News bites: December 5, 2023 by tccolb The first poster has dropped for tvN’s Please Marry My Husband, bringing together our four leads: Park Min-young (Love in Contract), Na In-woo (Longing for You), Lee Yi-kyung (Critical X), and Song Ha-yoon (Oh! Young-shim). Starting off 2024 bright and early with a January 1 premiere, the fantasy […]
Park Ji-hoon wrestles himself in KBS’s Fantasy Sonata
Ugh. Not sure if there are more straight up red flags here or concepts that would be catnips to me in the right hands, but are instead also red flags… I ask for more fantasy sageuks for years and then when Korea properly ventures into them more, and into more completely fictional, non historical and […]
News bites: November 30, 2023
I am not sure how to feel about Fiery Priest 2. I did enjoy Fiery Priest. Everyone had a fantastic character’s arc, to be fair, this is frequent with Park Jae-beom’s work. But then… We’ve just finished a terribly painful Bong-soon’s sequel (Nam-soon or the tale of no brain goldfish red-flagging her way through Seoul), […]
News bites: November 28, 2023
Oops I was rewriting my comment and deleted the original before I realized it had been responded to. Here’s the revision fwiw: That poster for Knight Flower is fabulous. But dare I ask beanies this question? Ok, I dare. Does the poster suggest to you a COMEDY sageuk? Because it doesn’t to me, and I’m […]
News bites: November 16, 2023
News bites: November 16, 2023 by tccolb Ahn Bo-hyun, Park Ji-hyun SBS announced that their new year lineup will be kicking off with Chaebol x Detective, headlined by Ahn Bo-hyun (See You in My 19th Life) and Park Ji-hyun (Reborn Rich). Slated to broadcast in January 2024, airing weekends, production is in the talented hands […]
News bites: November 4, 2023
News bites: November 4, 2023 by tccolb Rallying us for bumpkin victory, Coupang Play’s Boyhood (previously called Once Upon a Boyhood) released their first poster, with our proud hero Im Shi-wan (Summer Strike) giving his best darn war cry. Also starring Lee Sun-bin (Work Later, Drink Now 2), Lee Shi-woo (See You in My 19th […]
2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards
2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards by missvictrix Last year we saw Korea’s famous Blue Dragon Film Awards expand to include streaming content and miniseries with their new Series Awards arm. Now, the awards are in their second year, and this year’s winners? Well, there are some names here that make me want to pump my […]
News bites: January 17, 2023
News bites: January 17, 2023 by tccolb Cute character posters have dropped for The Heavenly Idol, showcasing our high priest Kim Min-kyu (Business Proposal) and idol group manager Go Bo-kyul (Hi Bye, Mama!). As Kim fumbles his way through song and dance, the fantasy rom-com will be lighting up our screens next month, starting February […]
News bites: November 10, 2022
News bites: November 10, 2022 by tccolb Stills from the first script reading have dropped for tvN’s Missing: The Other Side 2, bringing back the leads from the first season: Go Soo (Missing: The Other Side), Heo Jun-ho (Why Her), Ahn So-hee (Thirty-Nine), and Ha Joon (Bad Prosecutor). Newly joining the mystery fantasy is Lee […]
News bites: October 19, 2022
News bites: October 19, 2022 by tccolb Kim Sun-ho (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) may be returning to dramaland in a romance sageuk called Hae-shi’s Shin-ru (romanized title). Set in Joseon’s renaissance era – during King Sejong’s reign – the drama is still in the planning stages with filming set to begin early next year. Scripts will be […]