Netflix’s Sweet Home moves toward season 2 – K-drama casting latest

Kim Byung-chul of SKY Castle will play her husband Seo In-ho.

Han Ji-eun (Bad and Crazy) and Hong Jong-hyun (My Absolute Boyfriend) have been cast as the leads in the TVing stock market comedy Ants Are Burning. The show follows five trading novices – informally referred to as “ants” in Korea – who take part in unusual stock-tip meetings.

Yoo Mi-seo (Han Ji-eun) is set to marry soon and hasn’t been lucky with her trading so far. Meanwhile, convenience store clerk Choi Sun-woo (Hong Jong-hyun) drives a fancy car after hours.

Also cast are Jung Moon-Sung, Kim Sun-young and Jang Gwang.

Oldboy actor Choi Min-sik is returning to the small screen for the first time in 24 years in the upcoming eight-part Disney+ drama Casino. Following the ups and downs of a man’s life in a casino, the show will be directed by Kang Yoon-sung (The Outlaws), who was originally going to partner with Choi on a Korean remake of The Intern which fell through.

Choi’s co-stars include Le Dong-hwi (Reply 1988), Jo Jae-yoon (Mouse) and Squid Game actors Heo Sung-tae and Kim Joo-ryoung. Armed with a reported 20 billion won (US$16.6 million) budget, the show goes into production in February.

Jang Dong-yoon and Nana are set to appear in the upcoming fantasy romantic comedy My Man Is Cupid. Jang will play a fairy who has been stuck on earth for 500 years after losing his wings. He’s grown frosty over the years as he’s taken on 28 different forms, but all that changes when he accidentally shoots himself with one of his own arrows.

Nana will play an attractive but unlucky-in-love veterinary surgeon who has decided to swear off dating.

Gong Yoo (The Silent Sea) and Kim Tae-ri (Space Sweepers) are in talks to share the screen in The Devil, the new show by hit writer Kim Eun-hee, known for Signal, Kingdom and most recently Jirisan. Plot details of the project have yet to be revealed, but the show is set to air on broadcaster SBS.

Following Lost and Connect, a series currently being filmed by director Takashi Miike, Ryu Jun-yeol is set to star in a third drama, teaming up again with The King director Han Jae-rim on Money Game.

Co-starring will be Bae Sung-woo, another The King actor, in what is being viewed by some as a controversial comeback role soon after Bae was involved in a drink-driving incident. Based on a webtoon, the eight-part show will follow eight participants in a 100-day-long game who are competing for a huge cash prize.