Mar 7 2024

Teaser poster for MBC drama “Chief Detective 1958”

Teaser poster added for MBC drama series “Chief Detective 1958” starring Lee Je-Hoon. The teaser poster features Lee Je-Hoon as main character Detective Park Young-Han along with fellow detectives played by Lee Dong-Hwi, Choi Woo-Sung, & Yoon Hyun-Soo. Caption on the poster states “Age of barbarism. The real detectives’ human investigation drama.” Meanwhile, the character teaser trailer for Lee Je-Hoon’s Detective Park Young-Han can be viewed at AsianWiki.

“Chief Detective 1958” first airs April 19, 2024 in South Korea.

Read more »
Mar 5 2024

First teaser trailer for tvN drama “Lovely Runner”

First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Lovely Runner” starring Byeon Woo-Seok & Kim Hye-Yoon. The fantasy-romance screenplay is based on 2020 novel “Naeilui Euddeum” by Kim Bbang. The teaser trailer begins with Kim Hye-Yoon staring intently at her phone and declaring “My Sun-Jae has everything, but he doesn’t have me.”

“Lovely Runner” is now scheduled to first air April 8, 2024 (takes over tvN’s Monday & Tuesday 8:50 PM time slot after “Wedding Impossible“).

Read more »
Mar 5 2024

Lead cast announced for MBC drama “Brave Yong Soo-Jung”

Uhm Hyun-Kyung, Seo Jun-Young, Kwon Hwa-Woon, and Lim Ju-Eun are cast in MBC drama series “Brave Yong Soo-Jung” (literal title). The drama series, which will air weekdays at 7 PM after “The Third Marriage,” tells a romance-revenge story with Uhm Hyun-Kyung playing title character Yong Soo-Jung. She becomes involved with the powerful family that run the Masung Group.

“Brave Yong Soo-Jung” will first air April, 2024 in South Korea (takes over MBC’s Monday – Friday 7 PM time slot after “The Third Marriage“).

Read more »
Mar 4 2024

Teaser poster and release date set for Disney+ drama “Blood Free”

Teaser poster and release date set for Disney+ drama series “Blood Free” starring Ju Ji-Hoon & Han Hyo-Joo. The suspense-thriller drama series revolves around the CEO (Han Hyo-Joo) of a biotechnology company that created artificially cultured meat and a bodyguard (Ju Ji-Hoon) that approaches her. They get involved in mysterious deaths and incidents. Caption on the teaser poster states “Would you like to join us in the era of artificially cultured meat?”

“Blood Free” will be available to stream from April 10, 2024.

Read more »
Feb 29 2024

Trailer and poster for Netflix drama “Chicken Nugget”

Trailer and poster added for Netflix drama series “Chicken Nugget” starring Ryu Seung-Ryong & Ahn Jae-Hong. The comedy-mystery drama series will also have the special appearance by Kim You-Jung, who plays the daughter of Choi Sun-Man (Ryu Seung-Ryong). She accidentally turns into a chicken nugget after stepping into a machine. Caption on the teaser poster states “A new comedy concept that has never existed before in the world.” Lee Byeong-Hun, who previously directed box-office comedy hit “Extreme Job,” also directs “Chicken Nugget.”

“Chicken Nugget” will be available to stream March 15, 2024.

Read more »
Feb 28 2024

Teaser poster for Netflix drama “Parasyte: The Grey”

Teaser poster added for Netflix drama series “Parasyte: The Grey” starring Jeon So-Nee, Koo Gyo-Hwan, & Lee Jung-Hyun. The drama series is based on manga series “Kiseiju” by Hitoshi Iwaaki and tells an original story with new characters and setting. Yeon Sang-Ho (“Train To Busan“) directs and writes the screenplay for “Parasyte: The Grey.” The teaser poster shows Jeon So-Nee as Jung Su-In, who begins to live with parasite Heidi that fell from the sky.

“Parasyte: The Grey” will be available to stream from April 5, 2024.

Read more »
Feb 26 2024

Lee Min-Ki, Kwak Sun-Young, Heo Sung-Tae cast in ENA drama “Crash”

Lee Min-Ki, Kwak Sun-Young, Heo Sung-Tae are cast for lead roles in ENA drama series “Crash.” Also cast in the drama series are Lee Ho-Cheol & Moon-Hee. All five of the announced actors will play members of a TCI (Traffic Crime Investigation) team. The drama series will be directed by Park Joon-Woo, who previously worked on another popular automotive based drama series with “Taxi Driver.”

“Crash” will first air May, 2024 in ENA’s Monday and Tuesday 10 PM time slot.

Read more »
Feb 23 2024

Trailer for MBC drama “Wonderful World”

Trailer added for MBC drama series “Wonderful World” starring Kim Nam-Joo & Cha Eun-Woo. Dialogue in the trailer goes (0:01) Kim Nam-Joo “You need to make a choice, whether you will live like this or you get a life,” (0:13) Cha Eun-Woo “Who are you advising . You’re a murderer,” (0:18) Kim Nam-Joo “I won’t blame you if it’s all in the past,” (0:24) Cha Eun-Woo “I wanted to live a normal life,” (0:29) Lim Se-Mi “Don’t even look back, just bury it,” (0:32) Kim Kang-Woo “After all this why are you doing this now?,”
(0:38) Cha Eun-Woo “If you fail, then I will kill for you.”   

“Wonderful World” first airs March 1, 2024 in South Korea.

Read more »
Feb 22 2024

Choi Woo-Sik, Park Bo-Young cast in Netflix drama “Melo Movie”

Choi Woo-Sik, Park Bo-Young, Lee Jun-Young, & Jeon So-Nee are cast in Netflix drama series “Melo Movie.” The drama series is scripted by Lee Na-Eun (“Our Beloved Summer“) and directed by Oh Choong-Hwan (“Castaway Diva“). Setup for the drama series will revolve around four young people who have ties to the entertainment industry. Choi Woo-Sik will play Go Gyeom. He made the jump from a minor actor to a movie critic due to his love of movies in general. He then meets Kim Moo-Bi (Park Bo-Young) works in the movie industry and her name “Moo-Bi” even sounds like the English word “movie.”

Release date for “Melo Movie” has not yet been announced, but the still images above and below point out that the first script reading has already taken place.

Read more »