Leads Finalized for New TVN Drama 'Circle'

[keytfelt.livejournal.com]

Upcoming tvN sci-fi mystery drama Circle has its leading lady with the casting of Gong Seung Yeon. Kim Kang Woo and Yeo Jin Goo have already confirmed their roles.

Boasting an experimental format with segments from two timelines (2017 and 2037), Circle deals with alien visitors (who believe that emotions have to be eradicated in order for there to be a future for humanity) arriving on Earth. In the 2017 story, they’re recent arrivals, and humans learn skills from them and also how to take advantage of them. In the 2037 timeline, we see how events have transpired in the intervening years.

Gong Seung Yeon’s character is in the 2017 storyline, and is a university student alongside Yeo Jin Goo’s character who’s described as the crux of a mysterious event that links present and future. It’s not clear how either of them will be linked to Kim Kang Woo’s character, who’s a violent-crimes detective in the 2037 storyline, but I expect some Signal-like interplay between the two realities.

Circle is being considered for a late-night timeslot on Fridays and Saturdays on tvN.

Sources: Soompi | Dramabeans

This seems very ambitious but I'm excited for it. The writers of Six Flying Dragons and Tree With Deep Roots are the showrunners and they have a team of four scriptwriters.

Comments

[vizallati.livejournal.com]

Omg I love scifi mystery shows and dystopian or panoptic/big brother concepts lmao. This sounds interesting. I've never watched six flying dragons or tree with deep roots though. Can I expect some decent writing?

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

Yes both of those dramas have amazing plots

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

Both writers are my faves and I consider them as the best scriptwriters in Korea tbh. They're really good at writing complicated and layered characters so you can pretty much expect great things from them. They're not good at writing romance (haha) but they always wrote creative and interesting plots..

[shuumi-miss.livejournal.com]

Yes, they're good (except in romance, but it doesn't matter to me, they are good in writing complex characters and plots in general).

[modestgoddess79.livejournal.com]

This sounds so good

[yourethesky.livejournal.com]

this def has a lot of potential and i love her!

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

After scanning and seeing 6 Flying Dragons, I was interested from there. But, now after reading the synopsis, I have high expectations for this drama.

[tsuyoi-hikari.livejournal.com]

I like all the 3 leads -- always thought Kim Kangwoo is such an amazing actor except that he never being given the proper role that actually showcase his ability as an actor. And I was bitter that Gong Seung Yeon's character didnt developed as much as I want to in Six Flying Dragon -- there's so much she can do as Yoo Ah In's wife lol but the writers keep her character so simple. :(

NGL, I'm so excited since past-future plot has always been my fave and the writers are amazing but the timeslot is pretty much guarantee low-ratings haha

1of1girl

[1of1girl.livejournal.com]

this sounds really interesting, i'm definitely going to watch it when it starts airing.

[suggestivepeach.livejournal.com]

Yay @ Seungyeon finally getting a lead role.