After GMA made its localize version of Mexican telenovela Marimar,another adaptation from a foreign tv series will take place this time the hit Koreanovela My Name is Kim Sam Soon.
My Lovely Sam Soonor My Name is Kim Sam Soon (a direct translation of the Korean title) is a South Korean romantic-comedy series which was aired last 2005 on MBC TV which GMA-7 also purchased and televised in the primetime also that year.
GMA has chosen Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez to play the lead role of Kim Sam Soon a 29 to 30 year old, single and overweight girl, who doesn’t have a college degree but a patissier (pastry chef) with a Le Cordon Bleu (world’s largest hospitality education institution, teaching hospitality management and the culinary arts) certification while Mark Anthony Fernandez will play the role of Cyrus, the guy who owns the restaurant where Sam Soon works as a pastry chef. The remake will be directed by Dominic Zapata and Khryss Adalia.
Also included in the casts; Wendell Ramos as Harvey Kim Sam Soon’s ex-boyfriend, Dr. Hayden Kho as Henry Kim the doctor who will fall in love to HannahCyrus’ ex girlfriendto be portrayed by Nadine Samonte.
The soap is set to start in the primetime mid this year.
One of my favorite Korean series, I just hope they will give justice to the characters.
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The teleserye that set to compete GMA’s Dyesebel is Anne Curtis mythical soap entitled Dyosa under the direction of Wenn Deramas. Anne will have three leading men, among the choices are ABS - CBN’s heartrobs namely Sam Milby, Zanjoe Marudo, Luis Manzano, Rafael Rosell, Jon Avila , Will Devaughn and Victor Basa.
Dyosa is about an eighteen-year-old girl living a normal life as a student, a part-time cosplay model and a loving daughter to her midget parents when she discovers that she is not an ordinary girl. A half-man half-goat appears before Dyosa on her 18th birthday to reveal that Dyosa is actually a goddess, a descendant of Mariang Sinukuan and Bernardo Carpio, who is destined to rule the world of the upper gods.
Dyosa has to make a choice: Will she heed the call of her destiny and save the dying world of the Philippine gods and goddesses and leave the life she has lived for 18 years? Or will she resist her new role as a goddess and give up her powers to stay in the human world with the mortal she loves?
It is set to capture our hearts in the primetime by June or July this year.
Kim Chiu, the first Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition winner got a shock of her life when she discovered that she was chosen to play the lead role in the local version of the hit Koreanovela My Girl during the Dream Big Kapamilya press con. It was the first time that she knew about the project and she even cried upon hearing the good news. “Ang saya, ang saya!, she said while wiping away the tears.
ABS-CBN has secured the franchise for the 2006 hit Korean series My Girl from SBS South Korea. This is the first collaboration of the two giant television networks of the said Asian countries.
The role of Jasmine (Yoo Rin) which was originally played by Lee Da Hae, will be played by Kim Chiu while the rest of the cast is yet to be announced. While Gerald Anderson her onscreen loveteam will be portraying the role of Julian (Gong Chan) played by Lee Dong Wook in the Korean version and not Sam Milby as previously hummed.
Can Kim Chiu pull off that funny-and-lovable role? Let’s wait and see after all she has proven herself in her previous projects in the network.
The Mega-daughter KC Concepcion willunmasks her different faces in I Am KC, a month-long drama special in ABS-CBN starting this Saturday March 29 7pm .
In this show, KC shares her versatility by offering comedy, light romance, fantasy and a musical, which everyone in the family will surely enjoy. In the pilot episode she will showcase her funny side along with Ai-Ai delas Alas and Jake Cuenca as her love interest entitled Binibining Palengke directed byWenn de Ramas.
In the second episode, Yes Sir under the direction of Andoy Ranay, she will be a career woman who will learn many lessons on life from her boss portrayed by Albert Martinez and her boyfriend played by Luis Manzano.
In April 12 episode entitled Times Up! directed by Jerry Lopez Sineneng, she will turn back time to change her murderer into a better man, with Makisig Morales and Zandjoe Marudo as her co-stars.
And for the finale, she will be joined by Supah Papalicious Vhong Navarro to show her dancing skills in Love 2 Dance under the direction of Mr. M Johnny Manahan.
But too bad to all the leading men of KC because there is no kissing scene in the four episodes, she revealed that she saves her first screen kiss in a bigger project.
KC considers her birthday project a big deal for it serves as her training ground for much bigger roles. This is also what she wished for her birthday, she will be turning 23 years old this April 7.
Maging Sino Ka Man Book 2 will air its final episode this Friday, March 28. The second installment of this series is the continuation of the four lives of Jackie (Bea Alonzo) and Eli (John Lloyd Cruz) as well as JB (Sam Milby) and Celine (Anne Curtis) and their four hearts in search of happiness in a complicated world.
Veteran actors Christopher de Leon and Chinchin Gutierrez assume their original roles that they have made iconic in book one. Meanwhile, Rosanna Roces and Phillip Salvador join the cast with a guarantee of equally brilliant portrayals.
Added to the powerhouse cast above, are today’s hottest young stars Angelica Panganiban, Derek Ramsay and Toni Gonzaga lend their acting skills.
Considered as the soap opera that brought teleseryes to a higher level in the local scene, Maging Sino Ka Man Book 2 is a show that you will not want to let go.
And as they reach the closure of the story, how will their journey ends, the truth about Monique’s death will give Fidel and Matteo reconciliation? Will JB swallows his pride says sorry to Onay and will she give JB another chance? Will Eli and Jackie fulfill Lena’s last wish by renewing their vows after they all they’ve been through?
Watch the last episode of YES! magazine’s Reader’s Choice Awardee for Favorite TV Show for Drama tonight in the Primetime Bida after Palos.