News bites: May 21, 2025 » Dramabeans Korean drama recaps

News bites: May 21, 2025

by tccolb

• The first stills have dropped for tvN’s fantasy romance Head Over Heels, showcasing our story’s main young trio: teenage shaman Jo Yi-hyun (The Matchmakers), her misfortune-ridden first love Choo Young-woo (The Trauma Code – Heroes on Call), as well as her bestie Cha Kang-yoon (Resident Playbook). Broadcasting in the Monday-Tuesday slot, the webtoon-adaptation will follow Second Shot at Love this June. [Sports Donga]

• New posters for JTBC’s Good Boy have come in with a colorful splash, recruiting Park Bo-gum (When Life Gives You Tangerines) and Kim So-hyun (Serendipity’s Embrace), in addition to Lee Sang-yi (Spice Up Our Love), Heo Sung-tae (Player 2 – Master of Swindlers), and Tae Won-seok (Player 2 – Master of Swindlers). Using their sports talents to put baddies behind bars, the action-comedy unfolds on weekends starting May 31. [Sports Donga]

• Although there are villains afoot on ENA as well, they’ll soon be quaking in their boots when Lee Shi-young (Sweet Home 3), Jung Young-joo (When the Stars Gossip), Dasom (Serendipity’s Embrace), and Nam Ki-ae (Blood Free) form an unlikely quartet of heroes in the mystery-comedy’s first teaser. Together creating a Salon de Holmes, the series will be coming to our screens on June 16. [Newsen]
• Also fighting the good fight, Wavve has students Lee Jung-ha (The Auditors) and Kim Do-wan (Wedding Impossible) stepping up to become ONE – High School Heroes in the latest teaser. Adapted from a popular webtoon, the crime-action battle will be breaking out on May 30, next week. [Newsen]

• Promos continue on U+ Mobile TV with a bundle of stills for Hunter with a Scalpel, entangling forensic pathologist Park Joo-hyun (Perfect Family) and detective Kang Hoon (Dear Hyeri), with murderer Park Yong-woo (Tracer). The suspense-thriller and novel adaptation will be premiering on June 16 and streaming internationally on Disney+. [Sports Donga (1), (2), (3)]
• It’s a picture party today with stills released for SBS’s Our Movie as well, budding the first ~feelings~ for director Namgoong Min (My Dearest) and actor Jeon Yeo-bin (A Time Called You). Directed by PD Lee Jung-heum (Inspector Koo) with Han Ga-eun and Kang Kyung-min co-writing, there’s still some time to stock up on tissue before the melodrama begins on June 13. [News]

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