The reign of blood begins in Scarlet Heart’s first teaser
by girlfriday
Oh, is it finally time for official teasers? Here’s our first peek at SBS’s time-travel fantasy sageuk Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Goryeo, starring IU as a 21st-century woman who travels back to the early Goryeo era, and Lee Jun-ki as the prince she’ll fall in love with. The teaser, titled “Monarch of Blood,” is stylish and beautiful (and bloody, of course), setting us up for a thrilling, epic battle among princes to inherit a country.
And just by sheer numbers, it’s going to be one very complicated power struggle, with princes Kang Haneul, Hong Jong-hyun, Ji-soo, Nam Joo-hyuk, Baekhyun, and Yoon Sun-woo either vying for power themselves or having to pick a side. The teaser opens with the copy: “Just one position. The one trying to protect vs. the one trying to steal. The war has begun!” As the palace is attacked and Lee Jun-ki fights to protect his kingdom, he says in voiceover: “A place where you die if you trust others, and must doubt those close to you in order to live.”
Park Ji-young (who plays Hong Jong-hyun’s mother) says, “Goryeo must become my son’s,” and it looks like they’ll be an evil mother-son duo, if his eyeliner is anything to go by. I do wish we’d get to see more of the heroine’s introduction to this world, but I’m sure she’ll be featured in upcoming teasers. In this one IU says, “If we’d met in another world, in another time… how nice would it have been?”
Despite some fierce competition from ambitious princes Kang Haneul and Hong Jong-hyun, by the end of the teaser Lee Jun-ki declares, “I want to become emperor no matter what.” Well, you’ve got my vote.
Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart: Goryeo follows Doctors on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning August 29.
Via SBS FunE
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Tags: Hong Jong-hyun, IU, Ji-soo, Kang Haneul, Lee Jun-ki, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Nam Joo-hyuk
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51 Abbie
August 1, 2016 at 9:07 AM
Wow, that looked really freaking epic. I am so looking forward to this now!
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52 weallwantpizza
August 1, 2016 at 9:09 AM
i hope this is not just sold by pretty faces. i mean yes to promising actors, but last time sbs wrapped up a flower-boys-filled drama, it was heirs.
oh yeah, doctors, and the love lines ruined it.
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Alexa
August 1, 2016 at 6:08 PM
Ya. I remember exactly that Heirs was over-hyped but I wasn't so positive about Heirs back then since the synopsis wasn't promising and the stills, posters, teasers and trailers were no where near impressive.
But I have faith in Moon Lovers-Scarlet Heart. First, it has a solid material to work on (a great masterpiece by Tong Hua), in the hands of a good PD and this is Lee Jun Ki we are talking about. The man is everything - talented, committed, he can slay and he can romance too and above all, he is out-of-this world gorgeous. Only the screenwriter is the weakest link but just praying that she can work better with adapted material instead of original screenplay.
If the investment is an indicator to the level of success of this drama, I don't think anyone of them could afford to screw this one up since this is the first drama where Universal Studio invested its millions and I think Korea would love to receive more investments as per this one in the future.
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53 V
August 1, 2016 at 9:38 AM
Looks so SO good!!!
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54 pc_cali
August 1, 2016 at 9:52 AM
Can they just end Doctors early and move up this show!!!!!!
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55 loveblossom
August 1, 2016 at 10:17 AM
Omg this drama looks epic!!! I haven't watched a sageuk in so long. Excited to see LJK, Kang Haneul, & Jisoo again!!~ :DDD
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56 Fairy
August 1, 2016 at 10:27 AM
“If we’d met in another world, in another time… how nice would it have been?” Mirror of the witch feels T.T
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57 jasmin
August 1, 2016 at 10:28 AM
Looks better than I expected. :D
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58 pogo
August 1, 2016 at 10:47 AM
Please let this be good
PLEASE let this be good
(because pre-production clearly is no guarantee of quality, look at D-day and whatever happened with UF)
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pogo
August 1, 2016 at 10:49 AM
(please be better than other Korean remakes of Chinese dramas)
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The other Kiara
August 1, 2016 at 11:42 AM
D Day has a 12 million budget. Biggest fail in the history of cable dramas.
Scarlet Heart already being sold for 400k per episode alone covered more than half of the big budget.
Only thing we need to worry about is the quality. Hope it's good and I'll take decent too.
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Suk Bin
August 1, 2016 at 6:12 PM
Dear, it's not a remake. It's an adaptation of the original source that is BBJX novel by Tong Hua.
Nope, I don't think it will be like UF. UF is cliche (no offense to UF but Lee Kyung Hee sure does have a fetish for death) though I still enjoy the drama (minus the irritating heroine, partly Noh Eul is written as simply annoying and partly bad acting).
It will be good, I promise.
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59 Callie
August 1, 2016 at 10:58 AM
Man, you know your title's too long when you need not one, but two colons in order for it to make sense.
This show looks like it's going to be extremely pretty, both cast-wise and cinematography-wise. I'm excited. :D
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60 Popdatbubble
August 1, 2016 at 11:22 AM
I actually thought this drama was supposed to be more towards the cute, light, fighting-over-the-girl type of rom-com drama...but nope I just saw an entirely different drama in this one.
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61 purpleowl
August 1, 2016 at 11:39 AM
Haven't seen the teaser but HJH looks much hotter than I was expecting. How rude of him when I already signed my heart over to KHN and Jisoo. My EXO-L heart is already focused on BBH. There is literally no room, Jonghyun!
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mary
August 1, 2016 at 12:35 PM
LOL I thought same about Hong Jong-hyun. He looks deliciously evil.
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62 Tasha
August 1, 2016 at 11:40 AM
Omg was that Jun Ki hugging IU? Ahh ♡ But it looks like IU's character is going to go down the "weak, quiet, subservient" role with her relationship with Jun Ki. Kind of like Yubu from SWWTN. I dont know how I feel about that.
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pogo
August 1, 2016 at 1:27 PM
That would be awful, if they did that to her character - Lee Yubi deserved better, and so does IU. Especially since she will likely be the one who takes any heat if this drama turns out lacking in any way.
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whimsyful
August 1, 2016 at 7:19 PM
They have great material to work with; Hae-soo's counterpart in the original was loyal and kind-hearted, but also politically savvy and pragmatic to the point of ruthlessness. It's also a great role for IU because the character runs the full gamut from youthful gaiety to cool maturity and from passion to despair. All they have to do is not screw it up. *crosses fingers, marks calendar for Aug 29th*
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ancientgranpa
August 1, 2016 at 11:54 PM
Wait until you see the kiss! Hahaha... It looks mmmmmm... ? ? It makes me squeal HARD when I see where her hand is! XDD (there is a leaked pic of the kiss scene few weeks ago circulating underground)
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63 Innocent
August 1, 2016 at 12:15 PM
I think i might laugh hard when watching Hong jonghyun on this drama, that's eyeliner really LOL!!
Kang ha neul with that archerry(?) reminds me of Park Dalhyang, Since TTM and scarlet heart both on goryeo era, who know kang ha neul role is a dalhyang sibling * ok ignore it*
Sooo Curious to seeing IU and seohyun acting on this, since i'm used to be a fan of Idol actors/actress Who is has that good acting abilyties & natural acting.
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64 ilchul
August 1, 2016 at 1:26 PM
ang my vote!! :D
OMG!!! Lee Jun Ki looks in his full glory and his voice!!! melt!! I'm all In!!
we can see Wang Soo not wearing the mask at the end of the teaser while fighting sword to sword against Wang Wook!! was that from the past before having a scar on his face?!! and my eyes pupped out when I saw him spetting blood while his hand in blood too!! what was that?!! A "Bloody" Sageuk!! oh my heart!!
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65 Cruel
August 1, 2016 at 3:10 PM
Why is no one talking about the first Prince 8) 8)
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66 canxi
August 1, 2016 at 3:52 PM
This looks way more serious and a lot more epic than I thought. None of the news before really quite got the tone but I'm loving this. I'm definitely in now. Hope it's good.
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67 Possum
August 1, 2016 at 6:17 PM
So looking forward to seeing LJK again. Action, swordplay and romance! Can't wait.
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68 kanz
August 1, 2016 at 6:21 PM
Finally, after countless sageuk Lee Jun Ki will be a king!!
LMAO, I remember he said before he wants to become a king. Here's your chance LJK!
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69 Mia
August 1, 2016 at 9:29 PM
I'm really anticipating this, but I'm just so curious how they're going to end it . . . could they possibly do it like Rooftop Prince . . . like a reincarnation in the future? Though that's not really my favourite outcome . . . can we please just get a happy ending? <3
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70 deyaa
August 1, 2016 at 11:56 PM
just by the look from their eyes, i feel shivering already.
can't wait...
not to mention i am a fans of lee junki and Kang Hanuel..
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71 Anna
August 2, 2016 at 1:50 AM
God I love how badass LJK is in this teaser! Bad boys are so hot to me <3
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72 john
August 2, 2016 at 5:42 AM
Can't wait to see you sweety.
Plus, all those insanely hot men.
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73 liz
August 2, 2016 at 6:22 AM
half of the cast can't act, but wait for it, IU will take all the blame if the drama don't go well.
Well, at least they look pretty ?
I still think it will be a mess. Too many characters
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74 redfox
August 2, 2016 at 2:13 PM
um, Teacher, I am not sure if you have noticed, but there is a bit of blood on you. Oh, you did notice? well, all good then.
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75 Franbergh II
August 2, 2016 at 3:54 PM
what took this so long???? why i only seeing teasers and posters??? why cant they just keep quiet until a week or a month (i can handle a month) the release the posters and teasers??? why make us swoon for a whole year (okay i'm being too much ^^). are they finished the shooting and wrap things up before launch the drama like what happen with descendant o d sun?
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76 justwaytooboss
August 3, 2016 at 8:55 AM
YEEEEESSSSS! Cannot wait!
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77 voice
August 8, 2016 at 2:07 AM
I was never really that excited for this drama when it was first announced (even with the cast announced) but I was planning on watching it but omg this trailer has sold me ten times over. Words can't describe how excited I am now. It looks so freaking epic that I've watched the trailer more than 10 times now. I'm glad I'm only excited now because theres only 3 weeks to go. My heart wouldn't be able to wait for so long. I really really hope i'm not let down.
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