Wise Resident Life

Wise Resident Life
Tentative poster
Also known asWise Resident Life[1]
Hangul
언젠가는 슬기로울 전공의생활
Literal meaningA Life of a Resident That Will Be Wise Someday
Revised RomanizationEonjenganeun seulgiroul jeongong-uisaenghwal
McCune–ReischauerŎnjen'ganŭn sŭlgiroul chŏn'gongŭisaenghwal
GenreMedical drama
Created by
Written byKim Song-hee
Directed byLee Min-soo
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
Production
Production companyEggiscoming
Original release
NetworktvN
Related
Hospital Playlist

Resident Playbook (Korean: 언젠가는 슬기로울 전공의생활) is an upcoming South Korean television series created by Shin Won-ho and Lee Woo-jung, written by Kim Song-hee, directed by Lee Min-soo, and starring Go Youn-jung, Shin Si-ah, Han Ye-ji, Kang You-seok [ko], and Jung Joon-won. It is a spin-off of the 2020–2021 series Hospital Playlist, and depicts the life and friendship of university hospital professors and doctors. It was originally scheduled to premiere on tvN in May 2024, but postponed to the second half of 2024. In September 2024, it was decided to postpone the series for this year until further notice.

Synopsis

Set at the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center, the series follows the hospital lives and turbulent friendships of young obstetrics and gynaecology residents who proudly enter the unpopular department in an era of low birth rates.

Cast

Main

Supporting

A professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Jongno branch of Yulje Medical Center.
A fourth-year emergency medicine resident.
A first-year obstetrics and gynaecology resident.

Production

Development

In 2023, it was reported that director Shin Won-ho has started working on a new project, a spin-off version of Hospital Playlist (2020–2021) and contacted several actors and held auditions in secret.[13] Later, it was denied that Shin's new work a neither prequel nor spin-off of Hospital Playlist as contrast from a media report.[14]

The series would be another collaboration of Shin and writer Lee Woo-jung, who produced the Reply series and Hospital Playlist series, directed by Lee Min-soo, and written by Kim Song-hee, an assistant writer of Reply 1988 and Hospital Playlist. Eggiscoming managed the production.[15]

Casting

On July 5, 2023, Go Youn-jung was reportedly cast as the female lead of Wise Resident Life.[16] Two months later, Go confirmed to appear for the series.[17]

On September 20, 2023, Shin Si-ah was cast as other female lead and confirmed it a day later.[18][19] On September 22, Kang You-seok [ko] was reportedly cast as the male lead of the series and confirmed it three days later.[20][21] Jung Joon-won was also cast as another male lead and confirmed his appearance three days later.[22][5]

Go, Shin, Kang, Jung along with Han Ye-ji completed the main cast line-up of the series.[23]

Filming

In May 2023, it was reported that principal photography would begin in the second half of 2023.[13] After two months, the filming was scheduled to start in October later that year.[24]

Postponement and cancellation

See also: 2024 South Korean medical crisis

In February 2024, many doctors, residents, and interns had resigned and suspended their studies as a protest to South Korean government proposal to increase medical school enrollment by 2,000 every year from 2025, setting the quota to 5,058.[25][26][27] Due to this medical strike, the series suffered from it. In addition, when the teaser video was uploaded, it was criticized while others expressed antipathy and sympathy from the initial anticipation of viewers and netizen.[28] tvN announced that depending on the situation the broadcast date could be delayed.[29] In March 2024, it was reported that the series was postponed to the second half of 2024, with exact date yet to be determined.[30] In September 2024, as the series has been delayed several times it was decided to be cancelled this year until further notice.[31]

Release

Resident Playbook was aimed to air in March 2024.[24]

In January 2024, tvN revealed the series as part of its 2024 drama line-up.[15] The next month, tvN confirmed that it would air in the first half of 2024.[32] Due to the ongoing medical strike in South Korea, the series which was originally scheduled to air in May after Queen of Tears has been postponed indefinitely.[31] In addition, it was also supposed to stream on Netflix.[33]

References

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