News bites: January 8, 2022

Yoon Shi-yoon, Namgoong Min

Yoon Shi-yoon (Train) will be starring in KBS’s new weekend family drama It’s Beautiful Right Now. Alongside actors Oh Min-seok (Cheat on Me, If You Can) and Seo Beom-joon (Nevertheless), the three will play brothers who are all still single and live at home with their parents. To encourage them to leave the nest, the family’s elders offer to give an apartment to the first couple who gets wedded and the marriage race begins. The cast also includes Bae Da-bin (Do You Like Brahms), Shin Dong-mi (Bossam: Steal the Fate), and Choi Ye-bin (Penthouse 3), among others. Written by Ha Myung-hee (Record of Youth) and directed by PD Kim Sung-geun (Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha), the drama is currently being planned to air towards the end of 2022. [Osen]

Namgoong Min (The Veil) is considering an offer to play the main character in SBS’s new legal drama One Dollar Lawyer. The story won first place in SBS’s 2015 script writing contest and was written by the sister writer duo Choi Soo-jin and Choi Chang-hwan. The two also collaborated on Heart Surgeons and Defendant. [Dispatch]

TVING has confirmed new comedy There’s an Ant on Here with Hong Jong-hyun (My Absolute Boyfriend), Han Ji-eun (Bad and Crazy), Jung Moon-sung (The Veil), Kim Sun-young (The Silent Sea), and veteran actor Jang Kwang (Moonshine). The story explores the funny but sad realities that arise from social issues, and features five characters who come from very different backgrounds but become friends when they form a stock market club together. Written by Im Yeon-soo and directed by PD Choi Ji-young (What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim, Beyond Evil), the premiere is being planned for later this year. [YTN]

Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Esom, Gu Kyo-hwan

A new Netflix action film is in the works called Kill Bok-soon, directed by Byun Sung-hyun (Kingmaker). Jeon Do-yeon (Human Disqualification) plays an infamous assassin who’s the best of the best in Sol Kyung-gu’s company of mercenaries. Although Sol respects and admires her abilities, he is also wary of the fact that she is more than capable of overthrowing him and taking over his business. At Sol’s right hand is his younger sister Esom (Taxi Driver) who helps manage the firm, while Jeon’s fellow assassin Gu Kyo-hwan (D.P.) is determined to gain more credibility. [JTBC]

Jang Dong-yoon (Search) and Nana (Oh! Master) have been cast in a new fantasy romance called My Man is Cupid. As a disgraced deity, Jang’s wings were taken away 500 years ago and he’s been working in the mortal realm ever since in order to restore his honor. When he accidentally hits himself with his own arrow, he falls in love with veterinary doctor Nana — but his mistake also causes her destiny to be forever altered. Written by Heo Sung-hee (One More Happy Ending) and directed by PD Nam Tae-jin (Switch, Lovers of the Red Sky), My Man is Cupid will be airing sometime this year. [SBS]

tvN’s upcoming Twenty Five Twenty One has released a cute set of character posters featuring a miniature Kim Tae-ri (Mr. Sunshine) and Nam Joo-hyuk (Start-Up). The coming-of-age story starts with a nostalgic trip back to 1998 and follows our main characters into the present as they both mature into adulthood and their relationship deepens. Together, the tagline in the two posters reads, “No matter where you are, I will meet you there.” The drama premieres next month on February 12, following Bulgasal. [KBS]

With the January 14th premiere just a week away, SBS’s crime thriller Through the Darkness has released a slew of new posters that capture the mood of the drama. Kim Nam-gil (The Fiery Priest) plays the man who becomes South Korea’s first criminal profiler back in the 1990s, aided by his colleagues, Jin Seon-gyu (One the Woman) and Kim So-jin (Marriage Contract, Escape from Mogadishu). [SBS]

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