[News] Hyun Joong Not Yet Finalized in Drama " Athena"

so many news about leader's participation in the Drama "Athena : Goddess of War".
i hope Hyun Joong & DSP released a statement about this matter if they accept or decline the role for Hyun Joong in this drama...
about the contract of leader that almost expired under DSP Ent.
hope they can do something about it & they stick together with SS501 members...
i want leader to accept the role but if SS501 will hang in the middle and they stop doing activities because of the drama, it's better not to do it...
we've waited for their comeback as a group & we Triple S give our 501% to support them as a group..
i wish one of this days they will give response it's either he accept or decline the role for the drama...
we will still support him no matter what...

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Drama 'Iris' which has ended its run previously starring Lee Byung-Hun, Kim Tae-Hee has had gained interest in its sequel series of late.

Spin-off version 'Athena: Goddess of the War' and official 'Iris 2' are both receiving the core of attention as top stars would be starring across in these 2 works.

As of now, IRIS' spin-off 'Athena' has had decided for a casting of actors Cha Seung Won, Jung Woo Sung, Su Ae, Lee Ji Ah etc, and is set to be released later half of this year.
Whilst IRIS 2 is set to begin shooting next year March onwards, and is targeting for broadcast in 2011 October, there's also a high possibility that Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Hee, Kim Seung Woo, Kim So Yeon etc who previously already starred in IRIS will be appearing once again in its official sequel.
Apart from that, the producer Taewon Entertainment also added on,
"We're also seriously considering for new top-stars to be added on into the casting list".

Also, the hottest news of late has got to be SS501 leader Kim Hyun Joong's considered participation in drama 'Athena'.
A veteran personnel of Taewon Ent who was in an interview with Newsen
on the 11th has revealed, "As of now, according to what's in the synopsis, we don't have a suitable role for Kim Hyun Joong.
If he's decided to star across in this drama, we will then certainly create a suitable role for him to play across as. Kim Hyun Joong has a strong desire to play the role of a national bureau intelligency agent. His will of challenging acting is amazing". (yeah amazing)

"Until he has settled his contract issues with current agency company DSP, only then would we discuss further about this. Because this is currently undergoing process and status is still uncleared about, we shall be waiting until the issues get resolved. But should he decide to accept the offer, we will be creating a meaty role for him, a role that would be of heavy impact. HyunJoong is very much motivated by action-packed acting, which is why he really wishes to challenge the role of a National Bureau Intelligence agent".

However there's also a possibility that he might not participate in Athena.
According to the personnel, Athena will begin shooting in mid-June,
and because of his singer activities, they might not be able to wait for him.
There's also a discussion ongoing about the appearance of members from a (another) idol group who's close in age as him.

Though it had been hard trying to settle for a casting list of the previous IRIS,
but it didn't get really far off afterwards. Because the actors were actually very
supportive and strong-willed about being in the drama, the personnel of
Taewon Ent further added on.

[News] Hyun Joong in Drama "Athena : Goddess of War"

he can do both.. but i hope he will not over work his self…
we’ve waited for the SS501 Comeback for a long time,
and i hope he will not leave the group again for making a drama.. of course we want to see him act again, this is a good opportunity with his acting carrer…
but he said before his prioroty is singing and to be with his group, we know the group’s name meaning right..? i hope they will still 5 as 1 forever…
anyway we Hyunnies & Triple S will support him whatever decision he makes in the future for this drama…

LEADER FIGHTING ! ! !

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"Kim Hyun Joong's participation, no such decision yet"

SS501 leader Kim Hyun Joong's consideration for participation in drama 'Athena: Goddess of the War'
has previously been reported about. But to this, production company Taewon Entertainment
denied.

Taewon Entertainment personnel has said in a phone interview on the May 11 afternoon
with Newsen, "Kim Hyun Joong's casting and related information hasn't even been considered for any finalized
decision at all, right from the start, there haven't been a single meeting up with the production team yet", thus dismissing the rough talkabouts of the drama's casting.

This personnel has also added on, "Kim Hyun Joong hasn't even resolved his (contract) issues with his agency. Because of that, after he's resolved those problems with his agency, only then would we undergo discussion for it",

"Though we know that one of our staff member are close acquaintances with Hyun Joong and have had discussions with him, but because we haven't come to a final decision yet, we aren't mentioning any thing for now".

On the other hand, Kim Hyun Joong's full contract will be soon expiring on the 6th next month with current agency company DSP Entertainment. Exactly because of this, after the contract issue has been resolved for, only then would they carry out discussions to this participation of drama Athena.

Should Kim Hyun Joong participate in Athena, it would be his second time challenging the role of an actor after KBS 2TV drama 'Boys over Flowers' ended its run in 2009 March.

'Athena' is set to be released earliest second half of this year.

'Athena: Goddess of the War' will be produced by 'IRIS' production company
Taewon Entertainment, and will feature stars like Cha Seungwon, Jung Woosung, Su Ae, Lee JiAh etc.

[News] Hyun Joong to Join in the Drama "Athena" [10.05.11]

tnx to xiaochu of Quainte501 for translating the news...

[News] Hallyu Star Kim Hyun Joong to join ‘Athena’ too? [10.05.11]

Credits : Sportshankook + SS601.com + (English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

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In the midst of negotiation for casting... If successful, he will have the glory to be in ‘Hallyu drama’ with Jung Woo Sung

Singer cum actor Kim Hyun Joong has planned to be casted for drama “Athena : Goddess of War”.

Kim Hyun Joong recently met up with the producers of ‘Athena’ and it was known that they are in the final stage of negotiation for the casting. Sportshankook’s findings are that Kim Hyun Joong had already met up several times with the higher management of TaeWon Entertainment, who are the producers for this drama, and had exchanged opinions about the character in the drama.

One representative said “Currently, both parties have not reached to an agreement about the casting. They are fine-tuning some problems where they might face in the future such as Kim HyunJoong’s activities for his album and other drama castings.”

Kim Hyun Joong’s casting for the drama is not finalized yet. If his casting has been finalized, drama ‘Athena’ would have a feast on the cream of the crop top stars.

A splendid cast such as Cha Seung Won, Jung Woo Sung, Soo Ae, Lee Ji Ah has already confirmed their casting. Over here, if group SS501’s leader Kim Hyun Joong, who has rocketed up to be a Hallyu star through KBS 2TV drama ‘Boys Over Flowers’, were to join the cast, this drama would indeed become a ‘Hallyu drama’.

‘Athena’ is a drama about terrorism organization ‘Athena’ who threatens the Korean peninsula as well as the whole world. Producer TaeWon Entertainment made this drama into a spin-off from ‘Iris’ which is also a drama they produced, dealing with ‘NTS’ instead of ‘NSS’ in ‘Iris’. However, the producers emphasized “This drama has nothing to do with ‘Iris 2’, the sequel to drama ‘Iris’.”

‘Athena’ is planned to be broadcasted through SBS, earliest being the end of this year or latest before first half of next year.