Cho Seung-woo VS Lee Min-ho, Home Screen Big Match

"Secret Forest 2" – "The King: Eternal Monarch" to begin in July next year

The drama competition for 2020 is hot and Cho Seung-woo and Lee Min-ho's dramas are about to go head to head. They are starring in the tvN drama "Secret Forest 2" and SBS's "The King: Eternal Monarch" respectively next year in July.

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"Secret Forest 2" is about a loner prosecutor (Cho Seung-woo) and a righteous detective (Bae Doona) investigating a murder. The first season of the drama, "Secret Forest", was successful in 2017.

Cho Seung-woo will join the making of the drama once he's done with the musical "Sweeney Todd" until the 27th of January. He's shown a deep affection for the second season of the drama and the production has been in preparation since September. The plan is to start making the drama as soon as Cho Seung-woo is done with the musical, and wrap everything up until right before the drama goes on air.

"The King: Eternal Monarch" is coming at the same time. It started filming in October, aiming for a release in March next year, but to enhance its quality it has postponed the release to July.

"The King: Eternal Monarch" is the latest by writer Kim Eun-sook who also wrote "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God" and "Mr. Sunshine". It is based on a constitutional monarchy about the romance between a prince (Lee Min-ho) and a detective (Kim Go-eun).

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"Secret Forest 2" is directed by Park Hyeon-seok, written by Lee Soo-yeon-I, and features Cho Seung-woo, Bae Doona, Yoon Se-ah, Lee Joon-hyuk. Broadcasting information in Korea: 2020/07~Upcoming, on tvN.

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"The King: Eternal Monarch" is directed by Baek Sang-hoon, written by Kim Eun-sook, and features Lee Min-ho, Kim Go-eun, Woo Do-hwan, Kim Kyung-nam, Jung Eun-chae. Broadcasting information in Korea: 2020/07~Upcoming, on SBS.