News bites: November 26, 2022

Lee Dong-wook (Bad and Crazy) and Kim Hye-joon (Connect) are becoming uncle and niece for a new novel adaptation called The Murderer’s Shopping Mall. Curiously, the story sets off with said uncle suddenly dying and we follow his niece in the events that unfold upon delivering the news to his clients. Currently in the planning stages, the drama will have an 8-episode run and is aiming to release next year on an international online platform. [Star News]
Continuing to whet our appetites for Alchemy of Souls 2, tvN has released a third teaser featuring an even deeper (though awfully quick) look at Lee Jae-wook, Go Yoon-jung, and Hwang Min-hyun. Things are looking very dramatic! Part 2 will be coming to our screens on December 10.

Clockwide: Kim Min-kyu, Go Bo-kyul, Yeh Ji-won, Tak Jae-hoon, Lee Jang-woo

tvN confirmed that Holy Idol (a.k.a. High Priest Rembrary) has been slotted in for 2023, starring Kim Min-kyu (Business Proposal), Go Bo-kyul (Hi Bye, Mama!), Lee Jang-woo (Oh! Samkwang Villa), Tak Jae-hoon (Dark Hole, Marrying the Mafia IV), and Yeh Ji-won (Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol). Launching early in the new year, the fantasy-romance has PD Park So-yeon and PD Lee So-yoon at the helm with Lee Chun-geum penning the scripts. [News1]
A conflicted Kim Hyun-joo (Hellbound) and Park Hee-soon (A Model Family) take center stage in SBS’s moody new posters for Trolley. The mystery-melodrama also stars Kim Mu-yeol (Juvenile Justice) and Jung Soo-bin (Revenge of Others), and will be coming to our screens on December 19 in the Monday-Tuesday slot. Production is being led by PD Kim Moon-gyo (Lovers of the Red Sky) and writer Ryu Bo-ri (Do You Like Brahms?). [SBS]

Kang Ki-young (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) is on the casting table for JTBC’s Until the End (working title), potentially joining Lee Jia (Penthouse 3). With production still in the planning stages, the story involves what seems to be one of 2023’s new drama trends: reconciling divorced couples. Production for the drama is still in the planning stages. [SpoTV News]
ENA announced their lineup for a new suspense called Happiness Battle, which stars a charismatic ensemble: Lee El (My Liberation Notes), Jin Seo-yeon (One the Woman), Cha Ye-ryun (Gold Mask), and Park Hyo-joo (Now We Are Breaking Up). Based on a novel by the same title, scripts will be written by the original writer Joo Young-ha with directing helmed by PD Kim Yoon-chul (The Witch is Alive). [YTN (1), (2), (3), JTBC]

In the meantime, ENA’s Unlock the Boss is gearing up for its December 7 premiere and the latest promos feature our main trio in new character posters. With our trapped CEO Park Sung-woong (Snowdrop) running dangerously low on battery, his last hope is on our down-on-his-luck hero Chae Jong-hyeop (Love All Play) and super secretary Seo Eun-soo (Missing: The Other Side). [News1]
Over on KBS, a new retro-style poster has dropped for Run Into You, featuring our time-travelling duo Kim Dong-wook (King of Pigs) and Jin Ki-joo (Showtime Begins). Come this January, the fantasy will be taking us for a spin in 1987 with scripts by Baek So-yeon (Tale of Nokdu) and co-directing by PD Kang Soo-yeon (Tale of Nokdu, Ghost Detective) and PD Lee Woong-hee. [News1]

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