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Lee Byung-heon, Jeon Ji-hyun

Lee Byung-heon (Squid Game 3) and Jeon Ji-hyun (Jirisan) have been tapped to star in The Koreans (working title), in a remake of the similarly titled US series The Americans. Production for the period crime-thriller is in the early stages, with PD Ahn Gil-ho (The Glory, Genie Make a Wish) attached to direct. If both actors accept, this will notably mark a 26-year reunion from 1999(!), when the two played siblings in SBS’s drama Happy Together. [Osen, Sports Kyunghyang]

In the meantime, Jeon Ji-hyun will soon be landing on our screens in Disney+’s Tempest on September 10 next week. Preparing for the storm ahead in the latest poster and video teaser, the spy romance also stars Kang Dong-won (Uprising, Magic), John Cho (The Sympathizer), and Oh Jung-se (Good Boy) among other talents in the stacked lineup. [Sports Chosun]

Sohn Hyun-joo (Your Honor) is reviewing an offer for SBS’s Doctor X – The White Mafia Era, potentially joining Kim Ji-won (Queen of Tears), Lee Jung-eun (Heavenly Ever After), and Kim Woo-seok (Delightfully Deceitful). Expected to launch in 2026, the medical-noir has PD Lee Jung-rim (Revenant, As You Stood By) at the helm with rookie writer Pyun Sung-geun penning the scripts. [Newsen, TV Report]
tvN’s Spring Fever continues casting news as well, confirming Cha Seo-won (Unintentional Love Story), Jo Joon-young (Crushology 101), and Lee Jae-in (Our Unwritten Seoul). With Ahn Bo-hyun (Flex x Cop) and Lee Joo-bin (Twelve) headlining the rom-com, the webnovel-adaptation has been re-slated to air in early 2026 with PD Park Won-gook (Marry My Husband) directing and writing by Kim Ah-jung (The Secret Life of My Secretary). [Sports Chosun]

KBS came out with a new poster for Last Summer, bringing Lee Jae-wook (Dear Hongrang) and Choi Sung-eun (The Sound of Magic) together for a friends-to-lovers romance to cozy down with in the fall. Broadcasting on weekends, starting on November 1, production is being led by PD Min Yeon-hong (The Impossible Heir, Missing: The Other Side) and writer Jeon Yuri (Kiss Sixth Sense). [Sports Donga]
On ENA, we get our first look at Jeon Yeo-bin (Our Movie) as our Ms. Incognito in the crime-romance’s first posters and trailer. Also starring Jinyoung (Who Is She), Seo Hyun-woo (Our Movie), Jang Yoon-ju (Queen of Tears), and Joo Hyun-young (The Story of Park’s Marriage Contract), the series will be coming to our screens on September 29, following My Troublesome Star in the Monday-Tuesday slot. [Sports Donga (1), (2)]