Posts Categorized: Korean Dramas

Feb 21 2018

Seo Kang-Joon cast in drama series “Something About Us”

Seo Kang-Joon is cast for the lead male role in drama series “Something About Us” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Woori Sai Neueun” by Lee Yun-Ji. English language version of the webcomic can be found at https://www.lezhin.com/en/comic/something_about_us/. For the drama series, Seo Kang-Joon will play the role of Han Woo-Jin. He has been best friends with a girl since high school, but their relationship changes.

 

Television network that will air the drama series has not yet been announced, but “Something About Us” will air sometime later this year in South Korea.

Feb 20 2018

Second teaser trailer for movie “Cheese in the Trap”

Second teaser trailer for upcoming movie “Cheese in the Trap” starring Park Hae-Jin and Oh Yeon-Seo. In addition, here’s still images of Park Hae-Jin and Oh Yeon-Seo from the upcoming movie. For “Cheese in the Trap,” Park Hae-Jin plays Yoo Jung. He plays the same character as he did in tvN drama series “Cheese in the Trap.” His character looks like a perfect guy, but he has a dark side. Oh Yeon-Seo plays Hone Seol. She is an ordinary, but attractive university student.

“Cheese in the Trap” will be released March 14, 2018 in South Korea.

 

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Feb 19 2018

Ha Ji-Won offered lead female role in drama series “Prometheus: War of Fire”

Ha Ji-Won has been offered the lead female role in upcoming drama series “Prometheus: War of Fire.” Ju Ji-Hoon has already received an offer to play the lead male role in the drama series. Both performers are currently considering their offers. If Ha Ji-Won accepts, she will play NIS agent Chae Eun-Seo. The script has the South Korean government sending Chae Eun-Seo and Park Hoon (Ju Ji-Hoon if he accepts) to find missing North Korean nuclear scientists. The scientists disappeared in a third country. They take up the disguise as a married couple in their search. Ha Ji-Won’s younger brother Jeon Tae-Soo passed away earlier this year and “Prometheus: War of Fire” would be her first acting job since that time.

Filming for “Prometheus: War of Fire” begins May, 2018.

Feb 19 2018

Ju Ji-Hoon offered lead role in new drama series “Prometheus: War of Fire”

Ju Ji-Hoon has been offered a lead role in new drama series “Prometheus: War of Fire” (literal title). Currently, Ju Ji-Hoon is considering the offer. If he accepts, Ju Ji-Hoon will play North Korean defector Park Hoon. Story for “Prometheus: War of Fire” involves the disappearance of top North Korean nuclear scientists in a third country. A race takes place among different countries to find them first. South Korea sends North Korean defector Park Hoon and NIS agent Chae Eun-Seo to find the scientists. The TV network which will air the drama series has not yet been decided. Budget for the drama series is expected to run about 30 billion won (roughly $28 million USD). Filming is scheduled to start May, 2018 and shooting will take place in 5 different countries.

 

Feb 19 2018

Kang So-Ra offered lead role in drama series “Tale of Gyeryong Fairy”

Kang So-Ra has been offered the lead role in new drama series “Tale of Gyeryong Fairy” (literal title). If, Kang So-Ra accepts, she will play main character Sun Ok-Nam. Her character is a fairy who is stuck in this world, because her fairy clothes were taken by a man and hidden. She eventually married the man, but he died in an accident. She then waits for her husband to be reincarnated to get her fairy clothes. Sun Ok-Nam encounters two men in the present day that could be her husband, but she is not sure which one he is. She follows them to Seoul to find out. The drama series is based on webcomic “Gyeryongsunnyeojeon” by Dol Bae. tvN is currently having discussions to air the drama series, but they have not finalized an agreement.

 

Feb 19 2018

First script reading for OCN drama series “That Man Oh Soo”

First script reading for OCN drama series “That Man Oh Soo” took place on November 27, 2017 and started around 1PM. Main cast members including Lee Jong-Hyun (‘CNBLUE’), Kim So-Eun, Kang Tae-Oh (‘5urprise’), Park Na-Ye, Lee Hye-Ran and Park Geun-Hyung attended. Before first script reading began, Lee Jong-Hyun stated “I hope it will be warm on the shooting set even though it is cold winter.”

“That Man Oh Soo” first airs March 5, 2018 in South Korea.

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Feb 19 2018

First still images from MBC drama series “Let’s Hold Hands Tightly And Watch The Sunset”

First still images of Han Hye-Jin and Yoon Sang-Hyun in upcoming MBC drama series “Let’s Hold Hands Tightly And Watch The Sunset.” The still images are from the first day of filming which took place recently (mid-February, 2018) in Paju, South Korea. The weather on that day was quite cold with wind chill hitting -20 celsius. The scene has Nam Hyun-Joo (Han Hye-Jin) and Kim Do-Young (Yoon Sang-Hyun ) having a good time on their wedding anniversary day.

“Let’s Hold Hands Tightly and Watch The Sunset” first airs March 14, 2018 in South Korea.

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Feb 15 2018

Teaser trailer for tvN drama series “Mr. Sunshine”

An epic first teaser trailer has been added for upcoming tvN drama series “Mr. Sunshine” starring Lee Byung-Hun, Kim Tae-Ri, Yoo Yeon-Seok and Byun Yo-Han. Around the 1:10 minute mark in the teaser trailer, Lee Byung-Hun’s voice over appears and he states “I am U.S. Marine Copes Captain Eugene Choi.” This is the first time his character name has been revealed. Additionally, actress Kim Sa-Rang was cast to play a major supporting character in the drama series, but she had to drop out due to scheduling issues. Actress Kim Min-Jung will now play that role.

“Mr. Sunshine” first airs July, 2018 in South Korea.

Feb 14 2018

First script reading for tvN drama series “My Mister”

First script reading for upcoming tvN drama series “My Mister” took place December 18, 2017 in Sangamdong, Seoul, South Korea. The script reading featured main cast members  Lee Sun-Kyun, IU, Lee Ji-Ah, Oh Dal-Su, Song Sae-Byeok & Chang Ki-Yong. The drama series has Lee Sun-Kyun, Oh Dal-Su and Song Sae-Byeok playing brothers. Park Dong-Hoon (Lee Sun-Kyun) is the middle brother and he supports his older brother Park Sang-Hoon (Oh Dal-Su) and younger brother Park Gi-Hoon (Song Sae-Byeok ). Park Dong-Hoon then meets Lee Ji-An (IU). In addition, version 2 of teaser trailer #1 has been added on AsianWiki.

“My Mister” first airs March 21, 2018 in South Korea.

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