Xiao Zhan and Vanda Margraf Start Filming Fantasy Survival C-drama Ten Days to End
I never believe Xiao Zhan is doing any project until he’s actually arrived at the production site lol, he’s rumored for so many dramas and movies that it’s best to wait until he’s there and filming has commenced. That has now happened as he’s arrived on set of fantasy survival thriller C-drama Ten Days to End (Chinese title 十日终焉 Shi Ri Zhong Yan) adapted from a popular web novel. His female lead is Vanda Margraf who seems to be the one that is getting pushed nowadays as she just finished filming The Days of Seclusion and Love with Deng Wei. The premise of Ten Days is totally ripped from Omniscient Reader Viewpoint which is ripped from Alice in Borderlands, but then again that’s ripped from As the Gods Will and then so forth. The idea of apocalyptic survival games is a dime and dozen and like zombies/vampires there is always room for another one if done right. So a big earthquake sends a group into a dimension ruled by the 12 zodiac and they must win games to pass through levels for a chance to return to the real world. Sounds good and make sure the special effects is where the budget goes haha.
Isn’t Chen du Ling also doing a similar drama? Maybe we will be seeing more of this sort genre.
Yeah, no. This is a Xiao Zhan drama, Qi Xia is the main character. There is no female lead. So there is no Xiao Zhan and Vanda Megraf, there is only Xiao Zhan. Tencent has even bought hot searches to clear this up.
There are quite a few supporting characters, she is one of those and not even as important as the two male supporting ones. Not to mention that another female supporting character is more important than hers but we don’t know who is playing her yet.
I see you have already started thrashing the new xz drama and he hasn’t even begun filming. Damn, that’s low even for you.
How did Koala trash my beloved XZ? Where and how in this blog? lol. Stop getting paranoid without seeing heaps of compliments as obvious as 123 on your XZ !
XZ is my fav, and I know he isn’t Koala’s. But let’s be fair! You rabid fans are even more scathing about other actors and more ruthless in attacking other actors with rising popularity. Then why can’t others sound that passionate about him? Talking about hypocrisy!
I love the Untamed! XZ in the Untamed was the main reason for me to pick up dramas in Chinese language again. I love the Youth Memories. I also enjoyed Legend of Zanghai. For other dramas that I didn’t really like that much, I watched them to see his growth and applaud his efforts to expand his acting range. I also admire XZ for how he has been handling PR fallouts and defamation since the infamous 227, staying strong and stronger. I know he’s trying to move away from idol dramas cuz that pathetic C-ent culture doesn’t think highly of more entertaining idol dramas. But at the same time, I wish him do more idol dramas, working with younger and more creative directors such as the one directing Blossoms and Pursuit of Jade. Now, PoJ seems to be on the way to take over the Untamed as a global phenomenon.
As much as I like to see XZ have a strong foothold in the domestic market, I also hope XZ become more internationally popular with his acting career. He was almost in that direction because of the Untamed but C-ent’s peculiar taste of performing art has pushed him in the opposite direction. lol
So far, NONE of the Chinese-produced survival-game dramas is appealing to me. Cdrama still isn’t creative or original enough to be on par with Kdrama in this genre. It felt boring and predictable! For this reason, I’m not excited about this new drama of XZ. I’ll still check that out just to see his face. lol. Instead, I’m more looking forward to his slice-of-life medical drama, A Small Town Remedy. I watched a trailer. It looks intriguing and humorous, and XZ’s acting looks more and more effortless!
Also, I’ve already given up hoping for XZ to have swoon-worthy romance lines in his future dramas. He seems to deliberately avoid romance-heavy scripts. Is he dating? I guess! lol
Typical rabid anti’s rhetoric. “I love my child but instead of supporting his dream of becoming a respectable mainstream actor, I just want him to continue being an idol actor till his late 40s where his only future is to take on dad-of-the-male-lead roles.” 😂
@Lilith I agree. @Somebody’s words always reminds me of those antis pretending to be fans on Weibo. They claim to be a fan but always being negative about their stan’s new works. It’s like she wants to turn people away from watching her “fav”‘s new drama, and even goes as far as to create dating rumours for him.
Can’t you be more deranged? Take your pills! 😭 LOL.
“Answer fools according to their folly, Lest they be wise in their own conceit!” 😔
@Choco Exactly. It’s one thing if Xiao Zhan announces he’s dating, perfectly normal for a guy of his age and I’m sure his real fans will accept it too. But the guy already stated multiple times that he’s single and not dating. Yet someone proclaiming to be his fan goes around creating dating rumors for him. I’m sure @Somebody won’t go to heaven after life, doesn’t matter how much she prays when she constantly exhibits three of the deadly sins here – pride, envy, and wrath.
@Lilith, I’m not the ONE to say if I’ll go to heaven or not. But I’m sure you’ll end up in hell cuz you act as if you’re demon possessed like your crime boss CCP. lol.
@Somebody You’re not the one to say if I’ll go to heaven or not too then 😂 The demon here is you. Constantly hating on C-netz, XZ fans, and creating dating rumors for the celebrity whom you claimed to love.
@Lilith, go learn some basic logic in math 101 as I suggested in another thread if you not hopeless! Otherwise, just take pills! lol
@Someone You are the only reasonable XZ fan here tbh. Your comments are always insightful to read. Others are too defensive.
Thank you for being savvy! 👍
I don’t think he’s dating at the moment. He seems very focused on his career, and romance doesn’t appear to be part of his life or even on his mind right now. If you listen to his new album *Women*, which he says reflects his inner world, none of the songs are about romance.
What’s Vanda’s most famous work? I see her name everywhere these days…
She is pushed by wkw and HKG, has zero talent. Terrible zyk.
I love this type of dramas. I love Xiao Zhan. I would never expect him to star in this type of dramas. But let’s see.
C-netz got very excited about this drama. Apparently, the night before Xiao Zhan arrived on Qingdao, there was a blood moon, and right after he arrived, the city became shrouded in fog. Exactly the same as how the story started in the novel, where the same phenomenons occurred to the male lead which then brought him to the alternate dimension.
Interesting!
Yeah sometimes it feels like fate favors the guy. You watching any new dramas recently?
Awesome post! Really enjoyed reading it.