Netflix’s D.P. set for season 2; My Name’s Han So-hee, Happiness’ Park Hyung-sik join music-themed romance – K-drama casting latest

Some of Korea’s hottest stars will be appearing in K-dramas in 2022, from Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan in D.P. to Han So-hee and Park Hyung-sik in Soundtrack #1

Netflix is lining up a new drama, Mask Girl, while Ong Seong-wu, ex-member of K-pop group Wanna One, is in talks to star in legal drama Blind

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Koo Kyo-hwan (left) and Jung Hae-in in a still from D.P., which has been renewed for a second season. Production companies are nailing down casts for Korean drama series that will broadcast in 2022. Photo: Netflix

Published: 8:15am, 18 Dec 2021

As 2021 winds to a close the K-drama industry is as busy as ever, with Netflix renewing an acclaimed show and announcing another while several of the year’s hottest young stars book new shows for 2022.

D.P. Season 2

Netflix has revealed that it is preparing a second season of acclaimed military service drama D.P. It shared a video teasing the follow-up season with existing footage of the two main characters, played by Jung Hae-in and Koo Kyo-hwan, suggesting that both actors are likely to return to the series.

Director Han Jun-hee, who directed and adapted the script from the original webtoon, will also return for the new season.

D.P. tells the story of members of a special unit in the military that tracks down deserting recruits.

The show hit a chord in South Korea, where military service is mandatory and many young recruits have suffered from harsh hazing.

Mask Girl

Following the recently concluded drama Reflection of You, actress Go Hyun-jung is set to return to screens in Mask Girl, her first Netflix Original drama. Also appearing in the series will be Nana (The Swindlers).