This drama and casting came out of nowhere for me, either it was kept super low key or I simply missed the casting rumor phase. iQiyi announced today that upcoming period C-drama Echoes (Chinese title Chao Yu Jie 朝玉阶 or Facing the Jade Steps) will star Bai Lu with Chen Zhe Yuan in yet another roulette of popular stars eventually … Continue reading →
It’s so hard to grow up in the limelight and not all of Korea’s child stars have succeeded or even stayed in the entertainment industry well into adulthood. K-actress Park Shin Hye is one of the most prominent and loved grown up former child stars with an incredible adult career and she’s also able to balance all that with a … Continue reading →
Over the weekend saw the premiere of new iQiyi period romance and revenge C-drama Spring of the Blade (一瓯春 Yi Ou Chun) adapted from the same name web novel. Starring Xu Kai and Zhou Ye, the drama is so far off to an average start. The highest it has hit is 8000 within the streaming portal so far and probably … Continue reading →
In the early days of K-drama watching there was a lot of fan casting and fan drama writing, the kind of what-ifs that viewers make up for their fave stars and fun genres. The Remarried Empress is like one of those fanfiction creations come to life, with the insane casting of four top stars as leads in Shin Mina, Lee … Continue reading →
So it’s a congrats to Zhang Ruo Nan and Wang Xing Yue to land a big budget period C-drama in this fallow year of C-drama productions. The two have been cast in Tencent produced big budget, probably S- level, C-drama Spring Banquet (春日宴 Chun Ri Yan). It’s a politics and romance story between a framed royal princess who gets a … Continue reading →
I love that K-dramas went here twenty years ago in Coffee Prince already, and now we get a CP worthy follow up where the cross-dressing female lead can pass for a very good looking flower boy metrosexual young man. tvN has on deck next month the K-drama Love in Disguise where Im Shi Wan plays a chaebol heir under suspicion … Continue reading →
The news cycle getting one upped is nothing new and I thought the crypto billionaire Justin Sun expose on attempting to have surrogacy baby with actress Jing Tian was sure to be the craziest C-ent news of this year. Well it’s time for hold my beer because the last 24 hours have been all about Dylan Wang (Wang He Di), … Continue reading →
Last month August Tencent air dropped The Road to Splendor, a A-budget period romance and politics C-drama starring Ding Yu Xi and Deng En Xi. Overall it slid under the radar, getting more strong reviews than bringing in viewership based on how well made it was. This one felt like the quality was there, the acting was validated, and the … Continue reading →
All the C-drama buzz and chatter the last three weeks have been solely on Youku romance drama The Early Spring and boy was this a controversial watch with the differing viewer opinions/arguments on the leads romance almost as entertaining as the drama itself. It’s also rather apropos that the first modern hit C-drama after The First Frost last year is … Continue reading →
We’re now in Q4 of 2026 so it’s full look ahead to 2027 releases when it comes to any new K-drama being announced. Another on deck is a series titled It’s 1992 and set in of course 1992 which honestly doesn’t feel like period or long time ago to me but is actually 34 years ago and I’m like WTF! … Continue reading →
After so much behind-the-scenes drama around the casting and production prep for period politics and romance C-drama Revenge it’s a relief to see the drama actually start filming. Starring Zhang Ling He and Lu Yu Xiao, the two play young sweethearts torn apart when his crown prince character is assassinated and she marries his younger brother the new crown prince … Continue reading →
The decreased C-drama production this year means that the pickiest of stars will be back on the small screen even more infrequently, and one of them is actor Wu Lei. At least he’s left me two dramas I can rewatch in Love Like the Galaxy and Amidst a Snowstorm of Love so that it’s not entirely fallow ground. It’s also … Continue reading →
What’s with so much cuteness coming out of K-drama land this week with upcoming dramas. First Take Charge of My Heart and now Between Steps (Korean title Love Doctor). Fall season usually sees more serious or melancholy moods when it comes to romance dramas and yet we’re getting light hearted fun couplings. In Between stars Kim So Hyun and Choo … Continue reading →
