News bites: May 30, 2023

It’s posters galore this week with MBC taking a serious approach, featuring our three leads facing off in the office drama Numbers: Watchdogs in a Concrete Jungle. Clashing over ethics versus survival of the fittest in a world of finance, L (Secret Royal Investigator), Choi Jin-hyuk (Zombie Detective), and Choi Min-soo (Extracurricular) will be presenting their reports come June 23. [MBC]

SBS’s upcoming Revenant released stills from the first script reading, showcasing leads Kim Tae-ri (Twenty Five Twenty One), Oh Jung-se (Uncle), and Hong Kyung (Weak Hero Class 1). Actor Jin Seon-gyu (Behind Every Star) was also present and will be appearing in the series in a special guest role. The occult mystery premieres on June 23 as well. [SBS]
The gothic camp continues in the latest poster for KBS’s Heartbeat, with our undead hero Taecyeon (Blind) bemoaning that his coffin was opened too early. Now that his plans to become mortal have been foiled again, we can expect plenty of shenanigans on June 26 when the half-vampire moves in with our human heroine Won Ji-ahn (If You Wish Upon Me). [KBS]

Over on tvN, the new poster for See You in My 19th Life promises a miraculous reunion with the drama’s happy foursome. Starring Shin Hye-sun (Mr. Queen), Ahn Bo-hyun (Yumi’s Cells 2), Ha Yoon-kyung (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), and Ahn Dong-goo (The Law Cafe), the fantasy romance launches in just a few weeks on June 17. [News1]
Also premiering on June 17 is JTBC’s King the Land and the new posters once again put the spotlight on the rom-com’s main pair. The tagline introduces their characters with Junho (King the Land) as the man who scorns smiles and Yoon-ah (Big Mouth) as his opposite, the woman who has to smile. [News1]

Im Se-mi (Duty After School) is the latest to receive an offer for the crime-thriller Wonderful World (working title). All the while, Kim Nam-joo (Misty) has confirmed casting for the lead role as psychology professor and writer Eun Soo-hyun. The series is still in the planning stages and is aiming to broadcast in 2024. [Xports News (1), (2)]
The first posters have dropped for the healing drama I’ll Take the Trip for You (a.k.a. I Will Travel for You), with pretty illustrations of an idyllic countryside. Starring Gong Seung-yeon (The First Responders), Yoo Joon-sang (Alchemy of Souls), and Kim Jae-young (Love in Contract), the novel adaptation will have scripts by Jung Hwe-hyun (Radiant Office) with PD Kang Sol (Delivery Man, Show Window: The Queen’s House) at the helm. [News1]