Queen of Tears star Kim Soo-hyun offered Knock Off role; new season for hit show Signal – Korean drama casting latest

Known for hit series such as My Love from the Star and It’s Okay to Not Be Okay, Kim is once again achieving high ratings with Queen of Tears, which soared to 13 per cent last weekend, making it the 22nd most successful cable drama of all time after only four episodes.

2. Potato Research Institute

Kang Tae-oh (Extraordinary Attorney Woo) is currently in talks to lead the tvN romantic comedy Potato Research Institute, while Lee Sun-bin of Work Later, Drink Now has been offered the co-starring role.
Kang Tae-oh in a still from Extraordinary Attorney Woo.

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.

After gaining attention through series such as Run On and Doom at Your Service, Kang, as well as his co-star Park Eun-bin, shot to stardom through the global sensation Extraordinary Attorney Woo, in which he played the charming paralegal Lee Jun-ho.
Lee Sun-bin in a still from Work Later, Drink Now.

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

Yoo Yeon-seok (Dr. Romantic) and Chae Soo-bin (I’m Not a Robot) are reportedly in talks to portray a married couple in The Number You Have Dialed.
Yoo Yeon-seok in a still from Dr. Romantic season 3.

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.

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Yoo recently played a serial killer in the well-received thriller A Bloody Lucky Day, which premiered at last year’s Busan International Film Festival, while Chae recently led the Netflix series The Fabulous.

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.

(From left) Lee Je-hoon, Kim Hye-soo and Cho Jin-woong in 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.

Meanwhile, a second season for a more recent show, Disney+’s novel adaptation A Shop for Killers with Lee Dong-wook and Kim Hye-joon, is under discussion. Season one ended with a major cliffhanger, making a continuation of the series only natural.
Kim Hye-jun (left) and Lee Dong-wook in a still from A Shop for Killers.
A new season of action-comedy Flex X Cop, which end its run this weekend, is also being eyed.

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.

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