Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee and Wi Ha-joon join period horror show; Apple TV+ series Dr Brain set for season 2 – K-drama casting latest

In K-drama production news, Park Seo-joon (Itaewon Class), Han So-hee (My Name) and Wi Ha-joon (Squid Game) sign up for period horror-drama Gyeongseong Creature

Apple TV+ has reportedly renewed sci-fi action-noir Dr Brain for a second season, and Lee Seung-gi (Mouse) and Lee Se-young are being courted for a legal drama

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Lee Sun-kyun in a still from K-drama Dr Brain. The acclaimed sci-fi action-noir has reportedly been renewed for a second series. Photo: Apple

Published: 6:15am, 12 Feb 2022

The 2022 release calendar is starting to fill up after the Lunar New Year holidays and plenty of stars from last year’s hit shows are mulling their returns to the small screen.

Among the latest shows to join the production pipeline are a monster set in the Japanese colonial era in Korea, a new season of an acclaimed sci-fi action-noir, and several star-driven romantic dramas.

Dr Brain Season 2

Dr Brain, the debut Korean drama series of Apple TV+, has reportedly been renewed for a second season. Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun is expected to return as the lead, but since Kim Jee-woon, who made his drama debut on the series, is about to shoot a new film, a different director is expected to come on board for the new episodes.

The sci-fi noir drama, about a neuroscientist who experiments with dangerous technology as he searches for his missing son, did not find a lot of viewers at home but globally was well received by critics and will look to build its audience as Apple TV+’s presence grows in the market.

Nurse Sheena’s Asylum Diary

Last seen in the romantic drama Doom at Your Service, Park Bo-young may be returning to screens soon after being offered the lead role in Nurse Sheena’s Asylum Diary, a new drama from director Lee Jae-kyoo, who is currently basking in the global success of the Netflix zombie smash All of Us Are Dead.

Park Bo-young in a still from Doom at Your Service.

Based on the webtoon of the same name which is drawn from the real experiences of a psychiatric nurse, this healing drama would find Park playing Jung Shi-na, a nurse who works in a psychiatric ward where various incidents take place.

Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo Se-Poong

Kim Min-jae (Dali and Cocky Prince), Kim Hyang-gi (Along With the Gods: The Two Worlds) and Kim Sang-kyung (Memories of Murder) have been cast in the upcoming period drama Joseon Psychiatrist Yoo Se-Poong.

Kim will play the titular character, a doctor for the Korean royal family who finds himself embroiled in a controversy and booted from the palace. He relocates to an odd but idyllic village, where he begins to treat the locals and meets Seo Eun-woo (Kim Hyang-gi) and Gye Ji-han (Kim Sang-kyung).

Gyeongseong Creature

Park Seo-joon (Itaewon Class), Han So-hee (My Name) and Wi Ha-joon (Squid Game) have joined forces for the upcoming period horror-drama Gyeongseong Creature.

Park Seo-joon (left) and Kim Da-mi in a scene from Itaewon Class.

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