3 Reasons To Tune In To The Premiere Of "Melo Movie"

Feb 14, 2025

Get ready for the highly-anticipated premiere of “Melo Movie”!

“Melo Movie” is a romance drama about the journey of four young people yearning for love and pursuing their dreams in the face of relentless hardships. Despite their personal struggles, they find inspiration and solace in one another while overcoming their own traumas.

Ahead of the premiere, “Melo Movie” shared three reasons to anticipate their upcoming drama!

The romance synergy between the main characters

“Melo Movie”—which is premiering on Valentine’s Day—is already garnering great attention for its cast lineup.

Choi Woo Shik, who is returning to his first romance drama in three years as the role of Ko Gyeom, an aspiring actor-turned-film critic, shared, “‘Melo Movie’ encompasses youth, love, and growth. It’s a story about young people as they mature while moving forward and share warm support for each other with love.”

Park Bo Young, who will transform into Kim Mu Bee, a film director who ironically used to hate movies, remarked, “[Viewers] will be able to see various forms of love through the different methods and choices that these youths make in pursuit of their dreams and love.”

Lee Jun Young, who plays self-proclaimed genius Hong Si Jun, shared, “A point to watch out for in ‘Melo Movie’ is not on the love between the youths but also their livelihoods, reality, and growth.”

Jeon So Nee, who plays screenwriter Son Ju A, commented, “Each and every aspect from the images to the music and typography is pretty and nice, so it will be great if you can watch slowly in great depth.”

“Start-Up” and “Hotel Del Luna” director meets “Our Beloved Summer” screenwriter

One of the biggest points to look forward to is the epic collaboration between “Start-Up” and “Hotel Del Luna” director Oh Choong Hwan and “Our Beloved Summer” scriptwriter Lee Na Eun. The director shared, “[The drama] not only depicts the beautiful moments of youth but it is also a project that discusses each [character’s] deficiency and trauma. That is why while reading the script, there were many moments I looked back on my past and present.”

Screenwriter Lee Na Eun also shared, “‘Melo Movie’ depicts the reality and upcoming future of youth who dream of a movie-like life. Everyone experiences a movie-like dream and hardship at least once in their lives, and I included the support and comfort that I wanted to convey to those people at those times.”

The director added, “As many films and dramas have for me, I hope ‘Melo Movie’ becomes a small source of peace and comfort to everyone,” and the scriptwriter shared, “I hope this becomes a story that you can comfortably watch when you’ve become exhausted from crying and laughing within life, which is more cinematic than a film and more dramatic than a drama.”

A story of romance, growth, and family

As “reunion” is a key term for both couples, “Melo Movie” dabbles in the reunion romance of couples in their 30s. The story features the reunion of Ko Gyeom and Kim Mu Bee, who reunite as enemies, as well as former lovers Hong Si Jun and Son Ju A, creating distinct and unique narratives to capture audiences with its heart-fluttering yet sincere and relatable story.

Director Oh Choong Hwan also added at the press conference, “One of the important aspects this project discusses is the story of family. Kim Jae Wook acts as Ko Gyeom’s older brother Ko Jun, and [Go Chang Suk] appears as Kim Mu Bee’s father, and a point to keep an eye on in this drama will be the story of their family relationships.”