News bites: August 12, 2023

Lee Seon-kyun, Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Mu-yeol, Lee Kwang-soo

LG U+ confirmed casting for the new mystery thriller No Way Out (previously Public Assassin), lining up Lee Seon-kyun (Payback), Yoo Jae-myung (Juvenile Justice), Kim Mu-yeol (Trolley), and Lee Kwang-soo (The Killer’s Shopping List). With filmmaker Choi Gook-hee (Life is Beautiful) at the helm and writing by Lee Soo-jin (The Devil’s Deal), filming is being planned to commence this October. [News1]

Also starting filming soon is TVING’s webtoon adaptation Study Group, now that Hwang Min-hyun (My Lovely Liar) has signed on for the leading role. The coming-of-age action story will be taking him back to high school, with directing by filmmaker Lee Jang-hoon (Miracle) and scripts penned by Eom Sun-ho. [Newsen]
The second teaser has dropped for ENA’s upcoming Day of Kidnapping, with our well-meaning kidnapper Yoon Kye-sang (Kiss Sixth Sense) putting his blood, sweat, and tears into child care for Yoo-na (Green Mothers’ Club). The black comedy thriller premieres on September 13 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [Osen]

Lee Soo-hyuk (Tomorrow) has reportedly been cast in a leading role (!!!) for a new series called S Line. The story is based on a popular webtoon by the famous cartoonist Ggomabi, who also wrote/illustrated the original webtoon behind Netflix’s upcoming Murder DIEary. Production is still in the early stages. [MBC]
Speaking of webtoon adaptations, Kim Byung-chul (Doctor Cha) and Yoon Se-ah (Snowdrop) will be playing husband and wife again in the new thriller Perfect Family. Still in the planning stages, notably production is being led by the renowned Japanese filmmaker Yukisada Isao (River’s Edge). [Sports Chosun]
A new poster and teaser have been released for ENA’s New Recruit 2, showcasing the stormy arrival of Kim Ji-suk (Kiss Sixth Sense), who is determined to make men out of the ragtag unit led by Kim Min-ho (Moonshine) and Nam Tae-woo (Youth of May). The new second season will be returning to our screens this month on August 28. [Sports Donga]