News bites: January 15, 2022

35 January 15, 2022January 15, 2022

by tccolb

Anupam Tripathi, Oh Young-soo

Congratulations to our gganbu Oh Young-soo (Squid Game) who won a Golden Globe this past week for Best Supporting Actor, Television! Squid Game has celebrated a few wins already last year (Gotham Awards, HMMA, AFI Awards, and People’s Choice Awards) and the excitement is high for the recently announced nominations in both the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Critics’ Choice Television Awards. [Xports News, Yonhap News, YTN]

New Netflix series Goodbye Earth (a.k.a. The Fool at the End of the World) announced their main lineup: Yoo Ah-in (Hellbound), Ahn Eun-jin (The One and Only), Jeon Sung-woo (Homemade Love Story), and Kim Yoon-hye (Vincenzo). Directed by Kim Jin-min (My Name, Extracurricular) with scripts penned by Jung Sung-joo (Heard It Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair), the sci-fi drama explores what happens when an asteroid is about to bring apocalypse to Earth in 200 days. [10 Asia]

Ahn Eun-jin, Yoo Ah-in, Jeon Sung-woo, Kim Yoon-hye

After offers were made last summer, Kim Woo-bin (Uncontrollably Fond) and Esom (Taxi Driver) have confirmed Netflix drama Black Knight with Kang Yoo-seok (Extracurricular) also joining the cast. Production will be led by film director Jo Eui-seok (Golden Slumber). [MBC]
Actor Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game) joins Kang Haneul and Lee Yoo-young in JTBC’s new action-suspense drama Insider. Directed by PD Min Young-hong (Missing: The Other Side) and written by Moon Man-se (Priest), the story is about an undercover operation that goes awry.
tvN’s new revenge melodrama Eve will be starring actors Lee Sang-yub (On the Verge of Insanity) and Seo Ye-ji (It’s Okay to Not Be Okay). Currently being planned to air towards the end of 2022, PD Park Bong-seop is attached to direct. [YTN]
Yook Sung-jae (Mystic Pop-up Bar) and Jung Chae-yeon (The King’s Affection) are being paired in a new webtoon adaptation on MBC called Golden Spoon. An adventure tale about two friends who swap destinies, the drama is currently in the planning stages. [Newsen]
Im Shi-wan (Tracer) and Seolhyun (Awaken) have both been offered parts in Summer Strike (working title), a new drama by Coffee Prince director Lee Yoon-jung. The story will be based on a popular webtoon called I Don’t Want To Do Anything. [Sports Chosun]
Following a successful first season, Sweet Home 2 is well underway and actor Oh Jung-se (Uncle) is considering an offer to join the cast in the new second season. [JTBC]
Channel S has a new talk show called Attack on Grandma premiering January 25, hosted by veteran actors Kim Young-ok (Jirisan, Squid Game), Na Mun-hee (Navillera), and Park Jung-soo (Mother of Mine). (Side note: I love Kim Young-ok’s adorable look with the green beanie!) [Newsen]

Park Jung-soo, Kim Young-ok, Na Moon-hee

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1 bbstl 🧹

January 15, 2022 at 6:46 PM

Oh I so hope the Grannies will be subtitled by someone 🤞🏼

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mugyuljoie is preciousss

January 15, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Great minds think alike. This looks fun.

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mmmmm

January 15, 2022 at 11:18 PM

Are you a granny Mugy?

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mugyuljoie is preciousss

January 16, 2022 at 1:57 AM

NO! 😂 I just find them entertaining.

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2 parkchuna 🍉

January 15, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Revenge Melodrama..will Lee Sang Yub ever star in a drama i’d actually like to watch?

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3 Jezz

January 15, 2022 at 10:53 PM

I wanted to keep News Bites a regular weekly Dramabeans section and I wanted to thanks to @tccolb for keeping the spirit on not only on News Bites, but on Dramabeans itself!

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tccolb

January 17, 2022 at 11:30 AM

It was ordered from above hehe, so thank you to @missvictrix! :)

But I am having a lot of fun with them and I very much appreciate our DB community's support! It really means a lot! :)

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4 mmmmm

January 15, 2022 at 11:20 PM

I like the drama choices of Im Si-wan. I enjoyed Misaeng a lot and now also the rewatch of Run On. I might look forward to watching Tracer, and also this one if he happens to take the offer.

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mugyuljoie is preciousss

January 16, 2022 at 1:58 AM

I wish someone would sub Tracer.

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drawde2000

January 16, 2022 at 4:58 AM

Did you enjoy him in Reply 1997 as well?

Same sentiments about his drama choices.

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mmmmm

January 16, 2022 at 7:49 AM

I only watched 4 eps of Reply 1988 and stopped because I wasn’t really in the mood for it. Apart from that one, I haven’t watched any Reply series.

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bomibeans

January 16, 2022 at 7:57 PM

Absolutely, 100% agree. I tend to check all dramas of actors who have a tendency (or their own smarts...or agent's) to choose good scripts. Im Si-wan is one of them.

Conversely (and unfortunately), I tend to be skeptical about actors who consistently choose train wrecks.

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5 miso

January 16, 2022 at 1:15 AM

It'll be so good to see Kim Woo-bin on screen again! Also looking forward to the Kang Ha-neul and Lee Yoo-young show - both generally make good show choices.

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6 TeaTimeandCrime

January 16, 2022 at 1:25 AM

I didn't even realise that Sweet Home was getting a second season this is awesome!

Also excited for Goodbye Earth, I'm loving SK's foray into sci-fi, the genre can never be too saturated imo - keep them coming!

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7 Kafiyah Bello

January 16, 2022 at 4:25 AM

I was iffy on Goodbye Earth, but the writer is excellent, so will check it out.

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drawde2000

January 16, 2022 at 4:55 AM

I did wonder at first why Yoo Ah In would pick this. It makes sense now.

Who comes up with the English title? It's so bad.

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Kafiyah Bello

January 16, 2022 at 1:19 PM

lol, it really is.

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Fly Colours

January 16, 2022 at 1:19 PM

So... Is Goodbye Earth the kdrama answer to Don't look up?

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Kafiyah Bello

January 16, 2022 at 1:21 PM

I don't know, but Don't look up is satire, I don't think Goodbye Earth is. I think it is just plain old sci fi.

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Fly Colours

January 16, 2022 at 1:29 PM

Right, this seems to have a totally different vibe:

https://mydramalist.com/article/netflix-original-series-goodbye-earth-reveals-the-confirmed-main-casts

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Jance

January 17, 2022 at 8:48 AM

My first thought as well. “Are they passing this off as an original idea?!”
There’s room for it to be very melo…

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FlyingTool

January 17, 2022 at 11:31 AM

So, what would qualify as a good/great ending, given the Earth (and human life) is doomed? I was ok with “ Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” … wonder what direction this team will go?

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8 miss h

January 16, 2022 at 8:51 AM

I'm generally happy about all these castings, except for Goodbye Earth.

It will be good to have both Kim Woo-bin and Kang Haneul back in dramaland.

Oh Jung-se is great. I would be happy if he joins Sweet Home 2, but to me, the women were the standouts in Season 1, and there has been no news about any of them returning.

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9 yayabean

January 16, 2022 at 10:46 AM

Love this segment! Beats reading the NY Times.

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OMG, writer Jung Sung-Joo is back? Yay! (Heard it Through the Grapevine, Secret Love Affair, A Wife's Credentials, etc.). I'm a little sad that PD Ahn Pan Seok is not headlining this, but I love PD. Kim Jin-min is also a favorite.
Now that's a reunion between writer Jung and YAI. "Goodbye Earth" is now my most anticipated.
What the heck, JTBC? This could have been an excellent drama for you.

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bomibeans

January 16, 2022 at 8:05 PM

I honestly cannot imagine the writernim of such satires (and moving love stories) as HTTG and SLA to take a stab at sci-fi, so I'm definitely intrigued. It's also my most anticipated now, yay!

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kiara

January 16, 2022 at 8:29 PM

She hasn’t done a drama in 7 years, this better be good. 😆
I’m also waiting for writer Park Kyung-soo to come out of hibernation.

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bomibeans

January 17, 2022 at 10:38 AM

lol, maybe that's why they "hibernate" for so long -- they actually care about crafting a good script that we all can enjoy. I love the work of Park Kyung-soo too!

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FlyingTool

January 17, 2022 at 11:38 AM

This kind of sci-if is simpler in the sense the sci-fi part sets up the conditions for the drama, and that’s about it. The rest is human drama with no sci-fi. Will it be satire? A farce? Slice of life? I admit to being curious.

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kiara

January 17, 2022 at 2:48 PM

Either one would be fine with me :). Satire is her bread and butter.

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FlyingTool

January 17, 2022 at 5:40 PM

A satirical look at human behavior as the world ends … ok. I’ll have to take a look.

11 bomibeans

January 16, 2022 at 7:51 PM

OMG, the writer of Secret Love Affair is having a new drama? I'm watching 100% (but given so many "good writer" disappointments as of late, cough*Jirisan*cough, by "watching" I mean I will definitely give it 3-4 episode chance to woo me in but no more.)

Love these news bites! I'm glad they are back!

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12 immawish

January 16, 2022 at 7:58 PM

Has always LOVED the News Bites format 💜 thank yoi dramabeans

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missvictrix

January 17, 2022 at 9:43 AM

Me too! ENJOY <3

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