Lee Jae-Wook, Lee Jun-Young, & Hong Su-Zu are cast in Disney+ drama series “Royal Loader.” The three leads will play characters who all have desires to climb to the top of Korea’s largest conglomerate. Drama series is scripted by Choi Won (“Miss Butcher“) and directed by Min Yeon-Hong (“Missing: The Other Side“).
“Royal Loader” will be available to stream from February, 2024.
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Bae Doo-Na, Ryoo Seung-Bum, Baek Yoon-Sik, Lomon, & Lee Su-Hyun are cast in Coupang Play drama series “Family Plan” (literal title). The drama series will be directed by twin brothers Kim Gok (“Horror Stories“) & Kim Sun (“Horror Stories“) and scripted by Kim Jung-Min (“Hush“). All five of the cast members will play people with special powers who disguise themselves as a family.
Filming for “Family Plan” began at the end of last month and will be available to stream sometime later this year.
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First teaser trailer added for MBC drama series “Chief Detective 1958” starring Lee Je-Hoon. The drama series is a prequel to classic MBC drama series “Chief Inspector” that aired from 1971 through 1989. Set in the year 1958, main character Detective Park Young-Han (Lee Je-Hoon) gets transferred to Seoul from the small city of Hwangcheon. The teaser trailer begins with Lee Je-Hoon stating “I am Park Young-Han from Hwangcheon. This is what I learned. If the charges are proven, then put them in jail.”
The teaser trailer also reveals that “Chief Detective 1958” will air sometime this year in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer for KBS2 drama series “No Blood No Tears” (literal title) starring Lee So-Yeon & Ha Yeon-Joo. The weekday evening drama series will first air January 22, 2024, taking over KBS2’s Monday through Friday 7:50 PM time slot after “The Elegant Empire.” Narration in the teaser trailer goes (0:01) Lee So-Yeon “Blood is thicker than water,” (0:08) Ha Yeon-Joo “It’s you Lee Hye-Won. You’re the one who pushed me into Hell,” (0:15) Ha Yeon-Joo “For me, I will trample on everything including my sister,” (0:22) Lee So-Yeon “Even if it’s family, I can’t forgive. No, I can’t forgive even more because we’re family.”
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Poster and trailer for Netflix drama series “The Bequeathed” starring Kim Hyun-Joo, Park Hee-Soon, Park Byung-Eun, and Ryoo Kyung-Soo. The mystery thriller revolves around a woman named Yoon Seo-Ha (Park Hyun-Joo) who inherits a family burial ground from a relative she never knew existed. Ominous events then occur as two detectives narrow in on their investigation. Caption on the poster states “An inescapable fate. A desire that calls for blood. All truths point to …” Drama series is scripted by Yeon Sang-Ho (“Train To Busan“).
“The Bequeathed” will be available to stream from January 19, 2024.
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Trailer and poster added for TVING drama series “LTNS” starring Esom and Ahn Jae-Hong. The drama series follows a couple who haven’t been intimate in a long time and come up with an idea to make money. They target adulterers and blackmail them for money. Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:20) “No money, no child, no sex,” (0:25) “Let’s live badly from now on,” (0:33) “Our special new business,” (0:43) “Sexless couple catch people having an affair,” (0:59) “High stimulation affair chase drama.”
“LTNS” consists of 6 episodes and will be available to stream from January 19, 2024.
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First teaser trailer added for JTBC drama series “Queen of Divorce” starring Lee Ji-Ah and Kang Ki-Young. The teaser trailer has narration that states (0:02) anonymous voice “Solution by Korea’s best divorce troubleshooter” and (0:12) Lee Ji-Ah “I will make sure that you’re compensated for all the unfairness you’ve been through. All I want is to save people whose marriage is hell. Let’s get started.”
“Queen of Divorce” first airs January 31, 2024 in South Korea.
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Suho from ‘EXO’ is cast for the lead male role in MBN drama series “The Crown Prince Has Disappeared” (literal title) co-starring Hong Ye-Ji. Drama series “The Crown Prince Has Disappeared” is set during the Joseon period and is a romantic-comedy. Suho will play Crown Prince Yi Gun. He falls into trouble when he is kidnapped by a woman played by Hong Ye-Ji.
“The Crown Prince Has Disappeared” first airs sometime this year in South Korea.
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Jung So-Min is cast in tvN drama series “Mom’s Friend’s Son” (literal title) co-starring Jung Hae-In. For “Mom’s Friend’s Son,” Jung So-Min will play lead female character Bae Seok-Ryu. She would like nothing more than reboot her life and she then meets her childhood friend Choi Seung-Hyo (Jung Hae-In). They spent their childhood together because he was her mom’s friend’s son.
“Mom’s Friend’s Son” will first air sometime in the second half of this year.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “Dog Days” starring Youn Yuh-Jung and Yu Hae-Jin. The omnibus film centers around people and their dogs. The first teaser trailer begins with Yu Hae-Jin stating “A dog’s life is better than a human’s life.” The teaser trailer then shows Min-Sang (Yu Hae-Jin) unexpectedly getting involved with Min-Seo (Youn Yuh-Jung) due to a dog.
“Dog Days” will be released February 7, 2024 in South Korea.