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| Language: | Korean |
The Queen Who Crowns is an upcoming South Korean television series starring Cha Joo-young in the title role, along with Lee Hyun-wook, Lee Yi-dam, and Lee Si-a. It centers around Queen Wongyeong, who seized power with her husband, King Taejong Yi Bang-won, while dreaming of a new world, and depicts the passionate stories hidden between the king and queen, husband and wife, and them. It is scheduled to premiere on TVING on January 6, 2025, and will release every Monday at 14:00 (KST). It will also air on tvN every Monday and Tuesday at 20:50 (KST).
The series depicts the fiery life journey of Queen Wongyeong, who dreamed of a new world in the early Joseon Dynasty and made her husband Lee Bang-won the third king, and who co-founded the royal authority with him.
A woman who dreamed of a new world. She is born as the daughter of Min Je of Yeoheung Min clan, one of the 15 major families of the Goryeo Prime Minister's Family.
Wongyeong's husband and the third king of Joseon.
Lee Bang-won's father, the father-in-law of Queen Wongyeong, and the founder of the Joseon Dynasty.
The servant of the queen who became the king's woman.
A concubine who is pregnant with the king's child.
Wongyeong's father.
Wongyeong's brother.
Wongyeong's younger brother.
A Joseon bureaucrat.
A court lady.
Daejeon court lady.
A woman who heightened the tension of the political struggle for the throne with acting that was so trustworthy that we could not help but acknowledge it.
Director Kim Sang-ho, who worked on the dramas Couple or Trouble (2006), Arang and the Magistrate (2012), Avengers Social Club (2017), and Money Game (2020), confirmed to direct the series, and writer Lee Young-mi, who wrote Money Game, wrote the screenplay. It is produced by Studio Dragon and JS Pictures.
tvN and TVING announced on October 26, 2023, that they had confirmed the production of the historical drama The Queen Who Crowns and cast Cha Joo-young in the role of Queen Wongyeong and Lee Hyun-wook in the role of Lee Bang-won.[4]
The series had finished all its filming in June 2024.[5]
Originally, The Queen Who Crowns was scheduled to air on tvN and TVING in the second half of 2024, but it was postponed. On October 7, 2024, it was reported that the series was scheduled to premiere in January 2025, every Monday and Tuesday.[6] The series was confirmed to premiere on January 6, 2025, and will be pre-released on TVING at 14:00 (KST), and will premiere on tvN at 20:50 (KST).[7]