News bites: December 11, 2024

12 December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

by tccolb

A suave and scruffy Choi Min-soo (Numbers) greets us in MBC’s latest stills, welcoming us to his Motel California with the adorable Oh Eun-seo (Family by Choice) in tow. Rooms will be available starting January 10, with Lee Se-young (What Comes After Love) and Na In-woo (Marry My Husband) starring in this romance and webnovel adaptation. [MBC]

Over on SBS, Han Ji-min (Behind Your Touch) and Lee Jun-hyuk (Dongjae the Good or the Bastard) are headed to work in Love Scout’s newest poster, where their CEO-secretary relationship will soon be blossoming into something more. Slated to launch on January 3, production is being led by PD Ham Jun-ho (My Strange Hero, Payback), PD Kim Jae-hong, and writer Ji Eun. [1o Asia]

KBS announced the new office-comedy Kick Kick Kick Kick, partnering has-been actor Ji Jin-hee (Romance in the House) and has-been PD Lee Kyu-hyung (Uncle Samsik) to become co-CEOs of a content creation company. Recruiting Baek Ji-won (Parole Examiner Lee ) and Lee Min-jae (Hide) to join their little team, we’ll be following their scramble to reach 3 million subscribers when the series begins on February 5. [MBC]
In the meantime, KBS has been preparing for Who Is She and released a long preview ahead of next week’s premiere on December 18. With Kim Hae-sook (Mr. Plankton) and Jung Ji-so (The Glory) sharing the fantasy-comedy’s heroine role, I’m tickled to see that Jung Bo-seok (Strong Girl Nam-soon) will be romancing Kim once again. [Newsen]

It’s a plentiful pool of photos today with tvN’s When the Stars Gossip dropping more character stills, giving us another look at stoic astronaut Gong Hyo-jin (When the Camellia Blooms) in addition to space engineer Oh Jung-se (Mr. Plankton). Along with co-star Lee Min-ho (Pachinko), the sci-fi rom-com will be making its landing on January 4. [10 Asia (1), (2)]
Coupang Play released a big batch of stills as well, alerting us to the looming zombie apocalypse that is set to breakout on February 7 in Newtopia – streaming internationally on Amazon Prime. Directed by filmmaker Yoon Sung-hyun (Time to Hunt) with scripts co-penned by Han Jin-won (Parasite) and Ji Ho-jin, the novel adaptation and action series stars Park Jung-min (The 8 Show) and Blackpink’s Jisoo (Snowdrop). [Dispatch]

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1 bomibeans

December 11, 2024 at 9:14 PM

I can’t decide if When The Stars Gossip look like a hot mess or sexy as hell.

But who am I kidding. Hot mess. It’s going to be a hot mess. lol

Only humor can save it. Only humor.

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2 jillian

December 12, 2024 at 12:01 AM

Han Ji Min and Lee Jun Hyuk look very attractive in that poster. Also it is making me anticipate the drama more. I hope it is good!

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3 jerrykuvira

December 12, 2024 at 12:35 AM

1. Choi Min-soo is slaying
3. Oh! The cast is a sweet mix.

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4 Kurama

December 12, 2024 at 12:37 AM

1) Finally! He's the reason I will watch this drama!

2) It looks good. I hope we will finally get a couple who acts according to their age! No adult stuck in their teens era.

3) Stranger title but it can be fun.

5) I'm really curious about this drama, we've been talking about it for a long time.

6) Not a big fan of zombies.

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jerrykuvira

December 12, 2024 at 4:05 AM

"I hope we will finally get a couple who acts according to their age! No adult stuck in their teens era."

This prayer...very salient.

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Diana Hansen

December 12, 2024 at 12:57 PM

My thoughts are the same! The others look good but I do not do zombies!

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I will be sampling all of these offerings apart from the Zombies which I will treat as a no go zone.
Lots to look forward to hoping there will be one or two that are worth sticking with. Still waiting for Good boy and When life gives you tangerines to come out its been sooooooooooooo long since they were first mentioned.

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Unaspirated

December 12, 2024 at 4:52 AM

You should adopt my fail-safe strategy of forgetting about drama announcements completely until pics of the first script reading come out! Then I'm pleasantly surprised later when another bit of news finally pops up and I remember the show exists 😂

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Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

December 12, 2024 at 5:38 AM

I can do that with random dramas but if Bogummy is in it then time goes backwards.

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6 Live4dmoment

December 13, 2024 at 5:28 PM

Please be good Love Scout. I am counting on you lol

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7 🌸 Seeker 🌸

December 17, 2024 at 5:31 AM

1. Oh my cat *that* is Choi Min-soo. 😅🙃😂 Yea, it is going to be heartbeak motel for sure. Like any well-meaning neighborhood Ajhumma worth her salt I too wish for him to have a love line with a sweet lady who will be mother to his adorable daughter. 😊❤ Can we have Oh Eun-seo cameo in all
episodes. 🤌🏻 Jebal. 🙏🏻

2. Yay, yay!! 🎶 Rom-coms are made of these.🎶

3. Despite the weird title I would like to subscribe to this drama.

4. Kim Hae-sook having a bigger role is a win. 🫰🏻

5. We are counting down to this. 😊❤

6. 🙈🤷‍♀️