While Netflix recently greenlit two original Korean dramas, Amazon is first to release a first Korean drama of its own. The pilot episode of its first original Kdrama, The Idolm@ster.KR, has indeed been published today, 28 April 2017. As per usual with its originals, Amazon will be adding one new episode a week. Subscribers to Amazon Prime […]
Viki’s first original series DRAMAWORLD is set to become exclusively available on the global site powered by fans on Sunday 17 April, worldwide excluding China and South Korea. The 10-episode web comedy-drama is set in Los Angeles and South Korea, written in both English and Korean, and aimed at the fast-growing global fan base of […]
Today, Monday 13 October, DramaFever will premiere its second coproduction project, Tomorrow’s Cantabile, based on the popular Japanese manga, on its VOD service in North America and Latin America. Its first venture was with Hwa & Dam Pictures for The Heirs, a 20-episode romantic drama series starring Lee Min-ho (Boys Over Flowers, City Hunter) and […]
While it has been known for many months that My Love from Another Star was getting a Chinese remake, the interest of U.S. broadcast networks in Korean scripted TV series is confirmed once again with ABC optioning the script for a remake. Behind such move are, once again, Korean-American consultants, Sebastian Dong-hun Lee and David […]
Earlier in June, we told you about the French-Chinese webseries Ex-Model and its amazing success on the Chinese VOD platform, Youku Tudou. Well, we have another good news, the adventures of Xin Xin will continue as Youku agreed to renew it for a second season. The crew led by director Emmanuel Sapolsky and actress-producer Xin […]
Being cast in Avengers 2: Age of Ultron was already a big step for actress Kim Soo-hyun, who has made herself a name in South Korea with appearances in TV dramas such as Brain and 7th Grade Civil Servant. Things are going even better for her, as on August 14, shortly after finishing working on […]
It seems like Paris has become a new hot spot for webseries. While Amazon Studios announced a pilot for a series about foreigners sharing a flat in Paris (a la “Auberge Espagnole”), Youku just greenlit the second season of Ex-Model, a webseries that follows a Chinese model, nearing her thirties, who struggles to reinvent herself […]
Over the past few months, quite a few Korean dramas have been picked for a remake in the U.S. Surprising in appearance; there are actually several factors behind such a trend. The general audience is usually more familiar with the concept of remake in the film industry, with Hollywood being especially keen on adapting and […]
In April 2014, it was announced that KBS had acquired the rights to broadcast BBC Worldwide’s TV series The Muskateers. Less than three months later, and even before the broadcast, CJ E&M announced today that it has commissioned a TV adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ novel for its tvN cable channel. We were mentioning in other articles […]
DaehanDrama is usually dedicated to anything related to Korean TV series. However, in the growing landscape of online streaming worldwide, original productions for on demand platforms have become plenty and are making big waves. After Netflix met a resounding success with House of Cards, other VOD players have started investing in their own original programming. […]