In-Na. Caption on the main poster in Korean (middle) states “Goddess of the Universe, Fake Employment Romance.” Caption on the right side of the poster states “Would you stay still.” Caption on the left side states “You are my boss. You must like (me) so much.”
Shin Hyun-Bin is cast in upcoming tvN drama series “Confession” (literal title) co-starring Lee Joon-Ho and Yoo Jae-Myung. Shin Hyun-Bin will play lead female character Ha Yoo-Ri. Her character is best friends with Choi Do-Hyun (Lee Joon-Ho). Ha Yoo-Ri used to work as a reporter and now works as a fledgling YouTuber. She also helps Choi Do-Hyun work at his law office. While doing that, Han Yoo-Ri faces a shocking truth.
“Confession” first airs March, 2019 in South Korea.
Namgung Min is cast in KBS2 drama series “Doctor Prisoner.” The drama series will have Hwang In-Hyuk (“Sungkyunkwan Scandal“) directing and Park Kye-Ok (“Inspiring Generation“) writing the screenplay. In “Doctor Prisoner,” Namgung Min will play main character Na Yi-Je. He once worked as a surgeon at a hospital, but an incident causes him to lose that job. He then works as the chief of a prison medical clinic.
“Doctor Prisoner” first airs March, 2019 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday & Thursday 10PM time slot after “Liver or Die.”).
Yoo Jae-Myung is cast in tvN drama series “Confession” (literal title) starring Lee Joon-Ho (‘2PM’). For the drama series, Yoo Jae-Myung will play second lead male role Ki Choon-Ho. He was once a detective squad chief, but, after a murder suspect was acquitted, he quit his job. He is convinced the murder suspect is guilty and continues to chase the suspect.
“Confession” first airs March, 2019 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer added for upcoming JTBC drama series “Legal High” starring Jin Goo and Seo Eun-Su. The drama series is a remake of 2012 Fuji TV drama series “Legal High” starring Masato Sakai and Yui Aragaki. Meanwhile, below is the first teaser poster of the drama series. The teaser poster is of Jin Goo as Ko Tae-Rim. He is a lawyer with a 100% win rate. He cares only about winning his cases and he charges extremely high fees from his customers.
“Legal High” first airs February 8, 2019 in South Korea.
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First script reading for tvN drama series “Ugly Young-A (S17),” starring Kim Hyun-Sook, Lee Seung-Joon and Ra Mi-Ran, took place January 3, 2019 at in Sangam-dong in Seoul, South Korea. Main cast members including Kim Hyun-Sook, Lee Seung-Joon, Ra Mi-Ran, Song Min-Hyung, Kim Jung Ha, and Yoon Seo-Hyun all attended. Before the first script reading, Director Han Sang-Jae stated “Initial early planning for drama series ‘Ugly Young-A’ was about the work life and love of a spinster. ‘Ugly Young A (S16)’ ended that story. ‘Ugly Young-A (S17)’ will be a new story which is about raising a child and work.”
“Ugly Young-A (S17)” first airs February 8, 2019 in South Korea.
Kim Sun-Ho, Shin Hyun-Soo, Mun Ka-Young and Ahn So-Hee are all cast in JTBC drama series “Welcome to Waikiki Season 2.” They will join already announced main cast members Lee Yi-Kyung and Kim Ye-Won. Lee Yi-Kyung is the only cast member from season 1 to return for season 2.
Kim Sun-Ho & Shin Hyun-Soo will play high school friends of Lee Joon-Ki (Lee Yi-Kyung) and they invest and live at Waikiki (which is facing bankruptcy). Along with the three men, female characters played by Mun Ka-Young, Ahn So-Hee and Kim Ye-Won begin to live at Waikiki. Mun Ka-Young’s character experiences a bad wedding and jumps into the car of Lee Joon-Ki. Ahn So-Hee’s character graduated from the same university & major as Lee Joon-Ki. Kim Ye-Won’s character is the older sister of the character played by Kim Sun-Ho.
“Welcome to Waikiki Season 2” will first air sometime during the first half of this year in in South Korea.
Lee Joon-Ho from idol group ‘2PM’ is cast in new tvN drama series “Confession” (literal title). The drama series will be directed by Kim Cheol-Kyu (“Mother“/”Chicago Typewriter“). For drama series “Confession,” Lee Joon-Ho will play lead male character Choi Do-Hyun. As a lawyer, he works on a death penalty case involving his father.
“Confession” first airs March, 2019 in South Korea.