From casting offers to new song releases, here are the biggest news in the Korean entertainment scene this week
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With that, this week is filled with exciting casting news including Squid Game actor Wi Ha-joon possibly scoring his first lead role, Bae Suzy’s new drama and a new teaser for the highly-anticipated Now We Are Breaking Up.
Read on to find out what is the biggest news this week below. Missed last week’s summary? You can still read it here.
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1. Ryu Jun-yeol will star opposite Jung Hae-in in upcoming original series
Ryu Jun-yeol has been offered to star opposite Jung Hae-in in the series Connect. The original drama will be helmed by Japanese renowned director, Takashi Miike and marks his first-ever Korean project. Connect is the story of a man whose organ was taken away by organ hunters. He eventually connects with the person who received his organ.
There are no details yet on which characters the two actors will portray or if they have accepted the roles. For now, the drama will reportedly start filming in November.
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