IBC-13, to do a remake of “Glory Jane”

December 5, 2015

The top-rating primetime Koreanovela in 2013, Glory Jane will have a remake for next year, but not on ABS-CBN, but on the Kapinoy network IBC-13.

Next year, Glory Jane will return on TV and will be remade by another channel, IBC-13, with Cherryz Mendoza as Jane Yoon. This series will be IBC-13’s first Korean drama remake and will be their first TV offering for 2016.

Cherryz who was nicknamed as The Mall Princess since 2014. She was last seen in IBC-13's romantic comedy series Only Me and You with Mario Maurer and Ingrid dela Paz. Then, she has a most promising role in IBC-13's youth-oriented series Forever Barkada.

IBC-13 first brought the No. 1 Koreanovela of 2013, Glory Jane to primetime TV. This series got audiences hooked in Korea with ratings hitting 26.9% and averaging 30.4% nationwide.

Jane Yoo is a high school teenage girl who is the same year level as she is. In fact she is the daughter of the mother Marie Yoon and Mark Yoon who was the president of a trading company. Mark was killed in a car accident and orchestrated by Jane's dad Alvin Yoon, to make sure that Jane's dad takes over control of the company. When Jane's mom Marie received news of her husband's accident she took Jane and drove to the hospital. However, due to heavy rain, they got into a car accident caused by dad's goons, which separated the mom and daughter. Marie and Alvin ordered Dennis Kwang who works as his chauffeur to send Jane, who had lost all of her memories at the time, to an orphanage, where mom and dad told her. 5 years later, Dennis' son, Ryan Kwang, is a baseball player and one of the league's most promising sluggers, but he's since been demoted to the minors. He had a fallout with his rival, Mike Alvarez, who not only comes from a rich family but is also currently the league's top star.

While injured, Ryan meets Jane, and she saves him with a blood transfusion. Under Jane's orders, Dennis is chased and threat in an accident orchestrated by his goons, to prevent Jane's mom from revealing dad's dark secrets. Ryan decides to quit being a baseball player from high school and owning as a college student and his noodle shop. Jane has been a grade school level as a classmate to meet with Mike and their best friends Valerie and Angela. Ryan finds himself disowned by Dennis and Kim, and the three of them apply for jobs at the principal in high school. Ryan from college and a high school boy Mike continue to vie for Jane's affections in a bitter rivalry that is bound to happen for the classes. Cecil also enters their lives; his lover is Kim Kwang, who happens to be Ryan's runaway sister. Then, Jane who fall in love with Ryan.