Fantasy ghostbusting sageuk in the works with Night Watchman
by javabeans
A Joseon Ghostbusters? Pwa! A Joseon Ghostbusters starring flower boys? SOLD. Gimme now, please and thank you.
The Records of a Night Watchman is the name of the drama series, which will be a quirky fantasy-sageuk centered around a foursome of young bodyguards who are part of the palace night watch and protect the king. They patrol after curfew hours and figure out ways of nabbing ghosts on the loose, all while bonding and falling in love and all that good stuff. With Sungkyungkwan Scandal being such a popular hit, I wonder that it took them (them being the Powers That Be in dramaland) to follow it up with another “national youth sageuk,” which is the hope for this new drama.
The four leads will display varied charms, naturally, which is what you get when you dream up an F4 (or H4, or whatever acronym we’re on to now). And as with Sungkyunkwan, we’ll be getting one lady working with (and being loved by?) three men. Among the men you’ve got the cold elite one (of course), one who’s hostile to women, and another who isn’t described but who I’m guessing is the eccentric cute one. Just a hunch, based on every drama ever featuring a quartet of friends.
Writing The Records of a Night Watchman is Yoo Dong-yoon of King and I, Age of Warriors, and King’s Dream (so, no stranger to the world of sageuk), while PD Lee Joo-hwan of Jumong and Shin Don will be directing. Sungkyunkwan Scandal’s production company will be backing the project.
The Records of a Night Watchman is planning for a broadcast in the latter half of the year. I guess I’ll have to put my waiting hat on. And then stomp on it in impatience.
Via Segye
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1 Alinka
April 16, 2014 at 4:08 AM
Be patient.. Be patient.... I CANT *throwing a fit
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2 cbesquared
April 16, 2014 at 4:20 AM
This would be amazing!! But I'm hoping idol companies stay faaaaar faaaar away as possible from this.
Hoping to see Yoo Yeon Suk in this. Pleaaaase baby, please.
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3 nifemi
April 16, 2014 at 4:25 AM
Well this is going to be fun *Rubs hands in glee*
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4 Ethalina
April 16, 2014 at 4:31 AM
Can't wait! But I do wish they develop more interesting characters. Or at least different ones. Surely there are more character stereotypes than cold/bubbly/hostile-to-women ones.
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5 passerby
April 16, 2014 at 4:35 AM
Oohhhh sounds promising! :) But will the heroine be cross dressing? Are there female bodyguards in the joseon era?
I hope it will not be a cross dressing drama though, to set it apart from Sungkyunkwan. I know having the ghost element is different but I hope the writers and the production company will find a way to incorporate the heroine in the story. Perhaps she could be a young shaman working in the palace? Hahaha
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6 malorie
April 16, 2014 at 4:36 AM
Sorry I can't read Hangul but those pix is from SSK Scandal, am I right?
The hangul character seems familiar :-)
Yeah, love the idea.
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7 Lew
April 16, 2014 at 4:47 AM
I'm so looking forward to this like ghostbusting sageuk with flower boys? It can't be any more perfect, could it? Can't wait for the cast to be announced.
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8 redfox
April 16, 2014 at 4:55 AM
Love.
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9 kiwichan
April 16, 2014 at 5:03 AM
sounds interesting! but.....
oh my SKKS feelsssss...I missed them! <3
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10 Chandler
April 16, 2014 at 5:08 AM
Thank you, Dramaland. THIS is what I've been waiting for, and I didn't even know it.
It's funny because I just finished rewatching Sungkyukwan Scandal and found myself wondering why there hadn't been anymore dramas quite like that one, especially when there have been so many successful trends in recent years.
It's also funny because NOW I'm rewatching Arang and the Magistrate as well and found myself longing for more dramas as quirky and whimsical as that one. Now this drama almost seems like combination of the two!!! Both were so good that this has got to be even better right?!
Such a lovely premise! Can't Wait!
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11 sadie
April 16, 2014 at 5:09 AM
oooooooooooh cant wait!
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12 Kiara
April 16, 2014 at 5:41 AM
Whoa, writer of "Age of Warriors" and PD of my favorite sageuk "Shin Don"? I am going to watch the hell out of this. Thank you JB <3.
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13 sukidesu
April 16, 2014 at 5:58 AM
Please dramagods let Kang Ha Neul be the lead! Please, please, please!!! The guy is so talented and he deserves a big break a la SKKS.
and also Yoon Doo Joon, he can be the next Micky Yoochun!
For the female lead, I hope it will also be a relatively new one who's just waiting for her big break. Maybe someone on the level like, let's say Dohee?
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14 Crazyoverkdrama
April 16, 2014 at 5:58 AM
Nice..... hope they guve us the casting soon. The outline alone is interesting. Got to keep tabs on this one.
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15 aida
April 16, 2014 at 6:08 AM
A sageuk AND flower boys?! Oohhhh can't wait :) but why so far away :'(
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16 coby
April 16, 2014 at 6:33 AM
I panicked when I read sageuk and flower boys? It was like "who are the flower boys that they will pick?" that kind of panic!
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17 jully moue
April 16, 2014 at 6:33 AM
because everything is awesome in quartets ... everyone instantly looks more attractive when there're four ...
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18 lalalaove
April 16, 2014 at 6:36 AM
oohh sounds like it's gonna be fun. i can't wait to know who the actors are gonna be (for saqeuk dramas the actors are usually the determining factors if ill watch 'em or not teehee).
i suddenly missed joong ki because of the SKKS references above :(
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19 klir
April 16, 2014 at 6:46 AM
I would love Jung Il Woo, Yoon Shi Yoon and Kim Boom for the guys . And Yoona as the lead girl so i can see Yoon Shi Yoon end up with her the way he didn`t in PMAI.( Yeah i know ,kill me for shipping them.)
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20 magnus
April 16, 2014 at 6:47 AM
Oh I can't wait :D
Hopefully they have it focus heavily on the friendship aspects or at least make the romance more nuanced than "girl and guy whos elite and snooty but grows out of it" because it bores me and in most trendies I don't buy it. At least in SKKS I genuinely felt that they fit together beyond that and helped each other grow.
Hope it's great! Really really hoping because I've been wanting a drama like this again for so long I actually forgot I wanted it.
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21 j2hr
April 16, 2014 at 6:51 AM
Kim Ji Won for the female lead, plz!
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22 kanz
April 16, 2014 at 7:37 AM
SKKS is such a hit and all the main leads become really popular in Korea and international.
Please Kim Woo Bin, please!! I'm dying to see KWB in sageuk. KWB has acting chops, talent, looks, charisma, what doesn't he have?
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23 Lola
April 16, 2014 at 8:06 AM
Since noone has mentioned female leads yet, here my suggestions:
Moon Chae-won
Park Bo-young
Lee Yu-bi
and if it should be an idol Eun-ji
male lead, maybe Joo Won, as well.
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24 chi
April 16, 2014 at 8:21 AM
SKKS had such amazing cinematography and style, I love the logo and the costumes and the light and everything T.T
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25 owl 🦉 🫰
April 16, 2014 at 8:23 AM
♥
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26 Carmelia
April 16, 2014 at 8:27 AM
TQ JB
there are abundant OF young male and female actors to fill-up the roles. All they need is EXPOSURE.
NO IDOLS OR SINGERS PLEASE ! .
WE WANT GENUINE ACTORS !.
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27 JC
April 16, 2014 at 8:32 AM
Ahhhh this is amazing-- sageuk ghost busting featuring flower boys? How could that not be a win. Fingers crossed for them picking pretty boys who can act though, and not just any idol actors!
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28 kooriyuki
April 16, 2014 at 8:41 AM
Can we request for Kim Woo Bin to be part of the gang? And maybe some of the other White Christmas alumni too?
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29 NahlaJW
April 16, 2014 at 8:46 AM
how about Yang Jin Sung for the heroine ??? she did great in BoTC
I'd really like to see her in another great project :)
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30 Langit13iru
April 16, 2014 at 8:50 AM
I want Yeon Jun Suk, Kim Yoo Jung, Yoon Bak, Choi Woo Shik and of course Yeo Jin Goo...
Hopefully will be air in KBS or SBS.
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31 Mandy
April 16, 2014 at 9:23 AM
As much as I liked SSK, I never got obsessed with it. I remember even forgetting it aired until a few days later. Also... the ratings weren't good at all, so I'm not shocked there weren't other dramas inspired from it.
Having said that, I'm excited for this (and the vampire one too!) It should be fun, if done well, and as long as they don't cast someone named Suzy, Han Ga-in or Shin Se-kyung, I'll probably watch it. They're some of the free actresses right now, but I'm running very far from that radius.
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32 Sophia
April 16, 2014 at 9:27 AM
They should call them J4 for Joseon 4
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33 conan
April 16, 2014 at 9:27 AM
"...another who isn’t described but who I’m guessing is the eccentric cute one. Just a hunch, based on every drama ever featuring a quartet of friends."
Totally had me cracking up on that.
And why yes, I will be looking forward to this. Dramaland, go find me a handful of hotties please and thank you.
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34 Laila
April 16, 2014 at 9:44 AM
Comes from the same production team as SKKS? I'm anticipating this...
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35 CaroleMcDonnell
April 16, 2014 at 10:53 AM
wow!!! Waiting!!!!
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36 AJ
April 16, 2014 at 11:15 AM
I saw some suggesting Yoon Shi Yoon! Me too, I'd love to see him in a sageuk before his enlistment.
Too bad, Yoo Seung Ho is military or else, he's a perfect fit imo.
My other choices are Shin Won Ho, Kim Bum and Jung II Woo.
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37 jubilantia
April 16, 2014 at 12:25 PM
This sounds awesome, and the ties to Sungkyunkwan don't hurt either. That one dropped the ball at the end, a bit, but for the most part it was great. Hopefully this one is just as much fun, with high enough stakes to take it beyond mere fluff.
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38 Nessie
April 16, 2014 at 1:49 PM
This is like a manga/manwha fangirl dream come true! I can just see all the bromance happening, all the confusion and OH ALL THE DELICACIES I WILL BE CONSUMING WITH MY EYES.
It will be glorious.
Well as long as they get decent actors.
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39 Miloplease
April 16, 2014 at 3:03 PM
I like that SKKS was not a major hit but it was so popular that it helped all the actors gain footing. So here's my list of actors whom I'd want to have this chance.
Wishlist:
Sohn Ho Joon
Yeo Jin Gu
Park Min Woo
Min hyuk from cnblue
Jun hyung from beast
Hoya from infinite
Eum Ji Won
Seo Joon-young
Kim Young Kwang
Ha Yeon-soo is pretty and adorable, just like Park Min Young. I don't think they're great actresses, but I like their charm.
Jung Eun Ji cus I want to see her in another hit. She has both charm and acting chops.
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40 byuldreamer
April 16, 2014 at 3:11 PM
HURRY. HURRY. HURRY!! I WANNNT! Omgsh this is just awesome news. the best after Your All Surrounded and Flower Grandpa Investigation Unit. total daebak.
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41 derp
April 16, 2014 at 5:08 PM
so can we have the 1993'er gang?
Lee Min ho, Lee Hyun Woo and Noh Young Hak..
take note, they've been playing sageuk type roles ever since..and i've been dying to see them in one drama..
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so can we avoid having an idol on this one..
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42 ju
April 17, 2014 at 6:28 AM
Let's hope for a good choice of actors ^^
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43 goldeng
April 17, 2014 at 5:16 PM
I wonder if Lee min Ho and choi woo shik would like to play Joseon flower boys again?? I know id like that!!
Talking about flower boys, anyone knows if tvN is playing another flower boy drama?!!
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44 SD
April 17, 2014 at 6:23 PM
I'd like to see Kim So Eun in this. Most of her dramas have been misses and I just don't want to see her in a dragging weekend drama with an ahjussi. I'd like to see her in something youthful please. She should do it now that she's still young enough.
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45 Nanako
April 18, 2014 at 1:42 AM
Ok, I'll throw in some names I don't mind too:
Lee Hyun Woo
Lee Min Ho (1993) - think he looks better in a sageuk
Yim Shi Wan (Zea)
Park Hae Jin
Lee Jung Shin (cnblue)
Ultimate flower boy Lee Jong Suk should be left out because his screen time shouldn't be divided by others. Ditto Kim Woo Bin.
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46 Nanako
April 18, 2014 at 1:46 AM
oh, oh, and Shin Won Ho too since BIG did that terrible job of wasting him and I thought he was not bad. Too bad he has not been in a drama for awhile now. His voice is suitable as an actor and he is definitely a flower boy!
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47 Nanako
April 18, 2014 at 1:50 AM
And I don't really care about the girls. This is a flower boy show, right? Just cast some girls as the ghosts. I'm sure they can have a loveline develop from there. Would be more interesting than another 3 boys + 1 fake boy story.
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48 me
April 19, 2014 at 10:00 PM
hopefully kim so eun as female lead for this drama.
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