Gong Yoo is cast in new movie “Seo Bok.” The film is based on a classic Chinese story “Xu Fu,” but reinterpreted into a modern setting. The film will be directed by Lee Yong-Joo who last directed the memorable romance film “Architecture 101.” In movie “Seo Bok,” Gong Yoo will play an ex-secret agent. He becomes involved in saving a human clone who holds the secret to eternal life.
Filming for “Seo Bok” will begin sometime during the first half of next year in South Korea.
Trailer for movie “Intimate Strangers” starring Yu Hae-Jin, Cho Jin-Woong, Lee Seo-Jin, Yum Jung-Ah, Yoon Kyung-Ho, Kim Ji-Soo and Song Ha-Yoon. The comedy-drama film has a group of friends spending an evening together. They decide to play a game involving their cellphones.
“Intimate Strangers” will be released October 31, 2018.
English subtitled trailer for movie “Love At Least” starring Shuri and Masaki Suda. The trailer stands on its for a captivating two minute video & audio experience. “Love At Least” is based on novel “Ikiteru Dake de, Ai” by Yukiko Motoya and directed by Kosai Sekine. The trailer also features the movie’s theme song which is “1/5000” by Hiroko Sebu.
“Love At Least” will be released November 9, 2018 in Japan.
Ha Ji-Won has dropped out of upcoming MBC drama series “Prometheus” co-starring Jin Goo. According to Ha Ji-Won’s management company Haewadal Entertainment, Ha Ji-Won has left the drama series. No specific reason were given by her management company, but they did state that her reason for leaving will be announced at a later date. “Prometheus” would have been Ha Ji-Won’s first acting role since the death of her brother in January, 2018.
“Prometheus” is tentatively scheduled to air sometime during the first half of next year in South Korea.
Here’s two teaser posters for upcoming movie “Sovereign Default’s Day” (literal title) starring Kim Hye-Soo and Yoo Ah-In. The film is set in 1997, during the IMF crisis in South Korea. Caption on the first teaser poster states in Korean “Year 1997 The Day Which Changed Everyone’s Fate” and the caption on the second poster states “Nobody is Warned.”
Lastly, the teaser posters reveals that “Sovereign Default’s Day” will be released November 28, 2018 in South Korea.
Here’s two main posters for tvN drama series “Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter” (English title) starring Moon Chae-Won, Yoon Hyun-Min and Seo Ji-Hoon. The first poster is of Moon Chae-Won, Yoon Hyun-Min, Seo Ji-Hoon and Kang Mi-Na (‘Gugudan’). The second poster is of Ko Du-Shim, Yoon Hyun-Min, Seo Ji-Hoon and a big tiger. Moon Chae-Won and Ko Du-Shim both play the character of Sun Ok-Nam.
“Mama Fairy and the Woodcutter” first airs November 5, 2018 in South Korea.
Teaser trailer #2 added for MBC drama series “My Healing Love” starring So Yu-Jin, Yeon Jeong-Hun and Yoon Jong-Hoon. The drama series is a weekend drama series that will air on Sundays at 8:45 PM from October 14, 2018 in South Korea.
Kento Yamazaki is cast for the lead role in live-action film “Kingdom.” The film is based on manga series “Kingdom” by Yasuhisa Hara and directed by Shinsuke Sato. Cast in supporting roles are Ryo Yoshizawa, Masami Nagasawa,Kanna Hashimoto and Takao Osawa. Filming for the movie has already been completed. Filming began April, 2018 in China and then took place in Japan for another one and a half months. The film is set in Qin Dynasty during the warring states period in China. Kento Yamazaki plays Shin who dreams of becoming a great military general. Ryo Yoshizawa will play two characters: Eisei (young King) and Hyou (childhood friend of Shin).
Meanwhile the first trailer for “Kingdom” has been added on AsianWiki. “Kingdom” will be released April 19, 2019.
Trailer for KBS2 Drama Special “Miss Kim’s Mystery” (literal title) starring Dasom (ex-‘Sistar’ member) and Kwon Hyuk-Soo. The drama special is part of this year’s “KBS Drama Special” series.
“Miss Kim’s Mystery” airs Friday, October 12, 2018 in South Korea.
Nam Gyu-Ri is cast in MBC drama series “Red Moon Blue Sun” (literal title) starring Kim Sun-A and Lee Yi-Kyung. Nam Gyu-Ri will play second lead female character Jeon Soo-Young in the drama series. Her character is scripted as a mysterious woman.
“Red Moon Blue Sun” will first air November, 2018 in South Korea (takes over MBC’s Wednesday and Thursday 10PM time slot after “Terius Behind Me“).