C-drama War of Faith (Wind Chaser) is about to wrap its fun and turns out a drama that was air dropped with barely any promos is the surprise big hit of 2024. Starring Wang Yibo and Li Qin, it’s a republic era communist party during the war drama that was filmed awhile ago and seemed to be one of those stock rah rah CCP leaning dramas. Despite airing in a very competitive end of March period with so many other C-dramas available to watch, War of Faith has managed to become iQiyi‘s biggest drama of 2024 breaking 10,000 index and also the first streaming spy genre drama ever to break that milestone. It’s also getting strong reviews for acting, directing, script and in particular Wang Yibo is probably getting the best reviews of his career. Not award winning level praise but just that he’s doing a really good job in the role and not letting his idol status be a roadblock to bringing to life a three dimensional character.
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I always believe the entertainment world in any industry is big enough for multiple hits at the same time, not everything is a zero sum game and BarbenHeimmer shows that sometimes it a net positive gain for all involved. The … Continue reading
So this is an interesting poll in C-ent where the fandoms of stars was asked which opposite sex star the fans most DO NOT want their fave to star with. So the fans of the actresses were voting on their … Continue reading
So C-actor Wang Yibo remains focused on his movie career but there is a wide swatch of types of movies from small budget to arthouse to local blockbusters to international hits. A lot of it is luck if you ask … Continue reading
So this drama was part of C-actor Wang Yibo and his career directional turn away from idol fare to more serious dramas and movies in the last three years. The 1920’s era C-drama Golden Journey with him and Li Qin … Continue reading
So this is making waves in C-ent this week and we’ll have to see if it ends up happening. Wang Yibo has been attached to the romance movie The Mermaid, not to be confused with the Stephen Chow directed movie … Continue reading
This week Tencent held its own 2023 Tencent Video All Star Awards to celebrate the actors and actresses who did a Tencent project this year. It’s like the network drama years in South Korea so all attendees are there basically … Continue reading
This past weekend’s iQiyi Scream Awards was basically a popularity contest of the current tableau of high profile mixed with rising stars. There were a lot of liuliangs stars there but it’s usually a pissing contest of who is more … Continue reading
So C-actor Wang Yibo was in Paris over the weekend attending the Chanel Fall 2023 fashion show at the invite of the brand and debuted a platinum do that was striking and definitely very couture vogue-esque. He wore the brand’s … Continue reading
So not all tax crimes are equal and sometimes not all alleged tax crimes are even actually crimes. The clamor in C-ent after Song Zu Er came under tax fraud investigation followed by the confirmed tax penalty on Yuan Bing … Continue reading
I find it funny that Wang Yibo fans love his cool and cold expression that he maintains all the time because some warmth and a cracked smile on occasion would be nice. But he’s definitely got a look and he … Continue reading
It’s pretty absurd at this point that having been in LA for all of two days that C-actor Wang Yibo manages to generate not one but two controversies already. I don’t think this is an actual controversy in that the … Continue reading
I’m going to have to accept the explanation of Wang Yibo fans that their stan is just having a bad day anything he’s photographed at events absolutely looking like he’d rather be anywhere but there. The explanation ranges from he … Continue reading