2. Potato Research Institute
News of Kang’s potential casting dropped earlier this week, a day before he was discharged from his obligatory military service in South Korea, having enlisted in November 2022.
Kang is considering the part of So Baek-ho, who becomes the new director of a potato research institute in the countryside.
Lee is being offered the role of Kim Mi-kyung, a long-term employee of the institute who has been working there for 12 years.
The series will be written and directed by Kim Ho-soo and Kang Il-soo respectively; the duo were behind the series Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung with Shin Sae-kyung and Cha Eun-woo.
Potato Research Institute is being eyed for a late 2024 or early 2025 release.
3. The Number You Have Dialed
Based on a web novel of the same name, the drama will follow the story of a picture-perfect couple thrown into chaos when the husband receives a threatening call telling him that his wife has been kidnapped.
Yoo has been offered the part of Baek Sa-eon, a former television anchor who is now the youngest spokesperson in the Blue House (the Korean presidential office) and a promising politician.
Chae is considering playing Hong Hee-joo, Sa-eon’s wife, a sign interpreter who suffers from aphasia owing to a traumatic incident in her childhood.
K-drama casting latest: Han So-hee, Ryu Jun-yeol eyed for mysterious drama
K-drama casting latest: Han So-hee, Ryu Jun-yeol eyed for mysterious drama
The Number You Have Dialed will be aired on MBC.
4. Signal 2/Flex X Cop 2/A Shop for Killers 2
A raft of sequel series have been announced in the past week. The biggest news was the revelation that star writer Kim Eun-hee is currently scripting a second season of the acclaimed fantasy investigation series Signal.
The show was one of the original Korean cable hits back in 2016 and fans have long clamoured for a second season, particularly given that the show opens the door for one in its final episode.
Starring Kim Hye-soo, Lee Je-hoon and Cho Jin-woong, the show follows three detectives investigating violent crimes but living in two different time periods. A magical walkie-talkie allows them to cross that temporal divide as they help each other to solve the crimes in their respective eras.
Stars Ahn Bo-hyun, who plays a corporate heir who winds up becoming a police officer, and Park Ji-hyun, who plays the long-suffering detective he is partnered with, are currently negotiating their returns to the show. A script for a second season is under way and scheduling is being discussed.