News bites: August 13, 2022

25 August 13, 2022

by tccolb

New character posters and a video teaser have dropped for tvN’s Blind, giving us our first look at the growing strife between brothers Taecyeon (Secret Royal Inspector and Joy) and Ha Suk-jin (A DeadbEAT’s Meal), while Jung Eun-ji (Work Later, Drink Now) wonders who to trust. The crime-thriller will be coming to our screens next month on September 16. [News1, Newsen]

Wavve’s upcoming Critical X released their first batch of promos, including the first teaser. Premiering next month on September 2, the comedy stars Kwon Sang-woo (Fly Dragon), Im Se-mi (True Beauty), Sung Dong-il (If You Wish Upon Me), Park Jin-ju (If You Wish Upon Me), Shin Hyun-soo (Bossam: Steal the Fate), and Lee Yi-kyung (Secret Royal Investigator). (Yay for a Woohoo Waikiki 2 reunion!) Kim Jung-hoon (The Pirates: The Last Royal Treasure) is attached to direct with writing by Kwak Kyung-yoon. [News1]

Han Hyo-joo (Happiness) is up to join Joo Ji-hoon (Jirisan) in Dominant Species (roughly translated), the newest drama by the Forest of Secrets series writer Lee Soo-yeon (Grid). Discussions are currently ongoing for the sci-fi to release on an international online platform with filming slated to begin this October. [JTBC]
As we (sadly) head into finale week for ENA’s Extraordinary Attorney Woo, the next and final cameo appearance will be made by Kim Joo-hun (Big Mouth) in episodes 15 and 16. Kim previously worked with the show’s PD on Romantic Doctor Teacher Kim 2. I beseech thee, drama deities, may our whale couple live happily ever after forever and more. [Dispatch]

The characters of Coupang Play’s Unicorn have been featured in new posters and a teaser. Starring Shin Ha-kyun (Beyond Evil), Won Jin-ah (Hellbound), Lee Yoo-jin (Idol: The Coup), and Kim Young-ah (Remarriage & Desires), the sitcom will be airing Fridays starting this month on August 26. [My Daily]
Coupang Play is creating a new spin-off called Returning Student: A in School But F in Love (roughly translated), continuing the campus romance from SNL Korea’s well-loved sketch, “Returning Student, Class of 2020.” Kwon Hyuk-soo (Come Here and Hug Me), Joo Hyun-young (Extraordinary Attorney Woo), and Kim Won-hoon (SNL Korea) will be reprising their roles. Newly joining the series is rookie Im So-yoon as well as comedy veterans Kim Min-kyo (So I Married an Anti-fan) and Jung Yi-rang (Hello? It’s Me!). With production led by the SNL Korea team, the comedy will be launching on August 20. [Star News]

The first script reading stills have come for KBS’s next weekender Three Brave Siblings (roughly translated). The ensemble cast includes: Lee Hana (Voice 4), Im Joo-hwan (The Spies Who Loved Me), Kim Seung-soo (Show Window: The Queen’s House), Wang Bit-na (River Where the Moon Rises), Lee Tae-sung (Ghost Doctor), Kim So-eun (Lonely Enough to Love), and Lee Yoo-jin (Unicorn) among others. Following It’s Beautiful Now this coming September, Kim In-young is penning the scripts with PD Park Man-young (Manhole) at the helm. [News1]

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1 ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 13, 2022 at 5:17 PM

1. I’m sorry, but the poses made me burst out laughing. Why are they posing as if this is a magazine cover instead of a crime thriller?

2. Why have I never heard of this until now? ISTG there are too many platforms nowadays.

3. PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD let the “international online platform” be Netflix. Anything is better than the slow, agonizing torture of Grid on Disney+. Also, incredible casting.

4. It’s a kdrama, it’d be more shocking if our whale couple didn’t end up together. As for Kim Joo-hun, I mostly remember him from It’s Okay to Not Be Okay and I do remember liking him alright.

5. Excited! Both Shin Ha-kyun and Won Jin-ah are faves of mine.

6. Nothing project I had no idea was a thing. However, after Extraordinary Attorney Woo, I will watch Joo Hyun-young in anything and everything. That woman is a true talent and star in the making.

7. Im Joo-hwan finally as the male lead, LETS GOOOOOOO.

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bang sung hoon

August 13, 2022 at 5:38 PM

fyi, im joo hwan already cast as the male lead before, at "bravo my live (sbs monday-friday daily drama)" partnering with kang so ra

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Midnight

August 14, 2022 at 1:09 AM

He was also the lead in What's Up, and another older weekender

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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 14, 2022 at 12:25 PM

Thanks for informing me! *Adds more long weekenders to my every-growing drama list*

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@ladynightshade: I’ve become a bit obsessed with these first script reading stills! We are mostly back to mask-wearing but I wonder what’s the deal with the three outliers? If I were in that room, I would be pissed off if any of these 3 had haddodgy neg test results and ended up infecting a whole bunch of others.

Also, I’m with you on Joo Hyunyoung even if in ep 14, they should have toned down some of her character’s zaniness as it became a caricature.

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Midnight

August 14, 2022 at 1:11 AM

They are masked in thd group photo. Maybe they took them off when it was their turn to read their lines?

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DancingEmma

August 14, 2022 at 1:37 AM

@midnight: Huh! You’re right. I didn’t bother with the team photo. I wonder why they chose the unmasked pics to include though?

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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 14, 2022 at 12:29 PM

It might’ve just been a matter of bad timing and only capturing them during their line readings. Or maybe I’m just giving them too much credit. I still think taking off their masks in such a crowded environment is risky. I know speaking with a mask on can distort your voice, especially in such a large room with so many people, but still.

parkchuna 🍉

August 14, 2022 at 4:03 AM

Excuse me, are you laughing at my Taec’s photo? Everyone knows that the teaser to actual drama relativity is 50% accurate at best. Sometimes not even..hehe..show what sells!

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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 14, 2022 at 12:31 PM

Hey, I only said I laughed, not that it didn’t sell the show 😂. Although I’m of the opinion that they should’ve given him a better haircut to sell the show even more. I know he’s handsome enough to rock anything, but that doesn’t mean he should be stuck with that.

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parkchuna 🍉

August 14, 2022 at 5:47 PM

That is my eternal woe with Taec’s hair in dramas! I don’t know how, but they manage to give him bad hair in Every.Single.Drama of his 😩

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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 14, 2022 at 11:45 PM

I still haven’t forgotten or forgiven how they did him dirty in Vincenzo. His hair there was just tragic.

2 Kafiyah Bello

August 13, 2022 at 7:24 PM

I am wary of watching Dominant Species because the writer's first foray into sci-fi was not good, however I will watch because Forest of Secrets is the Platinum VVVVVIP standard for kdramas, lol.

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3 LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death

August 13, 2022 at 7:45 PM

Petition to get Lee Soo-yeon to stop writing scifi and get back to writing Forest of Secrets 3. And I say that as a scifi fan who's generally Team Korean Scifi.

What do we want?
Forest of Secrets 3!
When do we want it?
...Mid 2023 probably

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Midnight

August 14, 2022 at 1:13 AM

Please don't encourage multi-season kdramas... Also season 2 wasn't as good as season one, so it is possibly downhill from here?

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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death

August 14, 2022 at 1:30 AM

I agree in general (multi-season not what I signed up for) but not in specifics.
I loved season 2 even more than season 1 - but as an extension and culmination of it. If there is going to be any season 3 of a kdrama I want it to be this one.

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Kurama

August 14, 2022 at 1:38 AM

I prefered the second season too. It was more realistic. The story was very simple but the investigation was really interesting.

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bong-soo

August 14, 2022 at 7:04 AM

I really enjoyed FOS 2 also especially the Lee Joon-hyuk (1984) arc.

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gadis

August 14, 2022 at 3:03 AM

Joining you on the petition. If there was a drama that deserved to have multiple seasons, it would be FoS.

Though I'm going to be the odd person out when it comes to Lee Soo-yeon's experimentation on the sci-fi genre. Apparently my nerdy brain has decided to love Grid because of all its unusual narrative style.

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I ♥️ bad dramas

August 14, 2022 at 9:53 AM

Me too, I loved Grid's narrative style

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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death

August 14, 2022 at 12:19 PM

Oh I have no problem with her writing scifi, it's just interfering with her FoS writing.
I'll be writing a whole thing on Grid... at some point... getting around to it any minute now...

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ladynightshade wants her own ryu sunjae

August 14, 2022 at 12:24 PM

I’m with you here. If there should be any drama with three seasons, it has to be Forest of Secrets. Although I don’t want her to stop writing sci-fi because someone has to.

~~And maybe Kingdom but I’ve lost all faith we’re ever getting that.~~

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LT is Irresistibly Indifferent and reminded of the slow march of death

August 14, 2022 at 12:46 PM

I'm trying not to want Kingdom Season 3 as well.
I want Kingdom Season 3.

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4 bong-soo

August 14, 2022 at 7:11 AM

Daily I check Viki US’s “Coming Soon” list to see if Taec’s BLIND from tvN has appeared. As of today, not yet. Viki carried his SRI&J (2021) from tvN so I am hoping BLIND will also be picked up by Viki.