News bites: March 19, 2024 by tccolb Kang Tae-oh, Lee Sun-bin Accompanying the happy news of Kang Tae-oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo)’s army discharge today, reports have him starring in tvN’s new wacky rom-com Potato Research Center (translated title). As a newly appointed manager, he’ll meet the potato-obsessed researcher Lee Sun-bin (Boyhood), who is working on […]
News bites: March 14, 2024
News bites: March 14, 2024 by tccolb Yoo Yeon-seok, Chae Soo-bin A new romance-thriller is on the horizon called The Number You Have Dialed (roughly translated, working title), with offers out to Yoo Yeon-seok (A Bloody Lucky Day) and Chae Soo-bin (The Fabulous) to headline the webnovel adaptation. As an arranged marriage couple who realize […]
News bites: March 12, 2024
I am all for systemic factors to be addressed. I think that women should be protected and supported to choose what they want to do. We, as women, posses the miracle of God, creator or whatever you believe in. We get to make a new living human, something that the scientists cannot and hopefully will […]
News bites: March 6, 2024
News bites: March 6, 2024 by tccolb Seo Kang-joon Seo Kang-joon (Grid) is considering roles for his first post-army project and may be ironing a new uniform as a secret government agent in MBC’s new action-comedy Undercover High School. Expected to start filming later this year with Im Young-bin (Bad Prosecutor) penning the scripts, the […]
News bites: February 24, 2024
News bites: February 24, 2024 by tccolb Although originally slated for a March 9 premiere, MBN announced that Missing Crown Prince has been postponed, the official reason being to deliver an even better final product. Starring Suho (Behind Your Touch), Hong Ye-ji (Love Song for Illusion), Myung Se-bin (Doctor Cha), Kim Joo-hun (Castaway Diva), and […]
News bites: February 20, 2024
It’s really interesting that so many dramas are focusing on the latter half of the 20th century now – it seems like that was a rare time period to set a drama in before but it’s also possible I just wasn’t aware of them. Are there classics set at this time I should know about? […]
Ji Hyun-woo cheers Im Soo-hyang on in Beauty and the Devoted
Ji Hyun-woo cheers Im Soo-hyang on in Beauty and the Devoted by solstices Script reading stills are out for the upcoming KBS weekender Beauty and the Devoted, which paints a fairytale romance between a disgraced top star and her most ardent supporter. As she rebuilds her life, our heroine will experience significant growth and forge […]
News bites: February 6, 2024
1. Wavve and theatrical releases mean nothing to me if it doesn’t have an international distributor. 2. Lee Moo-saeng has first dibs on every shady husband role in Korean television. 3. I just hope they don’t waste Yoo In-soo in a thankless, irrelevant role like some dramas did. 4. “…with Im Soo-hyang… leading the lineup.” […]
Amping up for the Kokdu: Season of Deity premiere
Amping up for the Kokdu: Season of Deity premiere by missvictrix With The Forbidden Marriage happily-ever-aftered, MBC is now making sure you don’t forget that Kokdu: Season of Deity premieres this weekend! Starring Kim Jung-hyun (Mr. Queen) and Im Soo-hyang (Doctor Lawyer), the fantasy romance has released another whet-your-appetite teaser.If the earlier teasers with the […]
News bites: January 11, 2023
News bites: January 11, 2023 by tccolb Taecyeon, Won Ji-ahn KBS is lining up a new fantasy romance called My Heart Beats and I can’t stop giggling at the destined casting of Taecyeon (Blind) as the lead. He’ll be playing a half-vampire who desperately wants to be human while the actual human Won Ji-ahn (If […]