Sung Joon graduates high school, heads to Pluto
by javabeans
Given how Sung Joon injected a high school rock band drama Shut Up: Flower Boy Band) with surprising intensity, I’m expecting that and more for his next project, a murder mystery movie titled Pluto.
The project is set at a prestigious private university and purports to shine a light on the social problem of Korea’s college entrance exam madness, “as well as showing how people are destroyed by it.” Sounds intriguing, if terribly vague, since I’m left wondering exactly HOW. Are students murdering everyone who tested ahead of them on the exams? Or maybe it’s about “test moms” who give their kids a little murderous hand by offing the competition. Or maybe it’s an overextended metaphor about how the rejected students are cast out of their academic galaxies, stripped of their status, never to be called a planet again.
(Hey, it’s your fault for giving me nothing to work with, Pluto. The questions will ask themselves.)
The film will begin filming this month with Kim Kkot-bi (Ashamed, Ghost).
Via Sports Chosun
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1 petirrojo
June 4, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Bless you for that lovely photo! I'm looking forward to seeing a lot more of this lanky charmer.
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ishi
June 4, 2012 at 2:36 PM
'lanky charmer' :D
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nova611
June 5, 2012 at 4:04 AM
O.M.G love da pic
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2 Pepper Fish
June 4, 2012 at 1:21 PM
So it's set at the university? Does it focus on the post-exam students? Or do the high school students take the exams at on the university campuses?
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3 LeiDiAngelo
June 4, 2012 at 1:25 PM
somehow reminds me of his role in White Christmas ... looking forward to it !
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news
June 5, 2012 at 8:29 PM
*SPOILER*
Hey,
So glad that some people have seen White Christmas. I just finished watching it and wanted to hear your thoughts about the ending. I don't know if it was the subtitles, but Yoon Soo's story wasn't very clear to me. I also didn't understand how what Yo Han said to him over the phone would unleash the monster within him to commit murder?
Thanks!
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4 Iviih
June 4, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Oooooooooooooooooooh Ji Hyuk-ah!
lol he always play a student, be it in White C. or SUFBB now this movie...
I'll watch this.
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5 tessieroo
June 4, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Maybe it's about him time-traveling to the future where exams are given based on who your reincarnation is? Or he has 3 goofy-side kicks to steal the exam answers for him? Or he sells his parents heirlooms to stay in the future so he can take the exam? Or the exam answers are hidden in red phone booths?
Wait....
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come2noona
June 4, 2012 at 2:59 PM
Good one!
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6 MsB
June 4, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Me too! Loved SUFBB! And loved his voice!
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7 jyyjc
June 4, 2012 at 1:55 PM
"Or maybe it’s an overextended metaphor about how the rejected students are cast out of their academic galaxies, stripped of their status, never to be called a planet again. "
Pfft.
In other words, ugh why's his next project gotta be a movie? Movies don't have easy access like dramas. Sigh.
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8 Hanna
June 4, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Which means it'll be forever until it can be seen :( oh well at least I can look forward to more sung joon!
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9 hpn88
June 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM
...and then he comes back to dramaland?
I hope he comes back soon :)
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10 Lena S.
June 4, 2012 at 2:21 PM
i don't know what this drama is about but i can not wait to watch Sung Joon again on my screen :P
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Lena S.
June 4, 2012 at 2:22 PM
wow i just saw that he's born in 1990, i guess i'll just like him as an actor lol, no drolling from me.
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Em
June 4, 2012 at 2:30 PM
haha, same. I somehow feel dirty for swooning as I am born in 1984.
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Lena S.
June 4, 2012 at 4:00 PM
lol i know i'm from 1985 and i just feel weird.
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JoJo
June 4, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Know what you mean, I draw the line at 24.
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Lena S.
June 4, 2012 at 4:01 PM
haha me too and i'm 26.
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~Feather~
June 4, 2012 at 10:10 PM
Haha!
I'm still ok. I don't have an official noona status yet (for an actor), since I have yet to turn 18.
I find it interesting how there is the thought that it's bad to like someone a few years younger than you, but it's fine if it's someone significantly older.
In my opinion, as long as you're legal, everything goes.
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Noelle
June 4, 2012 at 10:54 PM
What!? I was born 1990 too! WOOOOOT
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Lord of the Things
June 6, 2012 at 3:57 AM
Me too! I am so happy~ hahaha we are the *Legit* Dirty Thoughts of Sung Joon Club
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Lord of the Things
June 6, 2012 at 3:58 AM
all though, I don't think all the Noona's out there should feel bad, I mean the boy is really an adult =p
MsB
June 5, 2012 at 8:25 AM
I know, same age as my daughter :-D
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11 Noelle
June 4, 2012 at 2:26 PM
Happy for Sung Joon but I really want to see him in another drama ASAP.
Bring on the Pluto jokes!
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12 alua
June 4, 2012 at 2:39 PM
Not a murder mystery fan, but depending on how this plays out exactly I might be able to watch this without having nightmares.
Certainly keen on seeing Sung Joon in another role.
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13 alice20
June 4, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Oh my... That picture.....
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14 whimsyful
June 4, 2012 at 2:55 PM
YESSS I love murder mysteries. Mystery + exclusive education + Sung Joon? This is giving me White Christmas flashbacks. Hopefully this'll be just as awesome.
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15 come2noona
June 4, 2012 at 3:05 PM
ICOMYM roll call! You know who you are!
Actually, for me, it would be ICOMMMMMMMMMMYM.
Good Lord, is that pic too much or what? My old heart can't take all of the hotness!
*scrolls back up*
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16 Min
June 4, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Wasn't he doing a drama called Wetlands Ecology about 4 friends in an apartment or was that big fat lie? :( I mean they already had a director and writer
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17 giggitygiggitygiggity
June 4, 2012 at 3:43 PM
I love Sung Joon so much! He is just so attractive! And although Lie to Me was not the best drama, I thought he was pretty decent in it! but anyway, I can't wait to see him in more dramas.
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MsB
June 5, 2012 at 8:26 AM
Why is it I don't remember him in it? Not that I plan on watching it again :-D
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18 Ani
June 4, 2012 at 4:02 PM
Or maybe it’s an overextended metaphor about how the rejected students are cast out of their academic galaxies, stripped of their status, never to be called a planet again.
You know what? I still think of Pluto as a Planet on a subconscious level because, well dude, it was hammered into our brains for so long that this here galaxy has nine planets that to think of Pluto as a dwarf-planet just seems weird. Uh, hello? What does that do to poor Sailor Pluto of the Sailor Scouts of the Sailor Moon franchise? Blasphemy I say! XD
Anyways, I will just wait for more news on this movie.
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Ondubu
June 10, 2012 at 12:57 AM
LOL your Sailor Moon comment. Never thought about that.. Hmmm
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19 canxi
June 4, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Ahhh his second movie! But I still haven't seen his first one! In that one he's also in a band (like SUFBB) except this band sucks bahahhahaa.
But, sweet! I'll be looking forward to it since he's a very talented actor. Thank you random agent who found him. Bless your soul.
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20 JD
June 4, 2012 at 4:26 PM
I fucking love the title of this post.
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ladida
June 4, 2012 at 6:17 PM
Haha, I read the title and was immediately like, "WHAT?!?!?! How old is this person I've been crushing on? I thought he was in his 20s???" Good to know I'm still safe.
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21 shl71
June 4, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Oooo, thank you! I've been wondering what he's been doing since SUFBB ended.
I read somewhere that he's in a movie due to be released in July, with the actor who played Bong-gu from K2H, called 'Dangerously Excited'. Any news on that?
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22 denise31
June 4, 2012 at 7:05 PM
man... the role reminds me of how much I love Sung Joon in White Christmas. =)
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23 Carinne
June 4, 2012 at 7:07 PM
I miss his deep voice. *shivers*
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24 haj
June 4, 2012 at 7:35 PM
Pluto's not his next project, but his next next one. He has a movie between now and Pluto coming out. In Korean it's 나는 공무원이다, but I believe you called it "Dangerous Thrill" last time you wrote about it here on Dramabeans. Dangerous Thrill stars Yoon Je Moon from The King (Bong gu) as a civil servant and Sung Joon as a wanna be indie rocker.
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canxi
June 4, 2012 at 10:02 PM
No, this movie is his next project. The movie you're talking about came out last year at the Busan international Festival but it'll be in theaters in July.
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haj
June 5, 2012 at 12:02 AM
Oh, I was referring to "next" in order of release rather than production.
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25 bigwink
June 4, 2012 at 7:54 PM
Was taken aback by the title! Lol
If sung joon really just graduated from high school.. I guess I'll stop eating fast food
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