News bites: April 6, 2025 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps

News bites: April 6, 2025

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Lee Jae-wook

• Lee Jae-wook (The Impossible Heir) has been cast in a new fantasy horror and black comedy on Netflix called Honey Jar Project (roughly translated, working title), becoming a part-timer whose job presumably goes terribly wrong. The 8-episode series is planning to soon start filming, with filmmaker Kim Da-min (FAQ) attached to direct. [Ilgan Sports, Newsen]

• Myung Se-bin (Missing Crown Prince) and Cha Kang-yoon (The Art of Negotiation, Resident Playbook) have been cast as wife and son – respectively – to Ryu Seung-ryong (Chicken Nugget) in JTBC’s The Story of Seoul Home Owner and Corporate Director Mr. Kim (roughly translated). The slice-of-life office comedy is expected to broadcast later this year, with PD Jo Hyun-tak (The Atypical Family, SKY Castle) at the helm.[JTBC]
• Noh Sang-hyun (Pachinko 2) and Gong Seung-yeon (Karma) are reviewing offers for MBC’s 21st Century Prince’s Wife, potentially joining IU (When Life Gives You Tangerines) and Byun Woo-seok (Lovely Runner) in the lineup. The fantasy romance has PD Park Joon-hwa (Love Your Enemy, Alchemy of Souls) directing with scripts by Yoo Ah-in (MBC’s 2022 writing contest winner). [Ilgan Sports, Osen]

Gong Seung-yeon, Noh Sang-hyun

• Preparations have begun on SBS for a new season of the legal drama Good Partner, calling on our divorce attorney heroines Jang Nara and Nam Ji-hyun to reprise their roles in the second installment. With both actors currently in talks, production for Season 2 is in the early stages and is aiming to start filming this autumn. [JTBC]
• In the meantime, tvN is counting down to Resident Playbook’s premiere, putting Go Yoon-jung (Death’s Game), Shin Shi-ah (The Witch: Part 2), Kang Yoo-seok (When Life Gives You Tangerines), Han Ye-ji, and Jung Joon-won (A Model Family) on doctor duty in the latest teaser and stills. The medical spin-off series will be launching on April 12 this week. [10 Asia, MBC]

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