Lee Jae-Wook, Go Min-Si, Kim Min-Ha, & Lee Hee-Jun are cast in Netflix drama series “Perfect Job.” The drama series combines a mixture of mystery, horror, and fantasy genres. Centered in the screenplay is a mysterious employment agency known as Spyder Human Resource Center. Lee Jae-Wook will play Hyuk-Joon. He is a man in debt and decides to enter Spyder Human Resource Center.
Release date for “Perfect Job” has not yet been decided, but will likely take place in 2026.
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Teaser poster and ep.1 air date set for JTBC drama series “Good Boy” starring Park Bo-Gum & Kim So-Hyun. The teaser poster features Park Bo-Gum as Yoon Dong-Joo. His character is a former Olympic boxer and he now works as a police officer. To play his role of Yoon Dong-Joo, Park Bo-Gum went through strength training and boxing lessons for over 6 months.
“Good Boy” is now set to first air May 31, 2025 in South Korea (takes over JTBC’s Saturday and Sunday 10:40 PM time slot after “Heavenly Ever After“).
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Kaito Takahashi & Tomoya Nakamura is cast in TBS drama series “DOPE.” The drama series is based on novel “DOPE: Mayaku Torishimaribu Tokusoka” by Chiaki Kisaki, with screenplay adaptation written by Shinichi Tanaka (“The Men of the Wada Family“), and director Kosuke Suzuki (“Hustlin Boy“). Background of the drama series is set in the near future, when a new drug known as DOPE becomes rampant. Two members, played by Kaito Takahashi & Tomoya Nakamura, of the Special Investigation Unit of the Narcotics Control Department work together to eradicate the drug.
“DOPE” will first air July, 2025 in Japan.
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New teaser trailer added for tvN drama series “Second Shot at Love” starring Sooyoung and Gong Myung. The teaser trailer is title “The War on Alcohol Teaser” and is the fifth teaser released for the upcoming drama series. The teaser trailer begins with Kim Sung-Ryoung (playing the mother of Sooyoung’s character Han Geum-Joo) asking “You said that you liked alcohol more? You said that you want to call off the wedding?,” this is followed by (0:08) Sooyoung “I’m not an alocholic. I’m an alochol lover,” (0:11) Kim Sung-Ryoung “Everyone, keep in mind. From now on, there will be no alcohol in this house,” (0:20) Sooyoung “I realize that i really like alcohol,” (0:25) Gong Myung “Geum-Joo, let’s quit drinking alcohol.”
“Second Shot at Love” will first air May 12, 2025 in South Korea.
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Jung Kyoung-Ho and So Ju-Yeon are cast in tvN drama series “Pro Bono” (working title). The drama series will show a comical court room drama about a former judge, played by Jung Kyoung-Ho, who becomes a public interest lawyer, and a geeky public interest lawyer played by So Ju-Yeon. They work together for a nonprofit in a corner of a building that doesn’t even get sunlight. “Pro Bono” is written by Moon Yoo-Seok (“Ms. Hammurabi“) and directed by Kim Sung-Yoon (“Itaewon Class“).
“Pro Bono” will first air sometime in the second half of this year in South Korea.
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Teaser trailer added for movie “Hi-5” starring Lee Jae-In, Ahn Jae-Hong, Ra Mi-Ran, Kim Hee-Won, & Yoo Ah-In. The action-comedy film is written and directed by Kang Hyung-Chul (“Scandal Makers“). While filming for the movie took place in 2021, the release date was pushed back due to Yoo Ah-In’s drug scandal. The film revolves around five people who received transplants and also received superpowers in the process. Narration in the trailer goes (0:10) Ahn Jae-Hong “You know that a person can donate six organs, right?,” (0:13) “Heart, lung, cornea, kidney, liver, pancreas,” (0:19) “So there are four more people besides us,” (0:21) Ra Mi-Ran “- “Do you think the superpower that I have received is maybe to make me pretty?,” (0:24) “These days, being pretty is a superpower,” (0:26) Ahn Jae-Hong “Not all that,” (0:28) Lee Jae-In “Who is the donor that could get us to have such abilities?”
“Hi-5” will be released June 3, 2025 in South Korea.
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Character posters and release date revealed for upcoming TVING drama series “Shark: The Storm” starring Kim Min-Suk and Lee Hyun-Wook. Drama series is based on webcomic “Shark” written by Woon and a sequel to 2021 TVING movie “Shark: The Beginning.” The character posters are of Kim Min-Suk as aspiring MMA fighter Cha Woo-Sol and Lee Hyun-Wook as villain Hyun Woo-Yong. Caption on Kim Min-Suk’s character poster states “I have to fight, like a a shark that never stops.” Caption on Lee Hyun-Wook’s character poster states “Cha Woo-Sol, this is completely destiny.”
All 6 episodes of the drama series will be available to stream on May 15, 2025.
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Teaser trailer 2 added for SBS drama series “Spring of Youth” starring Ha Yoo-Joon, Park Ji-Hu, & Lee Seung-Hyub. The youth-romance-music drama series revolves around a 5 member band formed at a university. Dialogue in the teaser trailer states (0:01) Ha Yoo-Joon “Someone believing in me is explosive like dynamite!,” (0:08) Park Ji-Hu “I want to do music together with a like-minded person,” (0:13) Lee Seung-Hyub “The place where I was happy was the stage where I performed music,” (0:16) Lee Seung-Hyub “So i am going to go to do what I want to do,” (0:19) Park Ji-Hu “You!,” (0:20)
Park Ji-Hu “I’m going to raise you,” (0:23) Park Ji-Hu “Are you all ready to tear up the stage?,” (0:27)
Ha Yoo-Joon “I want to be in the band with you for a long time.”
“Spring of Youth” first airs May 6, 2025 in South Korea.
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Mizuki Yamashita is cast in WOWOW drama series “Koroshita Otto ga Kaette Kimashita.” The suspense-mystery drama series is based on 2021 novel “Koroshita Otto ga Kaette Kimashita” by Mina Sakurai. Mizuki Yamashita, who is a former member of Nogizaka46, stars in her first WOWOW drama series with “Koroshita Otto ga Kaette Kimashita.”
The drama series will consist of 6 episodes and first air July, 2025 in Japan.
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Trailer added for movie “Natsu no Suna no Ue” starring Joe Odagiri, Akari Takaishi, Takako Matsu, & Hikari Mitsushima. Captions in the trailer states (0:10) “Man who lost love,” (0:12) “Woman who gave up on love,” (0:21) “Girl who doesn’t know love.” Movie has Joe Odagiri playing Osamu Koura, a man who carries heavy grief after the death of his son. He then takes in his niece unexpectedly.
“Natsu no Suna no Ue” will be released July 4, 2025 in Japan.
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