'Here' Gets Into Its Third Year of Postponed Production
- Nailatuzzahro'
- Mar 12, 2023
- 2 min read
The highly awaited drama series, Here (working title), has been in production postponement status since July 2020. Heretofore, neither Noh Hee Kyung, the screenwriter, nor Studio Dragon, the production studio, has yet to reconfirm the continuation of this series production.
Noh and Studio Dragon have arranged the schedule for Here: filming in the second half of 2020 and broadcasting on the JTBC network in the first half of 2021. Here was also supposed to be the sixth collaboration between Noh and director Kim Kyu Tae after they worked together on Live (2018), It's Okay, That's Love (2014), That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013), Padam Padam (2011), and Worlds Within (2008). However, the parties involved in the production were concerned that this series would be impossible to carry out the overseas filming schedule – initially set in Italy – due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Meanwhile, the option of filming only domestically was hard to consider as Here follows the story of international non-governmental organization workers. With these deliberations, Studio Dragon, through SPOTVNEWS, announced that Here perforce delayed filming and other production processes. Fans regretted the most that they fizzled out to see the A-list actors – the term for outstanding actors – in Noh's drama, including Lee Byung Hun, Han Ji Min, Shin Min Ah, Nam Joo Hyuk, and Bae Sung Woo.
The rise of the coronavirus in 2020 has affected the film industry worldwide, including in South Korea. It has hampered the projects of filmmakers, studios, and actors, especially those that required overseas settings. As a result, they have had to rearrange their schedules for another upcoming project. After the production delay of Here, Bae Sung Woo was cast for a lead role in Delayed Justice (2020-2021) and Nam Joo Hyuk for Twenty-Five Twenty-One (2022). Meanwhile, Lee Byung Hun, Han Ji Min, and Shin Min Ah have joined forces in Noh's subsequent work, Our Blues (2022).
Since there is no further news regarding Here, many fans have speculated that this series will not proceed. They concluded that Our Blues was a replacement for it, given that several actors previously confirmed to be cast for Here became exodus for Our Blues. Even so, some still expect the resumption of Here's production and release.
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