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Why Should You Watch Park Bo-Young & Choi Woo-Shik Melo Movie This Valentine’s Day? ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

Netflix’s one of the highly anticipated K-dramas of 2025, Melo Movie, has been scheduled to have a release date on February 14. As we all know, on Feb 14, the world celebrates Valentine’s Day, and what can be better than to watch a rom-com K-drama on the day of love? So, grab your partner, get some snacks and chocolate-dipped strawberries as your dessert, put sheet masks on your faces, and start watching the show.

The series features four lead actors: Park Bo-Young, Choi Woo-Shik, Lee Jun-Young, and Jeon So-Nee. Written by Lee Na-Eun and directed by Oh Choong-Hwan, the drama has a beautiful storyline that will keep you engaged until the end. But are you still having doubts about whether you should watch this series or not? Then, scroll ahead as we list...

Picture: Go Young Jung (left) and Kim Seon Ho (right) in Can This Love Be Translated? – Netflix

Can This Love Be Translated? has amassed an amazing ensemble cast that Netflix subscribers will get to watch in action in late 2025. Here’s everything we know so far about Can This Love Be Translated? on Netflix.

Can This Love Be Translated? is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original romantic comedy series written by the Hong Sisters Jung Eun and Mi Ran and directed by Yoo Young Eun.

Table of Contents When is the Netflix release date? What is the plot of Can This Love Be Translated?? Who is in the cast of Can This Love Be Translated? What is the episode count? What is the production status of Can This Love Be Translated? When is the Netflix release date?

Filming will not end until February 2025, so we’ll likely see the K-drama...

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Netflix has picked up the exclusive rights to the second season of Weak Hero Class. Previously meant to be released in January 2025, Weak Hero Class 2 has been pushed back to a Q2 2025 release on Netflix.

Weak Hero Class 2 is an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original action K-drama based on the webtoon Weak Hero from SeoPass illustrated by Kim Jin Seok. Han Hee Jun is the creator of the K-drama, with Park Hee Dan to direct. Yoon Min Soo is the writer of the K-drama.

Kim Jin Myung and Park Won Tae are the two executive producers of the series.

When is Weak Hero Class 2 coming to Netflix?

Previously scheduled for a January 2025 release, the second season of Weak Hero Class has been pushed back to Q2 (April-June) 2025. An exact release date has yet to be announced by Netflix.

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Here’s All You Need To Know About Choi Woo-Shik & Park Bo-Young Starrer Melo Movie (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Netflix is bringing a fresh take on love this Valentine’s Day with Melo Movie, a romantic K-drama starring Parasite actor Choi Woo-shik and Strong Girl Bong-soon star Park Bo-young. The highly anticipated series will be released in February, and the streaming giant has also shared its release date with the fans.

Melo Movie was written by Lee Na Eun, who also wrote Our Beloved Summer, which starred Choi Woo-shik. Meanwhile, Oh Choong Hwan of the hit drama Start-Up will be helming the show. He is also known for other hits, including Hotel Del Luna, My Love From The Star, Big Mouth, While You Were Sleeping, and more.

Melo Movie K-Drama Release Date, Plot, And Cast

Netflix recently announced the release date of Melo Movie. The drama will consist of 10 episodes and begin airing on February 14th.

It isn't easy to make an audience laugh, but these k-dramas, currently streaming on Netflix, are some of the funniest to watch on the platform. K-dramas also known as Korean dramas, are television series made in South Korea. These series come in a variety of genres, from romance to action to coming-of-age, and often tell stories that are unique and sometimes representative of Korean culture. Even within the comedy genre being explored here, the following k-dramas offer many genres including romantic comedy, dark comedy, family shows, and even fantasies.

With Netflix embracing k-dramas, these are the funniest k-dramas available to stream on Netflix at the moment. These series make audiences cry with laughter over their wacky situations, complete misunderstandings, and slapstick jokes and bits. While these k-dramas may differ in story and plot, they all share similar themes of family, love, and friendship. Along with the comedic aspects, these shows...

Disney+ has a new thriller from Korea coming this summer called “The Tyrant” that sounds epic! It’s about a secret project the South Korean government had to make a super virus that could boost their power in the world. But when US spies find out, things get crazy!

The show follows a group of rogue scientists who create this virus, called “The Tyrant Project.” Their plan was to use it to make South Korea more important globally. But then American agents catch wind of what they’re up to and demand the scientists hand over all the virus samples. Yikes!

Here’s where it gets really interesting – during the handoff between the Koreans and Americans, the bioweapon gets stolen! Now both countries and a covert ops team are racing against time to find the virus before something bad happens. With a weapon that dangerous in the wrong hands, this does Not end well!

Kim Woo-bin, Suzy Reunite for a Netflix Romcom by The Glory Writer - Main Image

K-drama fans, rejoice! Netflix has confirmed the production of the reunion project of top Korean stars Kim Woo-bin and Suzy, drumming up the anticipation with photos from the first script reading.

All the Love You Wish For (working title) is a romantic comedy series about a wish-granting genie named Jinn (Kim), awakened from a thousand years of slumber by Ka-young (Suzy).

The two last appeared in a series together in 2016 as star-crossed lovers in Uncontrollably Fond. This was Kim’s first lead TV actor role; soon after, he went on a hiatus to seek cancer treatment. He successfully returned in 2022 with projects Our Blues and Black Knight.

All-rounder Bae Suzy was first introduced to audiences as a girl group member of Miss A. She cements her status as a pillar of the Korean wave by headlining widely loved TV shows,...

Romantic K Drama Series: Korean dramas, often referred to as K-dramas, have garnered immense popularity worldwide for their captivating storylines, charming characters, and heartwarming romance. From love triangles to forbidden romances, K-dramas offer a diverse array of romantic narratives that appeal to audiences of all ages. Here are the top 8 latest best romantic K-drama series that you don’t want to miss:

1. “Crash Landing on You” (2019-2020)

“Crash Landing on You” follows the story of Yoon Se-ri, a South Korean heiress who crash-lands in North Korea while paragliding. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jeong-hyeok, and despite their differences, they develop a deep and forbidden romance. With its stellar cast, gripping plot, and beautiful cinematography, “Crash Landing on You” has captured the hearts of millions worldwide.

2. “It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” (2020)

“It’s Okay to Not Be Okay” tells the story of Moon Gang-tae, a psychiatric ward caregiver,...

Gone are the days when K-dramas almost exclusively meant love stories, period pieces and family dramas. Today, South Korea produces some of the most chilling and outrageously violent TV shows you’ll ever see—while also continuing to release the more traditional, wholesome fare that longtime K-drama fans fell in love with years ago.

The diversification of genres in recent years can largely be attributed to the rise of global streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+. In the past, most K-dramas were aired on broadcast TV, which comes with certain guidelines around what can and cannot be shown. By contrast, streamers aren’t bound by such rules around content.

The result? More extreme and graphic K-dramas, with Korean original series on Ott services like Netflix, often featuring plenty of gore and violence, and sometimes some sex and nudity as well. This year saw a host of Korean thrillers and horror series,...

With Nam Joo-Hyuk enlisted in the military, we were under the impression that we’d have to wait two whole years to see him again, but here we have a new TV show with the actor as the leading man. The actor is known for his slice-of-life roles that are both adorable and emotional, and he does a fantastic job of balancing pain and humor that really makes you root for him, whatever the role may demand. The actor’s last show was Twenty-Five Twenty-One, which was widely beloved, even though the ending received a lot of backlash for being too realistic. Vigilante will see the mostly romantic actor in a completely new light, and we’re excited to see him try something new. The show is based on a webtoon of the same name and follows a very “Batman” tale, where a young man sets out to take revenge...

Korean dramas have evolved beyond our expectations over the years, ranging from romance to thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat. Furthermore, they frequently feature exciting action scenes to provide a surprise element, which has now become a standard in every thriller drama. Dramas such as Taxi Driver, Vincenzo, and K2 have particularly taken the concept to the next level, tackling social issues to the extreme.

The upcoming Korean drama Vigilante is one such example, offering a new perspective on a vigilante who fights criminals both under the law and outside the law. Such concepts aren't new, though, as various superhero TV shows like Arrow and films like Batman have been doing them for years, but it's uncommon to see one from the Korean industry. That being said, here's everything we know so far about the new crime thriller K-drama Vigilante, including the plot, cast, trailer, and release date.

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Nam Joo-Hyuk is definitely the internet boyfriend we deserve! Though fans are missing him dearly while he serves his mandatory service in the Korean military (as all able-bodied Korean men must by age 28), they're relying on his his dreamy roles in hit K-dramas like "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo," "Start-Up," and "The Light in Your Eyes" to keep his face fresh in their minds.

Nam took his dreamboat status to a whole new level through his 2022 role as Yi-Jin on Netflix's romance-drama "Twenty-Five Twenty-One." Whether it's his undeniable chemistry with Kim Tae-ri's Na Hee-Do, the way he blushes adorably in the aspiring fencer's presence, his sad eyes whenever they're forced to part ways, or simply his million-dollar smile, Nam is all fans can think about ever since the show aired. And naturally, fans are wondering about the Korean heartthrob's relationship status. Is he still on the market?...

San Francisco, Feb 15 (Ians) Tech giant Google has announced that it is rolling out Privacy Sandbox Beta to a small percentage of Android 13 devices, allowing users and developers to experience and evaluate “new solutions” in the real world.

Last year in February, the company introduced the Privacy Sandbox on Android as an “industry-wide initiative to raise the bar for user privacy and ensure continued access to free content and services.”

“Building on our web efforts, we’re developing solutions for digital advertising that limit user data sharing and don’t rely on cross-app identifiers,” Google said in a blogpost on Tuesday.

The devices which are selected for the Beta, will receive an Android notification informing the same.

“The Privacy Sandbox Beta provides new application programming interfaces (APIs) that are designed with privacy at the core, and don’t use identifiers that can track your activity across apps and websites,” the tech giant said.

Neptunia: Sisters Vs Sisters features familiar RPG mechanics as players build experience with individual members of their party to level up fast and gain new abilities and skills. Although the main narrative of this game has plenty of battles to embark upon, the new friends found along the way pose an exciting challenge for players as the extra company emphasizes finding opportunities to gain Xp quickly for all their allies. Through the unique social media system present in this title, called Chirper, players have many chances in each chapter to find the events they need to progress every character at their disposal.

The easiest and perhaps most consistent way to level up fast in Neptunia: Svs comes from using the player's rPhone and the Chirper application, which indicates available sidequests. Since new side content appears in every new chapter, players have fresh options to gain fast Xp through these events.

Today, the Sundance Institute and Sandbox Films announced the 10 projects selected as this year’s cohort for the Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund. Geared toward supporting nonfiction films that explore the link between science and culture, the fund offers grants from development through post-production and engagement events. The 10 projects selected for the latest edition of the fund will receive a total of 300,000 in non-recoupable grants alongside individually tailored film support, meaningful networking connections and the opportunity join Sundance’s year-round artistic community. “Since its inception five years ago, the Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund has vitally enriched the Documentary […]

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Today, the Sundance Institute and Sandbox Films announced the 10 projects selected as this year’s cohort for the Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund. Geared toward supporting nonfiction films that explore the link between science and culture, the fund offers grants from development through post-production and engagement events. The 10 projects selected for the latest edition of the fund will receive a total of 300,000 in non-recoupable grants alongside individually tailored film support, meaningful networking connections and the opportunity join Sundance’s year-round artistic community. “Since its inception five years ago, the Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund has vitally enriched the Documentary […]

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In Grounded, the chest in the Minotaur Maze's End has an important item that players will be interested in, but the Minotaur Maze Key is tricky to find. There are many things for players to do in Grounded, from crafting armor and weapons to exploring the map and collecting upgrade items and materials. While several materials are inside the Minotaur Maze's chest, the key item it contains is the Picnic Burg.L Chip. While not required for story progression, this Chip allows players to buy the Food Stuff Sign Set, the Mint Mace recipe, and the Sca.B Scanner: Milk Molars upgrades from Burg.L. The sign set is nice enough, but it is these last two items players will be most interested in.

The Mint Mace is one of the strongest melee weapons in the game, second only to the Club of the Mother Demon in pure damage, but with the Fresh elemental alignment.

Nothing can get us quite in our feelings like "Twenty-Five Twenty-One." The hit K-drama, which is currently streaming on Netflix, centers around high school fencer Na Hee-Do (Kim Tae-ri) befriending a hardworking college dropout named Baek Yi-Jin (Nam Joo-Hyuk). Over the course of the series, the two grow closer and begin to catch feelings as they help each other deal with their own personal struggles. With every episode, viewers also fall deeper in love with Yi-Jin, since he's basically the definition of a perfect boyfriend: kind, caring, and always there for Hee-Do during her toughest moments.

Besides "Twenty-Five Twenty-One," Nam has also portrayed the leading male love interest in other romantic K-dramas like "Start-Up" and "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo." The actor has never failed to make fans swoon with his roles. If you've become a big fan of Nam as well, scroll through the slideshow to see 20 of his best photos through the years.

Exclusive: Burgeoning documentary production company Sandbox Films has hired Patrick Hurley to fill the newly created position of Distribution Producer, also announcing today that it has launched construction on a new headquarters in New York City.

As Distribution Producer, Hurley will take the lead on distribution strategy, developing bespoke plans and campaigns for each production and working closely with release partners worldwide to maximize each film’s impact and audience. He comes to Sandbox with a decade of experience in connecting documentaries with release partners and audiences, having previously served as Industry Director at Sheffield DocFest and Distribution Manager at Dogwoof.

“Patrick uniquely understands the needs of independent filmmakers, as well as the nuances of a changing industry landscape,” said Sandbox’s Head of Production & Development, Jessica Harrop. “As an impact-minded company, we hope our films connect with large audiences to inspire critical thinking and expand minds. But this can...

Sundance Institute and Sandbox Films announced 12 filmmakers who will be in the next batch to receive support for their projects, along with eight films selected to receive unrestricted and non-recoupable grants totaling $255,000, through the Sandbox Fund.

The Sandbox Fund aims to elevate the voices of independent artists working in the realm of science and nonfiction storytelling as they produce and promote work and discourse the highlights that overlap science and art in the U.S. and abroad.

The filmmakers and projects receiving grants are Márton Vizkelety and Zoltán Moll’s “Give Love Create,” Lacey Schwartz Delgado and Mehret Mandefro’s “How Free People Think,” Tasha Van Zandt’s “A Life Illuminated” and Eleanor Mortimer’s Untitled Deep Sea Taxonomy Documentary. Also in the group are Leandro Listorti’s “Herbaria,” Francisco Forbes, Ferran Romeu and Matthew Barton’s “Science Fiction,” Natalia Solórzano Vásquez’s “Space Is a Monstrous Animal” and Julie...

“It’s upsettingly silly,” declares Mark Samual Bonanno about the sketch comedy series “Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun.” Zachery Ruane from the show adds, “If you have had a tough day, if you have had to think a lot, or you are stressed about the world, we are trying to be something that is the opposite of that.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

The Netflix sketch series is created by the Australian absurdist comedy group “Aunty Donna.” Bonanno, Ruane and Broden Kelly are the members that star in the series. Director Max Miller,composer Tom Armstrong and producer Sam Lingham complete the group. They first garnered attention through viral comedy videos on YouTube. Ruane explains, “We’ve been doing sketch together as an ensemble for nearly 10 years. When we got to this show, we’d done two pilots, a lot of online stuff and created and...

Leading South Korean film sales firm Finecut has boarded “Toxic,” a fact-based drama-thriller about a mysterious outbreak that killed thousands. The firm, which is also representing Hong Sang-soo’s Berlin competition title “Introduction,” will unveil the new title to buyers at next month’s European Film Market.

The film is the dramatization of events between 1994 and 2011 in which at least 1,600, and possibly as many as 14,000, people in Korea died. Consumer goods companies including the U.K.’s Reckitt-Benckiser sold tens of millions of humidifier-disinfectants for everyday use. Some included medicinal claims such as the suggestion that they would be good for people suffering from the common cold. Instead, with possible government complicity, the products skipped proper testing and were later found to contain chemicals that caused irreversible lung damage.

The film centers on an ER doctor whose wife may have lost her life because of the product. Along with other victims,...

The Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) has named Nomadland as Best Picture in their reveal of the annual top ten films and winners of other award categories.

“The Online Film Critics Society (Ofcs) has revealed its annual Top Ten List as well as winners of its film awards which was topped by Nomadland. In addition, The Chloé Zhao American wanderlust drama was named Best Picture. Also on the list is Pixar’s Soul which was also named Best Animated Feature.”

Read more at Deadline.

Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou is the latest addition to Mattel’s “Inspiring Women” line of Barbie dolls.

“Since its inception in 2018, Mattel’s ‘Inspiring Women’ line of Barbies has featured Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, and seven other female role models from the past and present. The latest is celebrated poet and writer Maya Angelou.”

Read more at Mental Floss.

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The streaming giant stated its investment in Korean content from 2015 to 2020 reached $700m.

Netflix has signed leases for two new production facilities in South Korea in response to global demand for more original Korean films and series.

The streaming giant stated its investment in Korean content from 2015 to 2020 reached $700m “with more than 80 shows made in Korea and watched by audiences around the world.”

The two production facilities are situated in Gyeonggi Province in Paju-si and Yeoncheon-gun, outside Seoul.

Netflix is leasing six stages and supporting spaces of approximately 9,000 square meters at Ycdsmc - Studio 139 in Yeoncheon-gun. It is also...

Netflix is doubling down on Korean originals and has leased production studio space at two facilities to handle this growth.

The streamer is leasing nine stages at two production facilities in the country after revealing that it has spent $700M on Korean content in the last five years.

This includes originals such as Kingdom, The King: Eternal Monarch, Start-Up, and It’s Okay to Not Be Okay as well as an upcoming local adaptation of Money Heist.

At Ycdsmc – Studio 139, it will lease six stages and supporting spaces of approximately 9,000 square meters. At Samsung Studio, it will also lease three stages of approximately 7,000 square meters. Both studios are just outside of Seoul, in Gyeonggi Province, Korea.

It comes after Netflix struck a similar deal in the UK in 2019, where it created a dedicated production hub with 14 sound stages at Shepperton Studios.

“Netflix is thrilled to deepen its investment in Korea, as...

EntertainmentOther popular films from the south include 'Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal', 'Kappela' and 'Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya'.Tnm StaffAllu Arjun’s Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Dulquer Salman’s Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal, Anna Ben's Kappela, and Satyadev's Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya were among the top 10 most watched films from south India in 2020, according to Netflix. Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo starring Allu Arjun,Pooja Hegde, Tabu, Jayaram and others is a blockbuster Telugu film, which remains one of the top-grossers in Allu Arjun’s career. While Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo and Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal enjoyed a good theatrical run, Kappela was taken off theatres due to the coronavirus pandemic. Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya was released exclusively on Netflix due to the prolonged closure of theatres. According to Netflix, popular Spanish series Money Heist featured on their top 10 series in India for 170 days followed by German sci-fi series Dark which featured in their top 10 for 95 days.