still waiting for more news of Shin Hye's filming her part.
Photo of the cute 'boys'
Live-Action Comedy by Kenjirou Hata titled Hayate, the Combat Butler
GalaTV, Taiwanese production and broadcasting company recently announced of it's new live-action television adaptation of Kenjirou Hata’s Hayate the Combat Butler comedy manga. The story follows a boy named Hayate who serves as a butler, bodyguard, confidante, and more to a girl named Nagi to pay off a 156,804,000-yen (about US$1.8-million) debt. The 20-year-old Korean actress Park Shin Hye will play Nagi, while 28-year-old George Hu will play Hayate and Otaku Goddess Tia Li will play Maria. the four member boy group Wu Hoo (formerly known as Wu-Hu-Jiang) will also participate.
Last month, it was announced that Viz Media will publish the 16th manga volume in North America. Two television anime series in Japan was made, and Bandai Entertainment had announced at Anime Expo 2008 that it licensed the first anime series for North America. Crunchyroll simulcasted the second anime series in several countries as it aired Japan in last year.
Other mangas that have inspired live-action television series in Taiwan include Skip Beat !, Itazura na Kiss (It Started With a Kiss), and Hana Yori Dango (Meteor Garden).
Stay tuned.