News bites: May 20, 2025 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps

News bites: May 20, 2025

by tccolb

• Crowning boxer Park Bo-gum (When Life Gives You Tangerines) with gold in the newest stills for JTBC’s Good Boy, he’ll soon be joining Kim So-hyun (Serendipity’s Embrace) and Lee Sang-yi (Spice Up Our Love) – among other sports medalists – to form our fish-out-of-water team of special police. The action-comedy story begins on May 31 next week, unfolding its shenanigans on weekends following Heavenly Ever After. [10 Asia]

• Namgoong Min (My Dearest) and Jeon Yeo-bin (A Time Called You) are sat and ready for Our Movie in SBS’s latest poster, counting down the days until the melodrama wrings our tears on June 13. Also starring Seo Hyun-woo (The Fiery Priest 2) and Lee Seol (Between Him and Her), production for the series has PD Lee Jung-heum (Inspector Koo) directing with scripts co-penned by Han Ga-eun and Kang Kyung-min. [SBS]

• Over on TVING, casting continues for Season 3 of the office rom-com Yumi’s Cells, with Kim Jae-won (The Tale of Lady Ok) confirmed to be Kim Go-eun’s (Little Women) new leading man. Reports also have Lee Yubi (7 Escape – Resurrection) returning to reprise her role as Ruby in this new season, which is currently slated to release in the early half of 2026. [Ilgan Sports (1), (2)]
• Hyeri (Friendly Rivalry) is reviewing an offer to star in the series Chair Time (transliterated title), potentially becoming our corporate manager heroine who turned ruthless for the sake of success. But when her life takes a downward swerve, she unexpectedly meets a quirky dentist, finding both comfort and love. [Ilgan Sports]

• Character posters have dropped on KBS for The First Night With the Duke, shifting the spotlight to the story-within-a-story’s female lead Kwon Han-sol (The Witch), second lead Seo Beom-joon (The Fiery Priest 2), and villain Ji Hye-won (Hierarchy). With the webtoon-adaptation headlined by Taecyeon (Heartbeat) and Seohyun (Song of the Bandits), the fantasy romance will be launching on June 11 in the Wednesday-Thursday slot. [Osen]
• ENA came out with new stills for Salon de Holmes, showcasing our resident sleuth Lee Shi-young (Sweet Home 3) in addition to former cop and muscle Jung Young-joo (When the Stars Gossip). Teaming up with pro part-timer Dasom (Serendipity’s Embrace) and insurance queen Nam Ki-ae (Blood Free), our fierce lady foursome will be setting out to solve the neighborhood mysteries when the series premieres on June 16. [Sports Donga (1), (2)]

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