It will be hard for Han Seungyeon to participate in the upcoming drama ‘Playful Kiss’. Management for KARA stated on the 6th that “KARA will be debuting in Japan this coming August. Because of this, joining ‘Playful Kiss’ will be hard in reality because of the conflicting schedules. Although it is a good opportunity…
Road No. 1 star So Ji Sub bares all in a new interview in which he’s asked about his new drama’s audience share, getting injured on the set, and why he’s sick of playing the nice guy.
Playful Kiss has its leading man! The boy-next-door who’s the best at everything in the upcoming adaptation of Itazura na Kiss is… Kim Hyun Joong! He beat out strong competition, as it’s been widely reported that Chang Min from DBSK and Jung Yong Hwa were also angling for the role. The nerdy girl who Kim’s character falls for has still not been cast, but Park Shin Hye and Sulli from f(x) are said to be in the running.
Wu Chun came out as a confirmed bachelor in a recent interview. The Taiwanese heartthrob, in Okinawa to promote his new drama Angel of Sunshine, was quizzed about his love life and said that he hadn’t dated in 14 years! Angel co-star Rainie Yang backed up Wu, saying that unlike other men she’s worked with, he never ever flirts with her on set. The article concludes, “one still can’t help but to wonder what is occupying the mind of this secretive hunk.” What a mystery!
Speaking of secrets, Jang Hyuk is returning to drama in a new show called Secret Garden. Little is known about the premise of the show, but it has a great pedigree: On Air PD Shin Eun Chul will be in charge, and it’s set to take over Life Is Beautiful‘s timeslot when that drama concludes.
Have a look at an unauthorized peek at My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, the upcoming Hong Sisters fantasy. A fan was just minding his own business when he came across stars Lee Seung Ki and Shin Min Ah and decided to click away for our benefit.
Finally, in these hot summer months, which K-pop idol would you take on vacation with you? That’s the question posed in a new survey by Max Movie–see the full results right here!
Hwang Woo Seul Hye
Itazura na Kiss, the popular manga romance that spawned not only Taiwan’s It Started With a Kiss, but also a sequel series, is coming to Korean television under the direction of Hwang In Roi. Hwang previously helmed both The Return of Iljimae and Goong, and will begin filming the adaptation next month for a fall release. The original manga series remains popular even though the story is unfinished; cartoonist Tada Kaoru unexpectedly passed away at the height of her fame before completing the series.
KBS’ Drama Special announced that the next episode of one-off mini dramas will star Lee Sun Kyun and Hwang Woo Seul Hye. In a role reminiscent of Lee‘s part in Pasta, he’ll play a conceited network hotshot who falls for a driven reporter, played by Hwang. The show, titled Our Slightly Risque Relationship, airs this Saturday.
If you haven’t already committed to memory every contour of Song Il Gook‘s torso from A Man Called God, you’re in luck–there’s so much eye candy here it should come with a diabetes warning.
This year’s other Gumiho drama has a new name: previously known as Gumiho’s Revenge, the horror-history-drama will now be called Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child. For much more on what press releases call the “peculiar story” of a scorned Gumiho and her ticking time bomb 9-year old daughter, click here!
Big Bang‘s T.O.P opens up about his role in IRIS and how he matured from hanging around his married co-stars in a new interview.
Speaking of IRIS, more photos are in from Japan’s HUGE IRIS concert event here. Two events were held, the first in Osaka drawing 20,000 people. These pics are from the second event in Tokyo, and I guess you could blow up the pics and count everybody if you want to…
Finally, Nichkhun from 2PM and f(x)‘s Victoria will be the first international couple to be featured on MBC’s We Got Married. Hope nobody calls him pretty–that really pisses him off!
Official poster for Korean TV adaptation of “Itazurana Kiss” [Group 8]
Korean production company Group 8 will be producing a new TV series based on popular Japanese comics “Itazurana Kiss”. Group 8 explained in a press release that the local TV version will be helmed by Hwang In-roi, who previously directed “Princess Hours” (MBC, 2006) and “Iljimae Returns – Moon River” (MBC, 2009)[...]
