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K-drama casting news about Jun Ji-hyun, Ji Chang-wook, Lee Do-hyun and more
From a fantasy drama offer made to Jun Ji-hyun to one for Squid Game’s Park Sung-hoon, the latest Korean drama casting announcements
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The stars align for a major fantasy series, and lawyers tackle violence against women, in the latest small-screen casting announcements out of South Korea.
1. Human X Gumiho
Stars Jun Ji-hyun and Ji Chang-wook have received offers to lead the coming fantasy drama Human X Gumiho.
Beyond the hint from the title that this will be a fantasy drama involving gumiho – mythological “nine-tailed foxes” who take on human form, usually as a beautiful woman, to seduce a man – no concrete plot details have been revealed so far.
Known for timeless works such as My Sassy Girl and My Love from the Star, Jun was most recently seen in Jirisan and will next be seen opposite Gang Dong-won in the big-budget Disney+ series Tempest.
Ji has been very busy of late, appearing in three series in 2024 – Welcome to Samdal-ri, Queen Woo and Gangnam B-Side – as well as the film Revolver. He will also appear in the Disney K-drama The Manipulated and next year’s highly anticipated Netflix period drama Scandals alongside Son Ye-jin.
The series is being penned by Doom at Your Service scribe Im Meari, a former assistant to legendary K-drama writer Kim Eun-sook (Descendants of the Sun).
2. Efficient Dating of Singles
After briefly stepping away from the spotlight owing to a minor social media scandal during the promotion of Squid Game season 2, Park Sung-hoon could be returning to work soon alongside Han Ji-min in the drama Efficient Dating for Singles, based on a webtoon of the same name.
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