Officers-at-sea drama Poseidon starring Shinhwa Eric and TVXQ Yunho, has secured a place on SBS’s 2011 schedule, and will be coming to us as a Monday-Tuesday drama sometime in May. An SBS rep confirmed the news on the 28th, and although the drama doesn’t have a specific premiere date yet, that’ll probably depend on the broadcast runs of its predecessor shows.
Those would be SBS’s current Monday-Tuesday action show Athena: Goddess of War, to be followed by Lee Min-jung and Jang Hyuk’s stocks- and business-related drama Midas. The latter is tentatively planning for a March premiere, and whenever that wraps, Poseidon will step in.
Poseidon takes place out at sea as our two leads, Eric (Strongest Chil Woo) and Kim Kang-woo (Story of a Man), are plucked from the maritime police to be part of an elite force of counterterrorist officers, called the Poseidon team. Also starring are Kim Ok-bin (Thirst) and Jeon Hye-bin (Yacha), two lovely ladies who will probably mix things up on the romance front, as well as idol-actor U-Know Yunho, who’s hoping his second foray into dramas will shake out better than his disappointing debut (Heading to the Ground).
Hmm, the Athena-Midas-Poseidon lineup suggests that SBS is aiming to keep its Mondays and Tuesdays fixed on dramatic, star-studded, thriller and/or action-type fare. Interesting choice; if the shows do well, they could really sew up the timeslot. Generally, we’ve seen a lot of long-running dramas and light comedies air on those days. The counterprogramming seems to be doing all right for Athena at present.
For some reason, although Poseidon didn’t really land on my radar at first, I find I’m warming to the idea. Perhaps because it’s a world we haven’t seen in kdramas before, or perhaps it’s because I love the friends-or-rivals dynamic of the leads. (As Dr. Champ showed us, it’s a most excellent way to get our bromance fix.) And perhaps it’s also because I love Kim Kang-woo, and have missed Eric in the past two years that he’s been serving in the military.
Here are some behind-the-scene-photos taken at the shooting scene of Poseidon.
The year’s major kung-fu film "Shaolin" will open in the cinemas in January 2011 nationwide. The film gathered Hong Kong action film director Benny Chan, action director Cory Yuen, with a cast of Andy Lau, Nicholas Tse, Jackie Chan, Fan Bingbing, Wu Jing. It’s the first time since Andy and Jackie collaborate since Island of Fire in 1990, thus this film capture the attention of the media.
Twenty-one years ago, Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Kar Fai collaborated in Island of Fire. Since then, because of their different film genre they did not get a chance to collaborate again. However, this film – Shaolin managed to bring these two superstars Andy and Jackie to collaborate again, however this time round, they switched positions.
It is said that Andy’s general character was betrayed by Nicholas Tse resulting to him losing his wife and children, he went into Shaolin Temple to become a monk, initially hope to gain revenge after mastering kung-fu. Unexpectedly he gained enlightenment from the cook (Jackie) whom has high knowledge in Buddhism but does not know kung-fu.
This time round, Andy made a breakthrough of his usual screen image, he was a handsome general whom had exciting fighting scenes against Nicholas and Wu Jing. Andy specially spent three months to practice Shaolin kung-fu as he managed to show off his realistic Shaolin’s 7-Star Fist. As Andy was too concentrated in the shooting, he got injuries in his right fist and legs. With regards to Andy’s kung-fu, Jackie exclaimed that Andy is a fast learner and able to become an action star, he has his own fighting style.
Jackie whom always fought on the silver screen is a monk whom only knows cooking, he’s not involved in any action scenes, all his scenes are talking, he even had a deep friendship with Andy. With regards to this, Andy quipped: “I already fought Jackie in Island of Fire, but I still does not dare to fight with him, I did have discussion with him during shooting, Jackie does not fight at all, we did not fight in Shaolin, not even a punch.” When talked about his character, Jackie expressed that he had gained a lot: “In the beginning feel that I don’t know kung fu, I master the kung-fu of cooking, I’m good at making buns.”
When talked about their relationship, Jackie said: “Although we did not collaborate in films, but we would meet up during charity events and matters of the guild, so we met all the times.” A mischievous Andy then said: “Jackie is good in the non-fighting scenes, he did not require me to give him tips at all.”
When talked about his cook monk character, Jackie revealed that he learn some cooking skills from his father, he also showed off his cooking skills in A Nice Guy and Wheels On Meals, however this cook monk character still has some difficulties for Jackie, “I made a lot of noodles today, it isn’t hard for me, cooking is another kind of kung-fu. I’m also good at changing the actions in cooking into kung-fu. The most difficult is when I need to say out those dialogues which are like sutra I’m making noodles or frying vegetables.” Andy also revealed that Jakcie was very popular among the children, “He would fry fish for the children, I had yet tasted his cooking.” It is said that both of them had no airs as htey mix around with the little monks. Andy also became the “king of children” by helping the little monks to choreograph dance.
However there is some accident for this hard-to-come-by collaboration of the two superstars, it is said that other than shooting Shaolin, Jackie is also busy shooting Zodiac, “I agreed to be cast in this film, since I gave my promise, I just cameo in the film!” Thus this is the collaboration of two superstars, although it took 20 years. They kept chatting with each other at the set, Jackie also witness personally Andy shaving his hair for the film, he sing praise of his professionalism: “He’s still so professional after a heavenly king for 20 years.”
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Park Min Young (Hangul: 박민영; Hanja: 朴敏英) revealed some behind-the-scene photos from the set of her campus-historical Korean drama "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" (성균관 스캔들 / 成均館緋聞). The photos show us the beautiful Park Min Young wearing traditional Korean clothes and hat, and in another photo she dresses up as a boy. She still looks so feminine even in boyish outfit.
The drama stars rising Korean stars Mickey Yoochun, Yo Ah In, Song Jong Ki, and Park Min Young. For Mickey, it’ll be his official debut role for acting in drama. The drama is set in a Joseon-era school that is attended by the scholars and noble young sons of the day. Then, one young woman who sneaks in posing as her brother and subsequently finds herself in romantic entanglements with her fellow students. (sounded likely the story mixes "Boys Over Flowers" and "Hana Kimi"). Park Min Young plays the character of Kim Yun Hee who takes her sick brother place at school. She dresses up as a male and then meets the male characters at that school. As time goes by Park’s character ends to fall in love to Mickey’s character. "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" is based on the best-seller novel "The Lives of Sungkyunkwan Confucian Scholars" written by Jung Eun Gweol.
The drama is highly expected by Mickey’s fans due to Mickey’s first appearance in drama (hundred fans of Mickey come to first shooting location at Yongin City, Gyeonggi on May 27 to support Mickey’s acting). “We know that expectations are extremely high for the ‘Jal-geum Foursome’ (Joseon-era F4), so the cast and crew are working that much harder in every scene of the show,” an official at production company Raemong Rain was quoted as saying. “We plan to repay the fan’s passionate support by releasing various behind-the-scenes photos and anecdotes on set through the show’s official homepage.” The drama started to air in September on KBS channel and has ended.
'Geun-Geun couple', Jang Geun-seok and Moon Geun-yeong, from KBS 2TV Mon-Tue drama "Marry Me, Mary!" aka "Mary Stayed Out All Night", revealed their leftover pictures during the shooting.
Jang Geun-seok (or Jang Geun Suk) and Moon Geun-yeong, who is acting as a simulation couple in this drama, showed off their youthfulness through these pictures.
They worked really well with an advantage of being same age. They monitor each other after the shooting and share their acting experiences with each other; they even take a cute pose when they find a camera.
Moon Geun-yeong said, “Jang Geun-seok is a very enthusiastic actor. He always breaks the ice in the shooting spot. Since we share many similarities, we are learning from each other a lot.”
Jang Geun-seok said, “Moon Geun-yeong is a very polite girl who say hello to all the staff before the shooting. Considering her small body, she has enormous energy. She is as friendly and bright girl as Mary from the drama.”
Staff of "Marry Me, Mary!" said, 'When we see Jang Geun-seok and Moon Geun-yeong together, all we can think about is a perfect and beautiful couple. They are the lives of the drama shooting and we feel really thankful to both of them.”
SNSD aka Girls' Generation recently appeared as guests on Super Junior members Lee-teuk and Eun-hyuk’s KBS 2FM radio show named "Super Junior Kiss The Radio" and the photos above captured the joyous and fun atmosphere in the studio that day.
Boys Over Flowers (꽃보다 남자/花より男子/流星花园) actor Kim Bum (Hangul: 김범; Hanja: 金范; born Kim Sang Beom, July 7, 1989) recently paired up with actress Hwang Jung Eum (Hangul: 황정음; born December 25, 1984) for a new food CF, and are receiving attention for the special ‘heart dance’ they performed in it.
On October 15th, Kim Bum and Hwang Jung Eum shot a CF together at the D' Maris / 드마리스 seafood buffet restaurant. The story was about a celebrity couple enjoying a delicious date together at D' Maris, where over 500 dishes (including steak, sushi, and spaghetti) are served. After eating steak repeatedly for the numerous retakes of a single scene, Kim Bum joked, ‘If I don’t eat another steak for a while, I would be fine.‘
Aside from enjoying the delicious food, the couple also showed their ‘heart couple’ dance, in which they make a heart shape with their arms. Kim Bum surprised many with his hidden dancing talent, while performing to the D' Maris theme song.
Rain aka Bi (Jeong Ji Hoon) just posted some behind-the-scene photos of his new KBS drama "The Fugitive: Plan B"(Hangul: 도망자; Chinese: 逃亡者) which has begun (on Sep 29th) amid much hype.
Succeeding "Bread, Love and Dreams, the new drama has generated great hype with its top cast and crew members. The director-writer combo behind the hit drama "Chuno" aka "The Slave Hunters" — Gwak Jung-hwan and Chun Seung-il — have teamed up together once again for the blockbuster show starring Lee Na Young, Rain and Daniel Henney.
Many stars from "The Slave Hunters" made cameo appearance in the first episode, including Lee Da Hae (Chinese: 李多海), Oh Ji Ho, Sung Dong Il, Kong Hyung Jin and Cho Hee Bong.
Watch Lee Da Hae's cameo appearance in episode 1 below. Funny. Lolz.
Lee Da Hae appeared as the girlfriend of Ji Woo, played by Rain, a notorious lady killer and private investigator.
Watch the filming of "The Fugitive: Plan B" in a foreign location at the Philippines
