[News] 'Heaven' gets renamed to 'Sign', sets premiere date.

[News] 'Heaven' gets renamed to 'Sign', sets premiere date.
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As previously mentioned, Kim Ah-joong (Accidental Couple, above) and Park Shin-yang (Painter of the Wind) will soon be returning to broadcast airwaves with their new drama, initially titled Heaven, which has now been renamed Sign and given a slot on SBS’s upcoming TV schedule.

The medical investigation drama takes a page out of the C.S.I. handbook in following the work of two forensic doctors: he’s the famous perfectionist boss, she’s the rookie subordinate. Of course. So what else is new? Together they’ll perform autopsies and solve murder cases; the drama also looks into the power struggles and rivalries that exist within their organization. (Or, to put it simply: office drama!)

In addition, the cast features Eom Ji-won (The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry) who runs interference in the leads’ inevitable romance as Park’s district attorney ex-girlfriend, an ambitious modern careerwoman. Jeon Gwang-ryul, who recently enjoyed much success playing Tak-gu’s dad in Baker King Kim Tak-gu, plays the director of the National Scientific, Criminal & Investigation Laboratory where our leads work. Then there’s comedian Moon Chun-shik (Great King Sejong, Hwang Jini), who recently drew quite a bit of attention for losing 11 kg and reinventing himself as a “momjjang,” aka hard-bodied possessor of the elusive choco abs. His character works at the lab with the leads.

The director is Jang Hang-joon, who has mostly directed films. This is another collaboration with his wife, writer Kim Eun-hee, having worked together on the well-received recent cable drama Harvest Villa. However, they were both writers on that; they haven’t worked before in a writer-director relationship.

Sign will be SBS’s first Wednesday-Thursday drama of the new year, and will follow current ratings leader Daemul. Filming is scheduled to begin this month, and the first episode airs January 5, 2011.