Youku Popular C-drama The Early Spring with Jing Bo Ran and Sun Qian Confirmed for a Same Production Follow Up Drama Midsummer

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Hits are getting rarer in C-drama land following the footsteps of K-dramas starting a decade ago that a modern drama which does well absolutely makes sense to milk it for a sequel/follow up. Modern office place toxic romance C-drama The Early Spring has been confirmed for a next drama tentatively titled Midsummer (盛夏晴朗 Midsummer Clear Skies) with the same production … Continue reading →

Hit 2016 Romance C-drama Love O2O with Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang Gets Re-released by Youku Streaming 10 Years Later with Female Lead Ai Face-swapped with Actress Wang Zhu Yue

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Money must be tight in the C-ent streaming world lol, because this is just wild if not all that surprising. This week streaming platform Youku quietly re-uploaded all episodes of its hit 2016 romance C-drama Love O2O that starred Yang Yang and Zheng Shuang in then breakout roles, but this version has the female lead AI face swapped with rising … Continue reading →

iQiyi Confirms Bai Lu and Chen Zhe Yuan as Leads for New Period C-drama Echoes

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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 →

K-actress Park Shin Hye Welcomes Second Child with Actor Husband Choi Tae Joon

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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 →

iQiyi Period C-drama Spring of the Blade with Xu Kai and Zhou Ye Premieres to Average Reception with Acting and Chemistry Criticism

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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 →

The Remarried Empress with Shin Mina, Lee Jong Seok, Joo Ji Hoon, and Lee Se Young Releases Sumptuous Poster and New Preview

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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 →

Wang Xing Yue and Zhang Ruo Nan Cast in Big Budget Tencent Period C-drama Spring Banquet

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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 →

Im Shi Wan and His Cross-dressing Doppleganger Seol In Ah Mix Murder Mystery with Faux Same Sex Attraction in tvN K-drama Love in Disguise

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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 →

C-actor Dylan Wang Faces Wild Rumor that He Attempted to Enlarge His Private Part But a Botched Procedure Lead to Erectile Dysfunction

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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 →

Tencent Period Drama The Road to Splendor with Ding Yu Xi and Deng En Xi Gets More Good Reviews than Viewership with Solid 7.1 Douban Ratings

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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 →

Youku Modern Romance C-drama The Early Spring with Jing Bo Ran and Sun Qian Becomes Unexpected Summer Hit and Notches a Respectable 6.7 Douban Ratings

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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 →

Kim Se Jung and Yang Se Jong in Talks for Retro Romance and Intrigue K-drama It’s 1993

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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 →

Tencent Big Budget Period C-drama Revenge with Zhang Ling He and Lu Yu Xiao Kicks Off Filming and Releases First Teaser Posters

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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 →