First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Dog Knows Everything” starring Lee Soon-Jae. The drama series is a comedy that revolves veteran actor Lee Soon-Jae (Lee Soon-Jae) and a former police dog named Sophie. Lee Soon-Jae somehow begins to understand the dog’s barking and they investigates incidents in the neighborhood.
“Dog Knows Everything” first airs September 25, 2024 in South Korea (takes over KBS2’s Wednesday and Thursday 9:50 PM time slot after “Perfect Family“).
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Kenta Kiritani is cast in TV Tokyo drama series “Qros no Onna.” This will mark Kenta Kiritani’s first time starring in a drama series for TV Tokyo. The mystery-suspense drama series is based on 2013 novel “Qros no Onna” by Tetsuya Honda (“Strawberry Night“). In ” Qros no Onna,” Kenta Kiritani will play Koji Kuriyama. He is a reporter for a gossip magazine.
“Qros no Onna” will first air October 7, 2024 in Japan (takes over TV Tokyo’s 11:06 PM time slot after “Otto no Katei wo Kowasu Made“).
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Two teaser posters added for tvN drama series “Jeong-Nyeon: The Star is Born” starring Kim Tae-Ri, Shin Ye-Eun, & Ra Mi-Ran. The upcoming drama series is based on webcomic “Jeongnyeonyi” and is set in the 1950’s. Kim Tae-Ri plays title character Yoon Jeong-Nyeon, who tries to become a star. in the drama series. Caption on the first teaser poster states “The story of a brilliant singing performer who had endured a difficult world” and caption on the second teaser poster states “In the theater, which is an entirely different world, I want to become a star!”
“Jeong-Nyeon: The Star is Born” first airs October 12, 2024 in South Korea (takes over tvN’s Saturday and Sunday 9:20 PM time slot after “Love Next Door“).
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Song Joong-Ki and Chun Woo-Hee are cast in new drama series “My Youth” (working title). Drama series will be scripted by Park Si-Hyun (“Run On“) and directed by Lee Sang-Yeob (“Yumi’s Cells“). The romance themed drama series will have Song Joong-Ki play Sun Woo-Hae. He was once a famous child actor, but he experienced dark times and now lives a quiet normal life. Chun Woo-Hee plays Sung Je-Yeon. She was the first love of Sun Woo-Hae as he was her first love. She now works for an entertainment company and is extremely career driven.
“My Youth” will air sometime next year, but broadcast network and OTT platforms has not yet been decided.
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Fuju Kamio and Hiyori Sakurada are cast in movie “Under the Big Onion.” The film is inspired by 1985 song “Okina Tamanegi no Shita de” (“Under the Big Onion”) by Bakufu-Slump. Story for the movie revolves around two part time workers at bar-cafe called “Double.” They never meet in person, but they communicate through a notebook used at work and fall in love. The first teaser trailer has been also been released and can be viewed at AsianWiki.
“Under the Big Onion” will be released February 7, 2025 in Japan.
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First teaser trailer added for KBS2 drama series “Iron Family” starring Kim Jung-Hyun & Keum Sae-Rok. The first teaser trailer has the two main characters of Seo Kang-Joo (Kim Jung-Hyun) and Lee Da-Rim (Keum Sae-Rok) passing each other at a crosswalk. The sound of Seo Kang-Joo flicking his lighter open and closed, causes the visually impaired Lee Da-Rim to momentarily stop. Narration briefly appears at the 24 second mark in the teaser trailer when Seo Kang-Joo asks “Hope? Am I to you?”
“Iron Family” is now set to first air September 28, 2024 in South Korea.
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Shuri is cast in Fuji TV-KTV drama series “Monster.” The drama series is scripted by Atsuko Hashibe (“Yuria’s Red String of Fate“). Premise for the drama series will have Shuri play Ryoko Kannami. She is an unconventional lawyer who isn’t bound by common sense. This will also mark Shuri’s first time starring in a prime time drama series.
“Monster” will first air October, 2024 in Japan (takes over Fuji TV’s Monday 10 PM time slot after “Mountain Doctor“).
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Teaser trailer and poster added for Disney+ drama series “Seoul Busters” starring Kim Dong-Wook, Park Ji-Hwan, Seo Hyun-Woo, Park Se-Wan, & Lee Seung-Woo. The teaser trailer begins with an anonymous voice that states “I made an office temporarily. You’ll be staying there for the time being.” Captions in the teaser trailer states (0:31) “Violent crimes unit that ranked at the bottom,” (0:38) “Super elite new chief of the unit,” and (0:44) “Ragtag bunch they met!”
“Seoul Busters” will be available to stream from September 11, 2024.
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Teaser trailer 2 added for Coupang Play drama series “What Comes After Love” starring Lee Se-Young & Kentaro Sakaguchi. The second teaser trailer is titled “Miracle” and has narration by Kentaro Sakaguchi stating “So far, I never believed in fate or miracles. I thought those were just words to cover up coincidences, but she was there like miracle.”
“What Comes After Love” will be available to stream from September 27, 2024.
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Jang Ki-Yong and Cha Seung-Won are cast in starring roles for drama series “Pigpen.” Also cast in major supporting character roles are Park Hee-Soon, Roh Jeong-Eui, & Kim Dae-Myung. Drama series is based on webcomic “Dwaejiwoori” by Kim Kan-Bi & Cheon Beom-Sik. Kim Sang-Man (“Midnight FM“) will direct the drama series and write the screenplay adaptation.
“Pigpen” will be released sometime next year, but broadcasting network/OTT platform has not yet been decided.
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