"Pinocchio", will it succeed?

Another drama based on the media has yet to come.

Media-based dramas aren't a preferable kind since their track record hasn't been a successful one.

MBC"Spotlight"in 2008 was a professional drama based on broadcast station reporters and the question, "What is the true journalism this generation wants?" This drama starredSon Ye-jin,Ji Jin-hee,Jin Gooand other top stars although it didn't succeed. Even the movie "Moby Dick" starringHwang Jeong-minandKim Min-heedidn't go very far.

Naturally, no other dramas and movies dealt with media anymore, but two dramas and a movie based on that subject, are being released at the end of the year.

"Healer"is the story of media reporters,Ji Chang-wook,Park Min-yeongandYoo Ji-tae, who dig the truth of a past and the present. It's written bySong Ji-naand takes a closer look into the lives of news reporters.

SBS drama"Pinocchio"is collaboration between writerPark Hye-ryeonand producerJo Soo-won. It's the success story of social junior reporters in their 20s, starringPark Shin-hyeandLee Jong-seok. It seems to be much more youthful than"Healer"but it's something writerPark Hye-ryeonhas been working on for more than a year.

There has been movement in the movie industry too. "Journalist" is currently in casting and aiming for release early next year.

Professor Lee Ho-gyu, a cultural analyst says, "Media have always evaluated our work as lacking, but this time it's going to be different with an excellent cast and excellent writers".