[All] Byun Woo-seok X IU '21st Century Grand Prince' Aiming for the End of the Year on MBC

According to OSEN, the '21st Century Grand Prince' production team is positively reviewing scheduling a Friday-Saturday miniseries drama on MBC towards the end of the year. The Friday-Saturday miniseries is a time slot that is known as a fierce battleground, churning out hit dramas even among the reduced terrestrial drama schedules. In addition, MBC has been taking over popular dramas such as 'Red Sleeves', 'Lover', and most recently 'The Phone Call You Just Picked Up'. According to entertainment industry insiders, they are considering scheduling the highly anticipated new works of Byun Woo-seok and IU during the year-end time slot to decorate the finale of the year.

In particular, broadcasting officials emphasized that they are putting a lot of effort into selecting the director for 'The 21st Century Grand Prince'. 'The 21st Century Grand Prince' is a work that was selected through an MBC script contest and is currently in the development stage as a mini-series. After the script contest was selected, there was a director who was decided, but the final decision was postponed due to the need for a main director with weighty influence in line with the casting of Byun Woo-seok and IU. Accordingly, it has been reported that discussions about the right director to direct the broadcasting industry's most promising actors Byun Woo-seok and IU are getting longer.

MBC and its co-producer Kakao Entertainment explained, "A director has not been decided on for the drama yet. After the main director is decided, we plan to quickly decide on the main and supporting cast lineup in addition to the male and female leads and begin script readings and filming. There will be no changes to MBC's programming policy for the rest of the year."

'The 21st Century Grand Prince' is a romance that breaks away from status in the 21st century constitutional monarchy of the Republic of Korea about a woman who has everything but is merely a commoner and a man who is sad because he is the son of the king and cannot have anything. Byun Woo-seok plays Prince Ian of the 21st century constitutional monarchy of the Republic of Korea, and IU plays Sung Hee-joo, the second daughter of a conglomerate family ranked first in the financial world who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and has everything: great looks, intelligence, and a fierce competitive spirit.

I guess I'll be able to see you around the end of this year.