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- My Name Is Kim Samsoon gets adapted for the stage
- Secret Garden: Episode 15
- Kwon Sang-woo considers new film project
| My Name Is Kim Samsoon gets adapted for the stage Posted: 02 Jan 2011 05:44 AM PST Beloved hallmark rom-com My Name Is Kim Samsoon is being revived, six years after the drama aired on MBC back in 2005. If you’re anything like me, that drama embodies everything that a good k-drama is about: heart, humor, and a cracktastic romance between two endearing leads. It’s the drama that garnered 50% ratings at a time when those sorts of numbers were a thing of the past, and besides catapulting Kim Sun-ah and Hyun Bin to massive fame, it was one of the early dramas in a wave that changed what the k-drama heroine could be. Suffice it to say, it’s near and dear to many fans’ hearts. This year it will be adapted into a stage play, based on the original novel of the same name, by author Ji Soo-hyun. If you’re new to k-dramas and haven’t seen Samsoon, it’s about a pastry chef with a foul mouth who is turning 30, and struggles with some of the most basic things all women face: how to lose weight, how to meet the right guy, how to ditch the wrong guy, and how to survive in a flailing economy with your dreams intact. Kim Sun-ah famously gained weight for the role, and was pitch-perfect as the first k-drama heroine I didn’t want to hit over the head with a reason stick, but actually wanted to be. The stage adaptation doesn’t boast any big stars, so it looks like a smaller production, but I’m happy to see Samsoon being revived, in whatever form. My Name Is Kim Samsoon will premiere January 21 at Sang Myung Art Hall in Seoul. Now I’m all nostalgic. Time to break out my DVDs. Via My Daily RELATED POSTS
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| Posted: 01 Jan 2011 10:40 PM PST So the cat’s out of the bag. Frankly I’d thought we’d get some huge changes once this happened, but really, the discovery is played more for comedy than for real advancement. Thankfully, by episode’s end we finally make some progress with the body-swap gimmick that opens the door for some of our questions to be answered. Not in this episode, alas, but at least we’re heading somewhere. SONG OF THE DAY Loveholics – “Raining” [ Download ] (...) © javabeans for Dramabeans, 2011. | Permalink | 117 comments | Add to del.icio.us  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kwon Sang-woo considers new film project Posted: 01 Jan 2011 01:24 PM PST Reports are circulating that Kwon Sang-woo is eyeing a new movie project, which would have him working with Kwak Kyung-taek, who directed the 2001 blockbuster movie Friend as well as the 2009 drama version, Friend, Our Legend. The project is called Pain, and unfolds around a loan shark who can’t feel pain and a woman who is hyper-sensitive to the pain of others (Korea really loves these setups, doesn’t it?). They, of course, fall into “an unavoidable love.” If anything, it’ll be interesting to see a loan shark portrayed as a hero for once; they (understandably) are typically portrayed as villainous or at least antagonistic types. Kwak had been planning to work on a different film first, Beautiful Us, which had at one point cast Hyun Bin in the lead; however, the film lost him and has halted production. The director turned to other scripts in the meantime, and with investments secured for Pain, is now getting to work on pre-production. Kwon hasn’t committed himself to paper yet, though the production company reports that he’s in talks with them and considering it favorably. His own reps confirmed that he is looking at the project, though they emphasize that it’s not a done deal yet. He probably won’t decide till the lead actress is also cast; rumors are that a top A-list star is in negotiations with director Kwak for the role. Kwon has had a string of disappointments in recent years (Cinderella Man, Bad Love), but has found his footing again with SBS’s current hit drama Daemul, in which he stars opposite the fabulous Go Hyun-jung, who just won a Daesang (her second in two years) for her portrayal of a president. Pain plans to enter filming early this year, as soon as casting is completed. Via Star News RELATED POSTS
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