News bites: March 21, 2024

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News bites: March 21, 2024


Lee Yoo-young, L

  • KBS announced that Treat Me Carelessly (roughly translated) has been lined up on the year’s schedule to air in May, with L (a.k.a. Kim Myung-soo) (Numbers) and Lee Yoo-young (Insider) headlining the webtoon adaptation. In an opposites attract rom-com, a Confucian-abiding traditionalist hero will be pitted against a devil-may-care heroine, who is carving her own path in the world. [Newsen]
  • New promos have dropped for Disney+’s Blood Free, where Joo Ji-hoon (Jirisan) proves he’s a worthy bodyguard to CEO Han Hyo-joo (Moving) by passing three qualifying tests: found here, here, and here. Coming to our screens on April 10, the sci-fi thriller also stars Lee Hee-joon (A Killer Paradox), Lee Moo-saeng (Hide), and Park Ji-yeon (A Model Family). [Osen]

  • Kim Sun-young (Queen of Divorce) has been cast in JTBC’s Sales of Virtue, potentially joining Kim So-yeon (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938), Kim Sung-ryung (Kill Heel), and Lee Se-hee (Bad Prosecutor) in the adult wares market, selling door-to-door. Set against the backdrop of 1990s South Korea, production for the series is in the early stages. [Newsen]
  • Casting also continues for MBC’s short comedy I Don’t Like Donkatsu, filling out the little village world with Jeon Hye-bin (Revolutionary Sisters), Lee Joong-ok (A Killer Paradox), and best granny Kim Young-ok (The Midnight Studio). With Jung Sang-hoon (Twinkling Watermelon) as our central hero who has to brave a pending vasectomy, the 2-episode drama is expected to air later this year. [Xports News]

  • A new poster and teaser have come out for Netflix’s sci-fi horror Parasyte: The Grey, where Jeon So-ni (Our Blooming Youth) stands as an outcasted halfling in the divide between parasite and humankind. The showdown unleashes come April 5, with Gu Kyo-hwan (D.P. 2) and Lee Jung-hyun (The Family Is Coming) also starring in the manga adaptation. [Osen]
  • In contrast, tvN brings us sunny smiles in the new character posters for Lovely Runner, bringing down our blood pressure with a sweet timeslip romance between Byun Woo-seok (Strong Girl Nam-soon) and Kim Hye-yoon (Snowdrop). Premiering on April 8 in the Monday-Tuesday slot, the story will transport us to 2008 where our heroine begins Operation Save My Star. [Newsen]

 
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