News bites: October 8, 2024
by tccolb
Lee Je-hoon, Pyo Ye-jin, Kim Eui-sung
- Greasing the wheels for SBS’s Taxi Driver to return to our screens with Season 3, our vigilante hero Lee Je-hoon (Chief Detective 1958) has reportedly signed on, while Pyo Ye-jin (Dreaming of a Freaking Fairy Tale) and Kim Eui-sung (Black Knight) are reviewing their offers favorably. Production for the crime-action’s new season is currently in the planning stages. [Osen, Sports Seoul]
- As preparations continue for The Queen Who Crowns (previously Won-kyung), the sageuk has reportedly made plans to air a TV-friendly version on tvN, while simultaneously streaming a different edit (potentially rated age 19+) on TVING. Two bonus prequel episodes will be exclusive to TVING as well, but we’ll have to wait and see how this applies to international audiences. [iZE, Newsen]
- In the meantime, Channel A’s upcoming Marry YOU introduces the cast in new character posters, with curly locks Lee Yi-kyung (Marry My Husband) headlining the comedy romance. Also starring Jo Soo-min (Penthouse 2), iKON’s Ju-ne (a.k.a. Gu Jun-hoe) (Twinkling Watermelon), and Ji Yi-soo (Sponsor), the matchmaking shenanigans are set to begin in November. [Sports Donga]
- A new teaser follows Nam Yoon-soo (Dog Knows Everything) in his journey through Love in the Big City, with scripts notably written by the original novelist Park Sang-young. Releasing all 8 episodes on TVING come October 21, the romance story is split between four filmmakers: Heo Jun-ho (A Normal Family), Hong Ji-young (New Year Blues), Sohn Tae-kyum (Baby Beside Me), and Kim Se-in (The Apartment with Two Women). [JTBC]
- It’s been many, many moons since KBS’s Winter Sonata first took dramaland by storm and is said to be (still?) the number one K-drama in Japan. As such, in celebration of the melodrama’s 20th anniversary since its first screening in Japan – and the everlasting power of “Yonsama” Bae Yong-joon (Dream High) and “Ji-woo Hime” Choi Ji-woo (Shooting Stars) – production company Pan Entertainment is planning a re-mastered movie cut for 2025, together with the original PD Yoon Seok-ho (Love Rain). [Sports Donga]
- A package of stills have dropped for Netflix’s occult-thriller Hellbound 2, giving us a glimpse into the turmoil surrounding our second season leads: Kim Hyun-joo (The Bequeathed), Kim Sung-chul (No Way Out – The Roulette), and Kim Shin-rok (Sweet Home 3), as well as Im Sung-jae (The Worst of Evil), Moon Sori (Race), and Moon Geun-young (Catch the Ghost). The horror unfolds later this month on October 25. [Dispatch]
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1 jillian
October 8, 2024 at 11:24 PM
I find it confusing that there will be two versions of The Queen Who Crowns. Not sure what I prefer though.
I also hope to see the remastered movie of Winter Sonata.
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Bunny Sonaki
October 8, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Totally agree. I was just thinking it will be really confusing to have 2 different versions. Let alone the TVING additional 2 episodes.
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Lord Cobol (Kdramas, like water, flow downhill)
October 9, 2024 at 12:43 AM
Reminds me of the censored & non-censored versions in Spice Up Our Love.
Another way to say it would be the China-friendly and USA-friendly versions.
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jillian
October 9, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I wonder what we will get. But I would be interested on what is different though. Hopefully whatever it will be will not take away too much from the story.
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2 Bunny Sonaki
October 8, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Number 5 Is this a remake or a touch-up for the original version?
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 9, 2024 at 2:28 AM
It is a remastered version edited to movie length.
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Bunny Sonaki
October 9, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Thank you for the explanation
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 9, 2024 at 2:45 AM
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3 🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 9, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Ooh!! lots to process.
First - can you see me jumping up and down for the uri OG BAE ... Bae Yong-joon!! 🙌🏻 Although tbh I don't know how I feel about a version edited to movie length. 😅 At least it will give a chance to the newer audiences to have a sampler and who knows perhaps they may want to check out the entire buffet drama. 😂👌🏻
Taxi Driver 3 - now that multi-season K-dramas the next big thing - yay but also hope all the OG cast returns and the story/ies are good.🤞🏻
The Crowned Queen has me all dizzy. 😵💫 Not sure how I feel. It will be good enough to watch just *one* version but which one!? Therein lies the rub. So wait and watch policy in place. Kind souls on the internet will have had a detailed comparison laid out in time for a binge. 🙏🏻😅
Jun-hoe can bring out that mad energy to match Lee Yi-kyung. Hopefully Jun would have also had a chance to learn from his sunbae-nim on set.
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Unaspirated
October 9, 2024 at 4:55 AM
I hope the movie length version of Winter Sonata is available internationally! That is exactly how I would use it - as a taste and to gauge if I would have the stamina to last through an old school melo.
I’m glad that Taxi Driver is at least a kind of procedural - those work the best for multiple seasons I think. But I hope they stop making them before the quality starts to decline…
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Healer’s
October 9, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Had Taxi Driver 2 ended with romance between Kim Dogi and Ahn Goeun, I would have been happy and wouldn't need a third season, to be honest.
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 9, 2024 at 6:14 AM
Taking a leaf from their American counterparts they know a drama has OTP sizzle till they are at a - will they, won’t they - stage. Once they get together … one can safely say bye bye to the series. 😂
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🌸 Seeker 🌸
October 9, 2024 at 6:09 AM
I think everyone would want to check out the movie at least. So even it is delayed I’m sure it will definitely be released internationally.🤞🏻Depending on the reception maybe they will also consider releasing a remastered version of the drama. 🤷♀️ Cannot wait to see the reactions of first time watchers. 😍
Taxi Driver 2 obviously did better, riding on the coat tails of season 1. Maintaining the quality is the real challenge. I guess till they can milk it we may keep getting seasons. 😅
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4 kay4625
October 9, 2024 at 7:47 AM
1. Bring on more Taxi Driver! Hopefully the full cast returns. Also hoping for Esom to at least make a cameo or something.
2. Yeah, I'm not a fan of these "tv-friendly versions". I think if you film something with the intention of showing it, then that's how it should be shown and judged, no toning stuff down just because some guy in a suit wanted the show to be more accessible. Hopefully us international audiences get the streaming edit, unlike No Gain No Love where we were mostly stuck with the tv version.
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kiara
October 9, 2024 at 8:58 AM
CJ ENM is promoting the heck out of TVING with mostly failed shows. If they throw money at it like QUEEN WOO, then make it worth it. I don't have high hopes for this next sageuk either.
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bong-soo
October 9, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Ditto!
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5 bong-soo
October 9, 2024 at 9:12 AM
No. 2. TVING/tvN THE QUEEN WHO CROWNS. Based on the above information about a tvN ‘regular’ version and a TVING ‘raunchy’ version being made available, this will be a pass. By the beginning of the new year I probably will be ready for a ‘serious’ sageuk but this won’t be it.
No. 3. Channel A’s MARRY YOU. I will be there. Still a month to go before episode one airs but I remain cautiously optimistic that Viki will license MARRY YOU. Viki has licensed many Channel A dramas in the past.
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6 jerrykuvira
October 9, 2024 at 9:15 AM
2. I'm not a fan of the title change from Won-kyung to The Queen Who Crowns. It screams Won-kyung taking a backseat for the crowned as the story progresses.
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kiara
October 9, 2024 at 9:21 AM
I prefer "Won-kyung" too.
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7 panshel
October 9, 2024 at 10:06 AM
I don't want to watch the sanitized version of The Queen Who Crowns, so I hope the 19+ is available.
I loved Hellbound Season 1, and while I'm sad about Yoo Ah-in, I love Kim Sung-cheol, so I'm just as excited for Season 2. Since the characters can come back to life, can Park Jeong-min please come back too?
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8 Gikata
October 9, 2024 at 5:47 PM
QUEEN(S) WOOHOO, let's see if they both end up as QUEEN(S) WHOOPS.
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9 Kurama
October 10, 2024 at 4:31 AM
1) The second season was less interesting than the first one... I wonder if a third one is a good idea.
2) I'm surprised by the choice of the actress, I picture her more in modern drama than sageuk. But we didn't have a lot of sageuk in 2024, so I'm curious!
4) I hope it will be great, we don't have mainstream Kdrama about homosexuality.
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10 Diana Hansen
October 10, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Sounds like some good ones are coming up. Always here for a Lee Je-hoon show. Marry Me could be a hit or miss depending on the humor and if the permed hair will transform into something else. Might have to try the Winter Sonata movie due to nostalgia warm fuzzies.
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