News bites: October 30, 2023
News bites: October 30, 2023 by tccolb New character posters have been released for Disney+’s upcoming crime-thriller Vigilante, showcasing our justice chaser Nam Joo-hyuk (Twenty Five Twenty One), along with Yoo Ji-tae (Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area), Lee Jun-hyuk (Dark Hole), and Kim So-jin (Through the Darkness). With a runtime of eight episodes, […]
News bites: June 17, 2023
News bites: June 17, 2023 by tccolb It’s official! After rumors and rumors of rumors, full Squid Game 2 casting is confirmed for Netflix’s sequel with Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-heon, and Wie Ha-hoon reprising their roles. And for the much-anticipated new players, we have — wait for it — Im Shi-wan (Summer Strike), Kang Haneul […]
News bites: April 19, 2023
I feel guilty for consciously / unconsiously partaking in these two trends after reading the comments: 1. Jumping into a drama just for the leads’ pretty faces and not realising how problematic the subject matter is. Is incest the newest trend in Kdramas? I don’t care about the morality and social acceptance, but I do […]
News bites: March 1, 2023
News bites: March 1, 2023 by tccolb Chun Woo-hee, Kim Dong-wook Casting has been confirmed for Chun Woo-hee (Be Melodramatic) and Kim Dong-wook (King of Pigs) in tvN’s new series Beneficial Fraud. With Chun playing a notorious con artist and Kim her sympathetic lawyer, the drama is currently slated for the Monday-Tuesday slot, premiering on […]
Jang Dong-yoon fights for life and love in KBS’s Oasis
Jang Dong-yoon fights for life and love in KBS’s Oasis by tccolb A new teaser has been released for KBS’s Oasis, dropping us straight into South Korea’s distressing 1980s, where our characters played by Jang Dong-yoon (Search), Seol In-ah (Business Proposal), and Choo Young-woo (Once Upon a Small Town) come of age.As children, Lee Doo-hak […]
News bites: February 7, 2023
News bites: February 7, 2023 by tccolb JTBC has released a magazine cover style poster for their man of the hour, Divorce Attorney Shin. With Jo Seung-woo (Sisyphus) playing the title role, joined by Han Hye-jin (Let’s Hold Hands and Watch the Sunset), Kim Sung-kyun (Grid), and Jung Moon-sung (The Good Detective 2), the webtoon […]
Jang Dong-yoon finds a bittersweet Oasis
Jang Dong-yoon finds a bittersweet Oasis by tccolb The first teaser has arrived for KBS’s period romance Oasis with Jang Dong-yoon (Search), Seol In-ah (Business Proposal), and Choo Young-woo (Once Upon a Small Town) taking us through the blooms of their friendship and love, before spiraling us into the story’s angst.Set during the turbulent 1980s […]
News bites: January 21, 2023
News bites: January 21, 2023 by tccolb Cha Eun-woo (Island) may potentially be joining Jo Woo-jin (Narco-Saints) and Ha Yoon-kyung (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) in a new crime drama called Bulk. With each character representing the police, prosecution, and vigilante justice, the story will follow our trio as they team up to tackle the underbelly of […]
News bites: January 10, 2023
News bites: January 10, 2023 by tccolb As the promos continue for tvN’s Our Blooming Youth, we also got news this week about Lee Jong-hyuk’s (Bad Prosecutor) casting, taking on his first king role as Park Hyung-shik’s (Soundtrack #1) father. Also starring Jeon So-ni (Dr. Brain), the sageuk will be coming to our screens next […]
Choo Young-woo ventures Once Upon a Small Town with Joy and Baek Sung-chul
Choo Young-woo ventures Once Upon a Small Town with Joy and Baek Sung-chul by tccolb The first teaser has been released for KakaoTV’s rom-com, Once Upon a Small Town (previously Unexpected Country Diary), featuring our three leads: Joy (The One and Only), Choo Young-woo (School 2021), and Baek Sung-chul (Inspector Koo).Based on a popular web […]