Page One renamed Coffee House
by javabeans
Drama PD Pyo Min-soo‘s upcoming series has a new name, ditching the working title Page One for a new one: Coffee House.
Personally, I think Page One was more suited to the drama’s content, as the story stars Kang Ji-hwan as a bestselling star novelist and Park Shi-yeon as the head of a publishing company. It seems they are trying to capitalize on brand recognition, however, by linking this drama to the director’s 2004 hit Full House (which also featured a writer, albeit a struggling one). Coffee House will be set in “Cafe Page One,” tying in the old title.
This sorta-kinda-almost makes Coffee House the second entry in a “House” themed series of dramas. The two shows don’t seem to have any meaningful connection to each other aside from the title, rather like the “Lovers” trio (Lovers in Paris, Lovers in Prague, Lovers) and the “Season” dramas (Autumn Fairy Tale, Winter Sonata, Spring Waltz, Summer Scent). In fact, I’m hoping that Coffee House will feel more like PD Pyo’s later dramas (The World They Live In, Insoon Is Pretty) than Full House.
Following Kang Ji-hwan’s casting earlier this month, his ex-management company, with whom the actor has been entangled in breach-of-contract disputes, had come out to say that their issues had not been settled. The production, on the other hand, felt that matters had reached enough of a conclusion to cast Kang anyway, confident that he would be ready to begin filming as soon as this month.
A third lead role had been rumored to be going to T-ara singer Ham Eun-jung, but the production has dispelled those claims, saying she is still only one of three contenders. Those three actresses will all go through script readings before a final decision is made, and the final cast list will be announced next week.
The romantic-comedy series comes from writer Song Jae-jung of sitcoms Soonpoong Clinic and Unstoppable High Kick, and will begin filming on April 21. It will follow SBS’s Oh My Lady.
(*Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*)
Via Asia Economy
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1 bee
April 15, 2010 at 4:15 AM
so many female leads,first shiyeon,then the other girl(forgot the name),and now a third female lead(?)...so which of them is actually the main female lead??
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2 Larissa
April 15, 2010 at 4:30 AM
Oh, Kang Ji Hwan how I've missed you! It's gonna be good to have him back on the small screen.
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3 Sere
April 15, 2010 at 5:11 AM
I liked Page One better. :(
Ah well, as long as the drama is good...let's hope so.
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4 Remoneko
April 15, 2010 at 5:15 AM
I read about this earlier on Nate, and I was like... WTH? Coffee House? What does a drama featuring a novelist and publishing company have to do with coffee,? I guess they'll figure out something and force it to make sense (like having Kang Ji Hwan spend all his waking hours bumming around in Cafe Page One), but I still think the idea of trying to link it to the title "Full House" is kind of silly. It'll probably also invite idiotic remarks saying it's a Coffee Prince rip-off when it has nothing to do with it (or at least not that we can gather from the premise).
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5 Law
April 15, 2010 at 5:18 AM
Looking forward to watching Ji Hwan in a new drama!
But i preferred the old title...
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6 hjkomo
April 15, 2010 at 5:22 AM
Page One was a better title, but...really...do I care? HELLZ NO!
KANG! JI! HWAN!
Echoing JB - EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D
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7 janna
April 15, 2010 at 5:45 AM
The name is lame. Everyone knows bestselling writers drink Slurpees.
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8 ernie
April 15, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Lmao. I cracked up for some reason when I saw Eun Jung's last name, Ham. I have no idea why. x]
But yay for Kang Ji Hwan! I love him. (:
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9 xiahkixiri
April 15, 2010 at 6:19 AM
lol @ ernie, ikr. :p
ia, the old name was better. full house + coppee prince? they should have let it make it's own mark. still, who care about ANY of this, 16+ HOURS OF KANG JI HWAN YEAH BABY!!!!!!! <333 idk if i can imagine good chemistry between him and park shi yeon, but since i haven't seen her in anything since my girl yet and the consensus is she's much improved, i'll remain optimistic.
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10 deannadsc
April 15, 2010 at 8:02 AM
@ last...a drama w/ one of my favorite KActors!!! I've sorely MISSED Kang Ji Hwan...so I've re-watched "7th Grade servant" or "My gf is an Agent" 3 times to quench my thirst for KJH!!!
...looking forward to Page One..no matter how many times they change the title!!!
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11 ockoala
April 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM
When I saw the title "Coffee House", I immediately flash to an association with "Coffee Prince" and not an association with "Full House".
I think the word Coffee in the title of any drama is bound to evoke instant CP recognition, CP has jacked the word Coffee for the foreseeable future in any drama title, heh.
Excited to see KJH back on the small screen, HGD feels like so long ago.
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12 Carinne
April 15, 2010 at 2:14 PM
@ 7 janna
The name is lame. Everyone knows bestselling writers drink Slurpees.
LOL. I thought bestselling writers are too frugal to afford slurpees, instead drink a multipurpose beverage like water and use what's left to cook ramyun.
Whatever the title is I am truly glad to see KJH doing his best work... that is acting again.
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13 jinkzz
April 15, 2010 at 2:45 PM
thanks for the news translation...don't really care what the title is going to be as long as Ji hwan is in it...missed him so very much during his 25-month absence from the small screen.
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14 pabo ceo reom
April 15, 2010 at 6:38 PM
How common is the last name.....Ham in Korean? Hmm...
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15 cingdoc
April 15, 2010 at 7:26 PM
@ockoala
I was thinking the exact same thing...I thought it was JB renaming her Home Page since my first encounter with this site was...Coffee Prince...
BTW,what this world coming to...I'm here before Sam...Soo...Ki...JB must be jamming his radar,hehe ;)
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16 sly
April 15, 2010 at 8:14 PM
how come Kang Ji-hwan looks like Kim Ha-neul in this pic... are they still together?... ;p
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17 chajjye
April 15, 2010 at 10:25 PM
OOh. Ooh. Ooh.
:D
Wow. After Siwon goodness, it's KJH better-ness. (I think JB would say 'greatness')
Nice.
Page One was a nicer name. More poetic. Heee...word, JB. PD-nim, please direct in the way of Insoon Is Pretty (I like the direction more than Full House direction)...
Sigh. There goes my drama list. I'm still pending Cinderella Sister and Personal Taste and and and...
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18 Sophia
April 17, 2010 at 5:50 AM
finally again Kang Ji hwan ^^
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19 aprilborn
April 19, 2010 at 2:01 PM
You are so right =Page One title is appropriate to the storyline
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