Okay, this upcoming C-drama I am really really looking forward to even if neither leads are my faves. I think Youku period C-drama Sea of No Return (归良辰 Gui Liang Chen) did well casting Li Yun Rui and Liu Xie Ning, a fresh pairing and they look great separately and together in visuals for their roles. The posters have drama … Continue reading →
The fallout from the pro-Japanese doctor ancestor scandal with K-actress Ha Young continues on, not really abating even one week into it. More information continues to come to light about her family – that her great-grandfather wasn’t just a pro-Japanese collaborator but actually married a Japanese woman and his household operated entirely in Japanese, that her grandfather worked in a … Continue reading →
Another C-drama has kicked off filming and it’s none other than the next Guo Jing Ming directed sure to be visually sumptuous piece. The drama is a fantasy story titled Bai Yao Pu (百妖谱 or Hundred Demon Manual) and has an animated series based on it already called Fairies Album. The drama will star Deng Wei and Ai Mi, who … Continue reading →
Lol, talk about fandom complaining themselves into a downgrade. C-actor Zhang Ling He‘s leveling up this year thanks to hit drama Pursuit of Jade has made his fandom even more vocal and demanding about his projects and costars. His next drama is slated to be period drama Revenge (Ci Tang 刺棠) and the female lead has been mostly confirmed to … Continue reading →
The bad news keeps coming from K-ent this week and this one makes me so sad as a long time K-drama viewer. Award winning and famed director Ahn Pan Seok has passed away at the age of 64 years old, from illness complications stemming from his lung cancer diagnosis last year. He’s one of the most lauded of the K-drama … Continue reading →
Okay, whether this scandal is legit or not it is totally one that she unfortunately brought upon herself by talking about it. K-actress Ha Young saw her leading lady role Netflix K-drama Our Sticky Love with Jung Hae In premiere last Friday and has gotten strong positive reviews right off the bat. She also had a memorable guest starring role … Continue reading →
I don’t know what the opposite of hitting a lottery twice is, maybe fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me? Because that feels so apropos to describe what just happened to K-star Lee Seung Gi. The actor-singer this week sued the CEO Cha Ga Won of his agency One Hundred Label for fraud and breach … Continue reading →
These two are so mid for me but at least neither offends me anymore with their onscreen presence as they used to so improvement I guess. C-ent casting circuit is saying that Yang Yang and Chen Du Ling will be the leads for upcoming Tencent modern romance C-drama Kiss in the Wind, nothing is confirmed but he’s reportedly more likely … Continue reading →
Every time I think I’ve seen shit go down in C-drama land, whether in the casting phase to filming problems to post-production scandals, a new iteration pops up. The drama of the week goes to xianxia romance Love in the Shell (念相思 Nian Xiang Si or Longing for My Beloved) which has only been filming for a month but has … Continue reading →
Lol, they really hate this drama. The opening Douban ratings for Overdo is a meager 5.0 as the drama ended its quite eventful run this week, and usually the international viewers are very generous with praise and ratings for C-drama but even on MDL it’s a very low for MDL rating of 6.7. The ending felt like it put everyone … Continue reading →
There is new rumors around the next project for C-actress Zhao Lu Si that is worth sharing, it’s more likely than not true and yet another sign of how hard it is in the industry now to get a new project off the ground. Last year she went through a health scare, then breakup with her long time agency, and … Continue reading →
Last week was the premiere of MBC drama A Bona Fide Killer about a housewife and former assassin Gong Hyo Jin balancing her domestic life with picking up the gun again to protect her family. The leads were on the usual promo tour which unexpectedly went awry incurring the ire of K-netizens when male lead Jung Joon Won was seen … Continue reading →
It’s probably smart timing that the two leads of breakout hit Pursuit of Jade both quickly followed up with another drama airing soon thereafter. Zhang Ling He had Overdo which is close to finishing its airing and now Tian Xi Wei is back on the small screen with Genius Girlfriend which iQiyi released over the weekend on August 2nd. Her … Continue reading →
