Channel tvN confirmed that they are working on a second season to hit drama “Reply 1997.”
Recently, the producers of the drama revealed that they decided to make the second season of the hit drama in early March.
They commented, “We have been working without much sleep to plan the second season of “Reply 1997.” We have been planning and collecting information to sort out the details. Even if we hurry, the second season will come out at the second half of the year.”
He continued, “We know that people is anxiously waiting for season 2, and director Shin Won Ho and writer Lee Woo Jung have been working and trying their best to do not disappoint the public.”
The also revealed that the second season will be set in an earlier year than 1997. Some reports say that it will be on the year 1994, but there is still nothing set in stone.
There were also rumors about the second season being about basketball, however this was not confirmed by the channel, and they said, “Nothing is confirmed yet. The producers are currently collecting data from the 90s. They have been talking to people, and some of them are fan club members from basketball players. They are also looking at music, movies, dramas that were very popular in the 90s. There is still not even a outline for the second season.”
“Reply 1997” starring Seo In Guk, A Pink's Jung Eun Ji, Shin So Yool, Infinite's Hoya, Eun Ji Won, and Lee Shi Un became a hit in the summer of 2012. The drama talked about a group of teenagers in the later 90s, their love stories, their love for the first generation of idols groups such as H.O.T, and Sechs Kies, and their reccent lives in 2012.