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South China Morning Post
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
K-drama casting news about Bae Suzy, Park Bo-gum, Jung Hae-in and more
A number of intriguing high-concept romantic dramas are courting a variety of major stars in a bid to heat up our K-drama schedules in 2026. Read on for the latest TV casting news out of South Korea. Men of the Harem Bae Suzy ( Doona! ) has received an offer to headline the major period drama Men of the Harem, based on a web novel of the same name. This fantasy drama follows a queen who uses male concubines to secure her position on the throne. Bae is being eyed to play Latin, the Empress of the Tarium Empire. Bae Suzy in a still from Doona! She has been offered the lead in period drama Men of the Harem. Photo: Netflix
Reuters
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Alexander Skarsgard delves into kink in Cannes film 'Pillion'
CANNES, France, May 19 (Reuters) - British director Harry Lighton wanted to dispel preconceptions about kink with his feature debut "Pillion," featuring Alexander Skarsgard, he told Reuters at the Cannes Film Festival. Set in London, Lighton's romantic drama explores the submissive relationship between Colin, portrayed by Harry Melling, a shy traffic officer who lives at home with his parents, and Skarsgard's Ray, a handsome biker with a mysterious past. Eager to meet Ray's demands for domestic obedience, Colin begins to discover what his partner describes as an "aptitude for devotion". Their relationship is consensual, and its terms are clear. Lighton told Reuters he had wanted to make a film about submissive relationships for some time, so when Adam Mars-Jones' "Box Hill" novel came along, he jumped at the opportunity to create an adaptation. "There's a lot of surface preconceptions about kink and the challenge of digging beneath some of those appealed to me," he told Reuters on Sunday. The film is peppered with moments of comedy so as to, in Lighton's words, "lighten the load" and "riff on some of the tropes of romantic comedies and see how they map onto an atypical submissive/dominant relationship." Melling and Skarsgard said comedic moments were often inadvertently caused by "clumsy and awkward" blunders on set. "In reality there are a lot of awkward moments when you change position," Skarsgard told Reuters. "Just by leaving in those awkward transitions and stuff makes it feel real but it also is kind of funny because you're not used to seeing that on screen." Melling, known for portraying Dudley Dursley in the Harry Potter series and a chess champion in "The Queen's Gambit," told Reuters he was relieved the audience laughed during the film's world premiere on Sunday. "The weird thing about doing a movie is you don't really know if it is funny at the time of doing it," he told Reuters. "Pillion" is competing in the festival's second-tier Un Certain Regard category, alongside Harris Dickinson's "Urchin" and Kristen Stewart's "The Chronology of Water."
Forbes
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
The Best New Netflix Show Nabs A Perfect 100% Critic Score
Forever Netflix It's a pretty good week for Netflix TV, as the service has not one but two 100% scored shows this week. I've already written about one, so I figured that I would focus on the other, a brand new series that isn't returning for a new season, but something original. Well, original but still based on a book. That show is Forever, actually written as FOREVER in all caps, a romantic drama that spans eight 45-50 minute episodes and stars Michael Cooper Jr., Lovie Simone and Xosha Roquemore. It's based on of all things, a Judy Blume novel from 1975, not some sort of modern, YA-type story. Here's the synopsis: Yes, this is an MA-rated show featuring sex and nudity based on children's author Judy Blume's book from 1975. But this was not a kids book, a breakout concept for Blume, and it was so controversial at the time given its focus on teenage sexuality that it ended up being banned in many places and was censored in others. The 1975 version did not feature leading black characters like the 'Gen Z' version does, which may not be a surprise. Forever Rotten Tomatoes The show currently has a perfect 100% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, albeit no audience score in yet. On IMDB, however, it has a great 7.7/10 from fans. The series has debuted at #2 on Netflix's Top 10 list, which is very solid for a brand new series. If it can keep this viewership up, a second season of a relatively cheap, well-received show like this should be in the cards. This is not listed as a miniseries so it stands to reason they are shooting for more. Though I don't know if this season is adapting the entire Blume book, and if they'd have to write original material after this. I'm sure a lot has been changed anyway given the 50 year gap between this show and the book. There are not all that many romantic dramas that score this high on Netflix, but this one has really landed. I do not recognize any members of this cast, and browsing through their history, a big Netflix show like this is certainly the most high-profile thing any of them has done. And it's gone very, very well. Check it out for yourself, as it's live now on the site. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
