News bites: June 4, 2022

17 June 4, 2022June 4, 2022

by tccolb

We finally get an air date for Coupang Play’s Anna along with a new poster of our heroine Suzy (Start-Up). Also starring Jung Eun-chae (Pachinko), Kim Joon-han (Hospital Playlist), and Park Ye-young (Inspector Koo), an impressive teaser came out this week as well. Written and directed by Lee Joo-young, the premiere is set for June 24. [MBC (1), (2)]

Yeon Woo-jin (Thirty-Nine) is on the casting table along with Park Bo-young (Doom at Your Service) and Lee Jung-eun (Our Blues) to star in a Netflix drama called Morning Comes to Psychiatric Wards Too. Adapted from Lee Ra-ha’s webtoon by the same title, PD Lee Jae-kyu (All of Us Are Dead) is attached to direct. [SpoTV News]
Speaking of Netflix, D.P. will be returning soon with season 2. PD Han Joon-hee remains as the talent behind the camera and much of the main cast will be reprising their roles, including Jung Hae-in (Snowdrop), Gu Kyo-hwan (Monstrous), Kim Sung-kyun (Grid), and Sohn Seok-gu (My Liberation Notes). Newly joining the cast for the second season are Ji Jin-hee (The Road: Tragedy of One) and Kim Ji-hyun (Thirty-Nine). [News1]

Ha Joon (Crazy Love) will be joining D.O. (100 Days My Prince) in the cast of KBS’s upcoming True Sword Battle as a fellow prosecutor. Broadcasting later this year, PD Kim Sung-ho (Move to Heaven) is at the helm with scripts penned by Im Young-bin (Sketch). [My Daily]
In more casting news, DBSK’s Yunho (Meloholic) is in talks for a new office romance called Race alongside Lee Yeon-hee (Welcome to Wedding Hell) and Hong Jong-hyun (My Absolute Boyfriend). The drama is still in the planning stages and will be written by Kim Ru-ri (Hyena). [Sports Chosun]
The hijinks continue in the newest teaser for KBS’s Jinxed at First, with some heavier moments mixed in for our leads Seohyun (Private Lives) and Na In-woo (River Where the Moon Rises). We also get an ominous quick look at Jeon Gwang-ryul (Wind and Cloud and Rain) and Yoon Ji-hye (Navillera). The fantasy romance will be launching mid-month on June 15. [MBC]

Another new teaser dropped for TVING’s Yumi’s Cells 2 as well, featuring more of our animated cells along with this season’s leads Kim Go-eun (The King: Eternal Monarch) and Got7’s Jinyoung (The Devil Judge). The countdown is now at six days until the rom-com’s premiere on June 10. [Osen]
Over on tvN, some new pretty stills were released for Link: Eat, Love, Kill in the last round of promos before the June 6 premiere. Yeo Jin-gu (Beyond Evil) and Moon Ga-young (True Beauty) are looking cute in one of those classic walking-in-the-rain K-drama scenes. But I’m also just wondering where I can buy that umbrella because I’m a sucker for mint-colored things. [Newsis]

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1 bbstl 🧹

June 4, 2022 at 9:39 PM

June 10th ☑️❣️

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DancingEmma

June 6, 2022 at 12:23 PM

@bbstl: Yeah my fellow Beannie! Yippee!

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@bbstl: I was also wishing we could all have a watch party, and drink (am not much of a drinker but would so get on board for this) every time the tteotbokki cell showed up (among other cute cells but keep some of them away from me).

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bbstl 🧹

June 7, 2022 at 1:04 PM

I’m also not much of a drinker but I will toast to you in spirit when the tteokbokki cell shows up!
On a related note, the frozen foods section of Trader Joe’s is now carrying tteokbokki!

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2 jerrykuvira

June 4, 2022 at 11:25 PM

3. I hope Ji Jinhee finds peace and stops running in this one.

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3 miso

June 5, 2022 at 1:47 AM

Really hope the Yeon Woo-jin and Park Bo-young one is good. I like both actors but I rarely like their shows.

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DancingEmma

June 6, 2022 at 12:25 PM

@miso - But I hope you liked “Queen for 7 days”? You guys here introduced me to it and I loved it.

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miso

June 6, 2022 at 1:12 PM

I did! But I've also watched Introverted Boss, Abyss and Doom At Your Service 😭.

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DancingEmma

June 6, 2022 at 1:35 PM

@miso: I could barely tolerate Introverted Boss for 10 minutes and decided to consign it to my own KDrama dustbin of history.

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4 TeaTimeandCrime

June 5, 2022 at 6:45 AM

- I'm so ready for Yumi 2!
- Okay, the teaser for Anna is pretty schmick, this is not usually my kinda genre but I might just have to give this one a red hot go.

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DancingEmma

June 6, 2022 at 12:21 PM

@teatimeandcrime: Your user name (perversely) cheered me up for some reason. Probably because it made laugh. Loved the Aussie vernacular too.

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5 ilovecoffee&rain

June 5, 2022 at 7:44 AM

I wish there were some new drama news about the 'Fiery Priest's' or 'Mr. Sunshine's' writers. I have thoroughly enjoyed their works.

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6 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

June 5, 2022 at 7:56 AM

If anyone wants to read the original webtoon for Morning comes to psychiatric wards too its called Nurse Sheena’s asylum diary and is on Pocket Comic. It took some serious searching to find it as everywhere said it had the same name as the drama but clearly someone called it in and suggested renaming it to something less derogatory😒

Its an unusual drawing style as she has chosen animals to represent all the characters. So far I am a couple of episodes in and it reads ok in terms of sharing info on some of the conditions and impact on the staff, family and the patient stories so it will be interesting to see how it looks when its made. They may do a Good Doctor and have the prejudices shared by a character and someone else give the information to address the discrimination.

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7 Kafiyah Bello

June 5, 2022 at 9:56 AM

I will watch Anna, but im not sure Suzy can do double duty, I have a soft space in my heart for her because I loved Dream High, ha. I am so excited for DP season 2, the first season was so freaking good. I am hoping for good things for Link. Finally, will try Park Bo Young's drama. Yeo Woo Jin does nothing for me.