Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Kim HyunJoong, Making a Comeback with Drama ‘Mischievous Kiss’?

Credits : roky@mtstarnews.com + SS601.com + (English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

SS501 Kim HyunJoong, who has recently moved over to another management company, has gathered attention on whether he will be making a comeback with drama ‘Mischievous Kiss’ (also known as ‘It started with a kiss’, I shall use ‘Mischievous Kiss’ here since this is a more accurate translation from the Korean title), originated from a Japanese manga.

Kim HyunJoong has been chosen as the male lead for ‘Mischievous Kiss’, which would be broadcasted through MBC, he is going into the final stages of discussions. Even though there hasn’t been any confirmation till date, Kim HyunJoong, who has received a lot of attention as a singer turned actor through ‘Boys Over Flowers’, has gained attention on whether he will raise another wave of syndrome through this manga-originated drama once again.

From the initial time when news of drama ‘Mischievous Kiss’ is going to be filmed, Kim HyunJoong was chosen as number 1 person to be casted for the role among the netizens as they think that he is most suited with the original image in the manga. CN Blue Jung YongHwa is also one of the candidates selected, but it would be difficult to cast him in due to his schedules. Meanwhile, ‘Mischievous Kiss’ production side said in brief “Nothing has been confirmed yet.”

Production for ‘Mischievous Kiss’ is taken up by Group Eight who has raised the ‘Boys Over Flowers’ wave syndrome, ‘Mischievous Kiss’ is a popular manga which has sold 27million copies in Japan alone. Taiwan drama of the same title by Joseph Cheng and Ariel Lin has gain a lot of popularity too.

Korean version of ‘Mischievous Kiss’ will be directed by Hwang InRol who has directed ‘Shampoo’s Fairy‘, ‘What Woman Live By’, ‘Goong’, ‘IlJiMae Returns’, etc, and written by Go EunNim who has written ‘Bungee Jumping of Their Own’, ‘Rebirth – NEXT’, ‘Soul’, etc.

‘Mischievous Kiss’ is expected to be broadcasted after MBC Wed-Thu drama ‘Road No. 1’.

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