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This is supposedly starting filming on Thursday, suggesting that Lee Chae-min accepted the ML role. (Source: https://x.com/kdramacasting/status/1881611975052198202)

It was the same for Gyeongseong Creature S1, I think. That wasn't announced as releasing in two parts (7 eps first then then last 3 two weeks later) until when the poster/teaser came out.

It's of course possible they will release it all at once; it's just that they've never done that before so I'm a bit skeptical.

I guess we'll see. They've never released that many episodes at once for a Korean original. Their main objective is to keep subscribers around, and if they split it, they make sure those subscribers stick around to watch the rest. If they want to do it, they won't care if a month is "full".

Nope, they love dragging it out. Sentencing in a month.

True. I still think they will split that in two like The Glory, but we'll see.

I said more than Netflix originals *usually* get.

If you look at last year, most had 6-8 episodes, including Parsyte: The Grey (6), Hierarchy (7), The 8 Show (8), The Trunk (8), The Frog (8), A Killer Paradox (8) etc.

As in never happening this year. Yoo Ah-in's scandal is too fresh, with his sentencing set for February. Righteous netizens would never allow it. They'll kick up a fuss and the distributor will get scared and postpone it again.

That's actually more than Netflix originals usually get.

Lol, never happening. There'll be some grumbling from knetz and they'll get scared as always.

Not true for Netflix originals. The ones that come out weekly are the ones Netflix license from Korean broadcasters. Netflix originals always come out all episodes at once (or in two parts).

Hopefully the OST is as good as it was for Our Beloved Summer.

It didn't, based on the numbers. It hit #1 on the non-English global chart and outperformed several other Netflix originals last year, including The 8 Show.

In June alone (the month of release) it logged over 100 million viewing hours and more than 13 million completed viewings. And that's just based on about 3 weeks of viewer data released by Netflix for the first half of 2024.

It did far better than what WTSG is currently doing.

Chaemin on his way to dominate 2025, you love to see it.

Not sure why you would compare to Hierarchy, a drama that did not air on TV on account of being a Netflix original, and performed better than the majority of their originals last year.

I've never seen such a low tv rating on tvN (1.8%), certainly not for a weekend drama. Quite shocking. This isn't just a regular case of stiff competition; Korean viewers are rejecting this drama completely.

I mean this happens in Europe, too. A sasaeng/stalker broke into Harry Styles' house a couple of years ago and last year she was sentenced to prison for sending him 8,000 cards in a month.

I mean it's ages ago, all it takes is a web search. But here, have Ryeoun confirming that they wrapped and how it was meant to air this January: https://x.com/kdramahandle/status/1797793468242358515

Namu wiki lists April 20, 2024 as the last day of filming:
https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EC%95%BD%ED%95%9C%EC%98%81%EC%9B%85%20Class%202

Lol, no. It finished filming in April of last year.

I find it super unlikely they'll be that old in the drama canonically. Either they won't address their ages at all because who cares, or they'll age them down. It's obvious from the teaser that they're meant to be younger, so it makes no sense to claim that they're in their 30s.

I wonder if it's postponed because they're trying to secure the rights to the first season so they can release that first. It never fully made sense to make S2 of a drama when you don't have S1 available.