'The Legend of the Blue Sea' starring Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Min-ho: writer Park Ji-eun says, 'The progress is cruising well'

Star writer Park Ji-eun will stir up the drama world this fall again.

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First of all, the brilliant cast, Lee Min-ho and Jun Ji-hyun to headline the drama is more than fantastic. "My Love from the Star" writer Park Ji-eun is coming back with 'The Legend of the Blue Sea'. According to the sources in broadcasting industry and show business, she stopped communicating with people except for only a few close associates and is focusing on writing the drama intensively.

After she returned from her business trip in Beijing to attend the premiere for the Chinese debut film by "My Love from the Star" director, she only had a couple of official meetings with high ranked official of SBS and blocked all the invitation to attend public events.

'The Legend of the Blue Sea' is a fantasy romance drama that borrowed motifs from a mermaid story found in a book called 'Eaou Yadam', a collection of folk tales. According to the folk tale, Kim Dam-ryung, a magistrate in Hyupgok, released a mermaid caught by a fisherman back to the sea.

As this is the first time to deal with a mermaid story in Korea, it is hard to predict anything about how the story will unfold. However, writer Park Ji-eun has surprised us delightfully with the attractive creation of an alien character contrary to our common belief about extraterrestrial life. Therefore, it is believed that Park Ji-eun will surprise us again with something beyond our imagination.