Ra Mi-Ran, Kim Moo-Yul, & Yoon Kyung-Ho are cast in sequel movie “Honest Candidate 2.” All three performers will reprise their characters from 2020 movie “Honest Candidate.” Also cast for the sequel film are Seo Hyun-Woo, Park Jin-Joo, and Yoon Doo-Joon will make a special apearance. The 2020 movie “Honest Candidate” is a remake of 2014 Brazilian movie “O Candidato Honesto.”
Filming for “Honest Candidate 2” began July 31, 2021.
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First script reading for SBS drama series “One the Woman,” starring Lee Ha-Nee & Lee Sang-Yoon, took place May, 2021 in South Korea. The first script reading included main cast members Lee Ha-Nee, Lee Sang-Yoon, Jin Seo-Yeon, Lee Won-Geun, Jeon Kuk-Hwan, Kim Chang-Wan, Na Young-Hee, Kim Won-Hae, and drama series director Choi Hyeong-Hun. The drama series will air on Fridays and Saturdays at 10PM. The prior drama SBS drama series “Penthouse 3” aired only on Fridays at that time slot.
“One the Woman” first airs September, 2021 in South Korea.
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First teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Hometown” starring Yoo Jae-Myung, Han Ye-Ri, & Um Tae-Goo. The teaser trailer begins with someone picking up a cassette tape that is labelled as “Mix Tape” and playing it. The tape contains unidentified murmuring sounds. Due to this cassette tape, people realize an active serial murder case is connected to a past terror case.
“Hometown” is now set to first air September, 2021 in South Korea.
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Trailer & poster added for movie “Cube” starring Masaki Suda, Anne Watanabe, & Masaki Okada. The film is a remake of 1997 Canadian film “Cube.” Caption on the poster teases “Death trap’s labyrinth. Can anyone escape from the labyrinth alive?”
“Cube” will be released October 22, 2021 in Japan.
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Jin Ki-Joo is cast for lead female role in MBC drama series “From Now Showtime!” (literal title) co-starring Park Hae-Jin. Jin Ki-Joo will play Go Seul-Hae for the drama series. Go Seul-Hae has a mysterious secret. She works as a police officer at a police substation. She pairs up with magician Cha Cha-Woong (Park Hae-Jin) to solve cases.
“From Now Showtime!” first airs sometime during the first half of 2022 in South Korea.
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Kim Se-Jeon (Gugudan) is cast for the lead female role in SBS drama series “The Office Blind Date” co-starring Ahn Hyo-Seop. The drama series is based on web novel “Sanae Matsun” by Hae Hwa. Kim Se-Jeong will play the character of Shin Ha-Ri in “The Office Blind Date.” Her character is an ordinary office worker with a bright personality. Circumstances has her going on a blind date with Kang Tae-Mu (Ahn Hyo-Seop), who is the CEO of the company where she works.
Filming for “The Office Blind Date” will being second half of this year and the drama series will air sometime during the first half of next year in South Korea.
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Shin Hyun-Bin is cast for the lead female role in JTBC drama series “The Chaebol’s Youngest Son” (literal title) co-starring Song Joong-Ki & Lee Sung-Min. In the drama series, Shin Hyun-Bin will play Seo Min-Young. Her character works as a prosecutor. As she follows an illegal succession for a chaebol family, she gets involved with Jin Do-Joon. He is the youngest son of the chaebol family. Seo Min-Young feels love and hate towards him.
“The Chaebol’s Youngest Son” first airs next year in South Korea.
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Hokuto Yoshino (‘The Rampage from Exile Tribe’) is cast for the lead role in TBS-MBS drama series “Tokyo Seimenjo.” Also cast in the drama series are Shuntaro Yanagi, So Okuno, Shiori Akita and Keiko Enoue. The drama series features an original screenplay and will revolve around an udon franchise restaurant. Hokuto Yoshino will play Kotaro Akamatsu. He begins to work there as its new manager, even though he previously worked at a hotel.
“Tokyo Seimenjo” first airs September, 2021 in Japan.
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Dean Fujioka & Aju Makita are cast in movie “Pure Japanese.” Movie is directed by Daishi Matsunaga (“Pieta in the Toilet“) & scripted by Tatsuo Kobayashi. Actor Dean Fujioka will also produce & plan the film.
“Pure Japanese” will be released January 28, 2022 in Japan.
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First teaser poster added for MBC drama series “The Veil” starring Namkoong Min & Park Ha-Sun. Caption on the teaser poster states “Keep in mind that to doubt is to survive.”
“The Veil” will consist of 12 episodes and will air in a new MBC Friday and Saturday time slot at 10PM from September, 2021.
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