News bites: February 5, 2022

Busy bee Han So-hee (My Name) has been captured alongside Park Hyung-shik (Happiness) in a new still for Disney+’s drama Soundtrack #1. Written by Ahn Sae-bom and directed by PD Kim Hee-won (Vincenzo, The Crowned Clown), the romance drama will be releasing in mid-March. [MBC]

Lee Se-young (The Red Sleeve Cuff) has been offered a lead role in KBS’s Love According to the Law opposite Lee Seung-gi (Mouse). If both actors accept, it’ll be their second time acting in a drama together after Hwayugi. [Dispatch]
In MBC’s upcoming fantasy Tomorrow, Kim Hee-sun (Alice) is looking pretty fantastic as the pink-haired grim reaper in the new stills. The drama premieres next month in March. [MBC]

Both Taecyeon (Secret Royal Inspector and Joy) and Ha Suk-jin (A DeadbEAT’s Meal) have confirmed casting for OCN’s mystery thriller Blind. Written by Kwon Ki-kyung and directed by PD Shin Yong-hwi (Voice 4), the story explores how people turn a blind eye to uncomfortable truths in society. [MBC, Yonhap News]
Netflix show Mask Girl has also secured their main cast: Go Hyun-jung (Reflection of You), Ahn Jae-hong (Be Melodramatic), and Yeom Hye-ran (The Uncanny Counter). Based on a popular webtoon by the same title, the comedy-thriller is about a famous vlogger who hides her face on camera due to past trauma. [JTBC]
OCN’s upcoming Superior Day has dropped a new poster featuring lead actor Jin Gu (Legal High). [Newsen]

Choi Ji-woo (The Most Beautiful Goodbye) has confirmed she’ll making a special guest appearance in tvN’s upcoming rom-com Shooting Star. Playing a larger-than-life version of her real self, the character will be a legendary top actress who became famous in the 1990s. [YTN]
New stills and another video teaser were released for TVING comedy I Haven’t Done My Best Yet, ahead of its premiere on February 18. Starring Park Hae-joon as a man in an early mid-life crisis, his father Kim Gab-soo (Hospital Playlist 2) can only watch in dismay as Park quits his office job on a whim and struggles to become a webtoon artist instead. [Sports Chosun, Sports Donga, Xports News]

More casting news was announced for JTBC’s action-suspense Insider, with supporting actors Kim Sang-ho (Rookie Cops) and Han Bo-reum (Homemade Love Story) joining Kang Haneul (When the Camellia Blooms) and Lee Yoo-young (The Lies Within). [Star News (1), (2)]
Kill Heel continues to slay with its fierce promos, this time releasing character posters of our three leads: Kim Haneul (18 Again), Kim Sung-ryung (Are You Human Too), and Lee Hye-young (Lawless Attorney).