Lol, this is so petty, but has been happening the opposite direction it’s rather apropos to see it happen now the other way. C-actor Zhang Ling He was reportedly planning a fan meeting in Taiwan as he continues to ride the high of his hit C-drama Pursuit of Jade but for now it is not going to take place. His … Continue reading →
Awwww, this is one of my fave medical J-doramas and the final casting announcement this week just feels like half the wind got sucked out of it. The K-drama adaptation of Unnatural has confirmed that Yoona and Lee Jin Wook will be the leads, with the drama aiming for an early 2027 release. The female lead doctor is such a … Continue reading →
It’s clear that The Lament of Autumn is doing well enough if Xu Ruo Han is immediately getting a new script sent her away. I’m actually enjoying TLoA for being the stupid as bricks romance novel level popcorn entertainment it is and find Xu Ruo Han’s bunny teeth either less annoying or I’ve simply gotten used to it because she’s … Continue reading →
The news that a big production company is planning a big S+ budget drama will clearly send the eligible actresses into a tizzy trying to land the lead role. The track record has been good with New Classics Media (新丽传媒 Xin Li) which most recently co-produced The Story of Rose with Liu Yi Fei and also has mega hits like … Continue reading →
So far 2026 has yielded three C-dramas hits so to speak, starting with Pursuit of Jade then The Early Spring right into Against the Current. We may have another one as When the Mask Ends with Tian Xi Wei is so far off to a good enough start, but more importantly momentum trending in the right direction. If AtC was … Continue reading →
Week two is always the best marker of whether a K-drama’s hot start will continue on the right trajectory and luckily for SBS weekend medical drama Doctor X: Mafia in White it’s definitely got real momentum. The drama starring Kim Ji Won as the titular rule challenging genius surgeon kept going on in ratings the second week of airing hitting … Continue reading →
Looks like October will end with a splash in C-drama land with Tencent announcing that it will premiere big budget period drama Tigers Sniff the Rose (尚公主 Shang Gong Ju) this Friday October 23rd. Starring Meng Zi Yi and Li Yun Rui, the drama has gotten more attention that usual by being the reunion of the two leads after their … Continue reading →
It’s a round 2 for the casting of big budget Tencent modern C-drama The Queen of Brilliance. Earlier it was a project pushing for the reunion of Crystal Liu and Chen Xiao and scheduled to film and air in 2026, but the year came and went the the drama didn’t get off the ground. Now Tencent is reportedly moving forward … Continue reading →
This is about as big female lead idol type C-drama as you can get, what with Tian Xi Wei not just playing the female protagonist but the same face female antagonist in Youku period drama Where the Mask Ends. It’s like she went “I got 1/5th the screentime as the male lead in Guardians of the Dafeng, fuck that I’m … Continue reading →
Looks like K-dramas are getting into the makjang female lead time travel revenge stories that C-dramas do often. I thought I would see more after Marry My Husband but there was a lull and now K-drama land is adapting webtoon I’m The Queen In This Life where the female lead dies and awakens 15 years earlier and gets a re-do. … Continue reading →
Lol to the trillionith degree, but what….just what in the burning tire fire of hell is this? Disney+ (and Hulu) streaming K-drama The Remarried Empress is also garnering lots of “its going to bad” predictions that the most the production could try to do is win on the promos. Make it look good, all gorgeous visuals and designs and lean … Continue reading →
It looks like the jostling for a coveted big female lead period C-drama has the front runner winning the race. Song Zu Er is by all accounts going to be the lead for Tencent drama Hu Shan Wei (胡善围) centering around the rise of the female lead in becoming a renown palace historian. She’s also got a male lead lined … Continue reading →
So the C-drama Irreplaceable (无可替代 Wu Ke Ti Dai) turned out to be eminently replaceable, turns out viewers are fine watching anything but this. The modern office romance starring Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun premiered two weeks ago at the end of September and at a short 20-episodes just wrapped up a very lackluster run in terms of … Continue reading →
