September 28, 2024 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps

News bites: September 28, 2024

by tccolb

Clockwise: Lee Min-ki, Han Ji-hyun, Jeon Bae-soo, Lee Yi-kyung

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• KBS announced that Face Me (previously Look at Me) has been slated for broadcast with Lee Min-ki (Crash) donning a doctor’s coat and passing on his police badge to Han Ji-hyun (No Gain No Love). Also starring Lee Yi-kyung (Marry My Husband) and Jeon Bae-soo (Dear Hyeri), the medical-mystery will be premiering this November, with PD Jo Rok-hwan (Voice 2) and writer Hwang Ye-jin (Secret Mother) leading production. [Sports Donga]

• SBS is planning for a tearful romance with a director Namgoong Min (My Dearest) and terminally ill but aspiring actor Jeon Yeo-bin (A Time Called You) headlining Our Film. Expected to release sometime next year, the melodrama has PD Lee Jung-heum (Inspector Koo, Nobody Knows) at the helm with co-writing by Han Ga-eun and Kang Kyung-min. [SBS]

• A Virtuous Business’s luxurious 3-set deal is now on sale for our 1990s characters, spotlighting our leading ladies in a magazine spread of the times for the latest posters. Cornering the market of JTBC’s kinky door-to-door sales, Kim So-yeon (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938), Kim Sung-ryung (The Frog), Kim Sun-young (Queen of Divorce), and Lee Se-hee (Bad Prosecutor) will be starting their rounds on October 12. [MBC]
• TVING released new stills for the upcoming Dong-jae, the Good or the Bastard, spending some time with our antagonist Park Sung-woong (Dog Knows Everything) who stands against our title character played by Lee Jun-hyuk (Vigilante) in this Forest of Secrets spin-off. Launching in about two weeks on October 10, production has PD Park Gun-ho directing with scripts by Hwang Ha-jung and Kim Sang-won. [JTBC]

• Over on tvN, a new teaser has dropped for Jeongnyeon – The Star Is Born, where our coastline bumpkin-ness Kim Tae-ri (Revenant) is determined to fight against all the odds and one day shine on the stage. In a busy week of premieres, the 1950s period drama will be coming to our screens in the weekend slot on October 12. [Sports Donga]
• MBC is gearing up for the romance thriller When the Phone Rings (previously The Number You Have Dialed), officially starting promos with stills from the first script reading. Starring Yoo Yeon-seok (A Bloody Lucky Day), Chae Soo-bin (The Fabulous), Heo Nam-joon (Your Honor), and Jang Gyuri (Player 2 – Master of Swindlers), the series is aiming to broadcast this November. [MBC]

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