Korean Drama Arthdal Chronicles Postpones Season Two

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JAKARTA - For those of you fans of the Korean drama Arthdal Chronicles, get ready to wait a little longer. The reason is, the production of the second season of this drama has been postponed due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

In February 11, the tvN channel confirmed that the second season of Arthdal Chronicles was being prepared so that it could go into production in the middle of the year.

However, due to the pandemic, the production process will be postponed until an undetermined time. Besides, the actors' busy schedules also made the production team have to rethink the process of making this drama.

Arthdal Chronicles is scheduled to air in 2021 but with filming being postponed, it is likely that it will take longer for viewers to see the rest of the story.

Arthdal Chronicles is tvN's historical Korean drama produced by Studio Dragon. With a high budget, this drama stars a number of South Korean top stars, such as Song Joong Ki, Jang Dong Gun, Kim Ji Won and Kim Ok Bin.

In its first season, Arthdal Chronicles was divided into three parts and aired throughout 2019.

High ratings do not necessarily make viewers satisfied with this drama. Arthdal Chronicles is considered weak in terms of storytelling and less interesting. In addition, several controversial things have accompanied the success of the drama that aired in 2019.

In April 2019, a number of production staff complained about working excessive hours and making them sick. The production house answered, because this drama has a difficult genre, they finally arranged a shift schedule in handling the filming so that the drama could still be presented well.

In addition, there was Jang Dong Gun who was hit by a perverted chat case and spread on the internet. There is also actress Erika Karata who is the mistress of Higashiro Masahiro Higashide. However, so far, the production house has not confirmed if the actor and actress will return to play in the drama.