Jewel of S.Korea

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Monday, August 24, 2015

Neighbourhood's Hero News : In English news!

1. Link : http://kpopfighting.com/




The production team for upcoming OCN drama ‘Neighborhood’s Hero’ (working title),
has confirmed today that actor Park Si Hoo will headline.

The drama will be directed by Kwak Jung Hwan, and tells the story of an ex-secret agent
Baek Shi Yoon who meets a temporary worker that aspires to be a police officer.
Baek Shi Yoon decides to train the young worker as a secret agent, and they team up
to fight against evil.

Baek Shi Yoon is described to be a well-trained human weapon. He buys a small bar 
after leavinghis past behind, and lives a lonely life. He slowly gets close to the neighborhood 
regulars at his bar, sympathizes with them, and decides to integrate himself into their lives, 
And fight for them against evil.

Filming will officially begin in September, and it will premiere early next year.

By: Alvin
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2. Link : http://www.dramabeans.com

Chuno, Runaway PD comes back with cable spy drama Neighborhood Hero
by javabeans | August 14, 2015 |

Director Kwak Jung-hwan is in talks to come back with a new blockbuster action-spy drama, this time for cable channel OCN, and here’s to hoping he gives us more of the action and intrigue of Chuno and Conspiracy in the Court that made him famous, rather than the disappointments of hyped follow-up projects Runaway Plan B and Basketball.

The new project is operating under the working title Neighborhood Hero and, according to PD Kwak, has been in pre-production for a long while. It has a reported production budget of 8 billion won (which translates to close to $7 million USD) and takes the concept of “neighborhood spy action” drama, although I have no idea what those words together mean in terms of drama genre. The only thing I can think of is the (unrelated) blockbuster film Covertly, Grandly, which had spy-action elements but also close-knit neighborhoody relationships. Is that what they mean? It’s hard to tell, though I suppose it’s not a bad project to emulate since that movie was a box-office smash.


In any case, PD Kwak does do better with this kind of plot, all fast action and spy antics. Chuno was super-charged with energy and testosterone, and while Runaway Plan B was less of a hit, I did end up really enjoying its globe-trotting caper comedy beats (even if the plot itself was outlandish and unrealistic—but Lee Jung-jin, chasing Rain, over and over and over again? That was good times). Basketball was a strange exercise in dour histo-reality that was tanked by terrible rookie acting, but hopefully PD Kwak has learned from that and will be using his flashy directorial touch to better effect for Neighborhood Hero.

One thing’s for sure: With OCN up to broadcast the drama, there’s lots of room for cool effects, gritty action, and stylish direction. The timelsot is still undecided, though PD Kwak did say he plans to work with a rookie scriptwriter, with casting and detailed plans still in planning stages. Neighborhood Hero is aiming a 20-episode run.

Credit : Via Star News, Osen

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