News bites: July 14, 2024
News bites: July 14, 2024 by tccolb Moon Ga-young, Choi Hyun-wook tvN’s new webtoon adaptation He’s the Black Dragon (roughly translated) confirmed casting for Moon Ka-young (The Interest of Love) and Choi Hyun-wook (Twinkling Watermelon), with our leads first meeting as rivals on an online game and reigniting the fire 16 years later when they […]
Scandalous Actress Spotted Unrecognizable At Her New K-Drama Script Reading
Your Honor is an ENA channel K-Drama set to air in mid-August 2024. “Your Honor” | @channel.ena.d/Instagram In a recent behind-the-scenes video for the show’s first script reading, actress Jung Eun Chae introduced her role to the viewers with a short pixie haircut that made her close to unrecognizable. [Video could not be displayed] While Jung debuted her […]
Former agent Cha Seung-won pursues The Tyrant
Former agent Cha Seung-won pursues The Tyrant by solstices Promotional materials are out for Disney+’s upcoming sci-fi thriller The Tyrant, setting its tone with gritty altercations and intense confrontations. A spin-off of the Witch movie series, the drama — initially planned as a movie, and later expanded to four episodes in the editing room — […]
tvN x OCN announce O’PENing’s lineup for 2024
tvN x OCN announce O’PENing’s lineup for 2024 by tccolb The promos have taken off for O’PENing 2024, continuing their experimental format with a fresh crop of rookie writers and presenting us with six short-form dramas for this seventh season’s anthology. The tvN show first debuted as Drama Stage in 2017 and later evolved into […]
Korean Ahjussi Goes Mega-Viral For Being The Most Babygirl Material
A South Korean man is going viral for his sassy mannerisms. Meet Gio Shin, a makeup artist who works as a Beauty Chief Specialist at luxury brand Tom Ford. Gio Shin | @gio_shin/Instagram He has amassed a substantial following online, with 770,000 followers and counting on his Instagram account @gio_shin. Here, he frequently posts makeup […]
Kim Jae-joong’s Bad Memory Eraser leads him to Jin Se-yeon
Kim Jae-joong’s Bad Memory Eraser leads him to Jin Se-yeon by tccolb The first teaser has dropped for MBN’s new rom-com Bad Memory Eraser, presenting our memory-less hero Kim Jae-joong (Manhole) and the psychiatrist who he believes to be his first love Jin Se-yeon (Born Again).Opening with Kyung Joo-yeon’s (Jin Se-yeon) voiceover, she reflects on […]
6 Problematic Mistranslations That Lead To Fanwars
On a good day, mistranslations can make a funny joke fall flat. On a bad day, however, they can completely misconstrue the meaning of what an idol is saying and create an uproar among international fans. Whether it was by staff or auto-translations on the internet, these idols were unfortunately mistranslated — and fans were […]
Kim Myung-min is owed justice from Your Honor Sohn Hyun-joo
Kim Myung-min is owed justice from Your Honor Sohn Hyun-joo by tccolb The first posters and teaser are out for ENA’s upcoming crime-thriller Your Honor, quickly setting up our story’s conflicting dilemma that pits the honorable judge Sohn Hyun-joo (Captivating the King) against indomitable mob boss Kim Myung-min (Law School).It all begins on one ordinary […]
News bites: June 29, 2024
News bites: June 29, 2024 by tccolb On the heels of his recent role in the Japanese film Grande Maison Paris, Taecyeon (Heartbeat) confirmed casting for the new Netflix Japanese drama Soul Mate, starring opposite Isomura Hayato (Extremely Inappropriate). In a heartfelt story about love and life, we’ll be following our pair’s relationship over ten […]