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Iris to be produced as a manhwa
by javabeans
KBS's "blockbuster action spy drama" IRIS [아이리스] is scheduled to premiere in October, but even before it unveils itself to the public, it has confirmed that it is producing another iteration:...
Tags: adaptations, IRIS, Jung Jun-ho, Kim So-yeon, Kim Tae-hee, Lee Byung-heon, TOP
Itazura na Kiss comes to Korea
by javabeans
Group Eight, the producers who butchered adapted Hana Yori Dango into the hot mess that was Boys Before Flowers, is adapting another popular Japanese manga for Korean television: Itazura na...
Tags: adaptations, remakes
Dead project Daemul to be revived
by javabeans
A highly anticipated drama project that fizzled last year may get a second chance at broadcast life: producers are hoping to give Daemul (aka Big Fish, or 대물) a second go....
Tags: adaptations, Daemul, drama production, Go Hyun-jung, Kwon Sang-woo
MBC winds up for baseball drama Strike Love
by javabeans
MBC's upcoming baseball drama Strike Love [2009외인구단, for which I previously used the literal translation Alien Baseball Team], is another drama adapted from a popular manhwa, and has fans eager for...
Tags: adaptations, Kim Min-jung, Strike Love, Yoon Tae-young
Tazza and Le Grand Chef sequels in the making
by javabeans
Uh, do we really need this? Both Le Grand Chef and Tazza were originally manhwas that were turned into movies that were turned into drama series. Now, both franchises are...
Tags: adaptations, Gourmet, sequels, Tazza
City Hunter comes to U.S. television (maybe)
by javabeans
This seems a bit… odd. Jung Woo-sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) has been cast in a Korean-Japanese co-production… of an adaptation a Japanese manga… in a multi-season drama...
Tags: adaptations, Jung Woo-sung, remakes
Kim Hyun-joo added to Boys Before Flowers
by javabeans
Add one more big name to the cast of Boys Before Flowers (Hana Yori Dango): the lovely Kim Hyun-joo, last seen in last year's drama Insoon is Pretty, has been...
Tags: adaptations, Boys Before Flowers, Hana Yori Dango, Kim Hyun-joo
“Soonjung Manhwa” press conference: XOX
by javabeans
The cast was out to promote the film made from popular internet manhwa Soonjung Manhwa (i.e., shojo manga) on November 3 in Seoul. Well, most of the cast -- the...
Tags: adaptations, Chae Jung-ahn, Kang-in, Lee Yeon-hee, press conferences, Yoo Ji-tae
An internet sensation aspires to conquer the screen
by javabeans
"In the face of love, these four men and women have no strategy, no experience, no courage, and no counterstrategy, but embark on a special romance in Soonjung Manhwa." This...
Tags: adaptations, Chae Jung-ahn, Kang-in, Lee Yeon-hee, Yoo Ji-tae
Continued failure to cast Korean “Hanadan” keeps super-idol boys’ hopes alive
by javabeans
There's no real new info in this report (well, not about the points we care most about, i.e., casting), but I'm sure people are curious as to the progress...
Tags: adaptations, Boys Before Flowers