The release of The Demon Hunter’s Romance is now on day 4 and hasn’t been yanked yet so consider that confirmation of the tacit allowance that C-actress Song Zu Er is allowed back on television. Her other drama The Prisoner of Beauty is reportedly about to be airdropped as well and now there is industry casting news that Tencent is … Continue reading →
Oh ewwwwwww *vomitvomitvomit*. This week cancelled C-actor Li Yi Feng boldly and one may say shamelessly returned to entertainment with a fan meeting held in Thailand. He sang, played games, and reportedly tearfully apologized for his transgression that got him permanently called in China. And in case anyone forgot or wasn’t around 3 years ago when he was cancelled, it … Continue reading →
The reception so far for recently premiere iQiyi fantasy supernatural period C-drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance is like just praying for a C on a test and coming home with an A. The drama had been shelved for the past 18-months during Song Zu Er‘s tax scandal and all iQiyi wanted was to air it and recoup some cost, no … Continue reading →
Well this went from must watch to likely will watch with the switch up of the female lead. Period C-drama Live Long and Prosper has basically inked Dylan Wang for the last two months and earlier on the female lead in talks as Dai Lu Wa after her breakout as the second female lead in Moonlight Mystique. It’s a big … Continue reading →
So the release of The Monster Hunter’s Romance and the reportedly on deck of The Prisoner of Beauty are both Song Zu Er dramas, but there are other on the shelf dramas that remain in limbo and some have even completed AI reshoots to replace the canceled star. Case in point Love Never Fails with Liu Xue Yi and Hu … Continue reading →
A new xianxia C-drama has wrapped filming this week and released the first set of official stills. It’s Veil of Shadows produced by Guo Jing Ming and starring many of the same faces that have been in his recent dramas. The leads are Ju Jing Yi, Chen Du Ling, Zeng Shun Xi, and Tian Jia Rui, and it’s reportedly a … Continue reading →
So the Song Zu Er getting maybe cancelled for tax evasion scandal is now a year and a half in and probably has as much traction as it does because she has two big fully filmed dramas on deck with The Demon Hunter’s Romance and The Prisoner of Beauty with lots of money on the line. Similarly Yuan Bing Yan … Continue reading →
So this is the latest industry gossip but if her fans are taking is seriously and vocally lodging their displeasure and complaint it’s probably likely happening. This week the word is that C-actress Zhao Lu Si has resolved a potential penalty issue with the production of modern romance C-drama Almost Lover. She left the set abruptly last December for a … Continue reading →
There is a twist in the iQiyi weekend drama release schedule but take it with a grain of salt. But it’s spreading across C-ent broader than the usual melon so I am hoping this time it does happen. The platform reportedly will air drop The Demon Hunter’s Romance, the long finished and shelved supernatural period drama with Allen Ren and … Continue reading →
It’ll be an interesting next few weeks to see what scripts are given to Chen Du Ling and the increase in her CFs and magazine spreads on the heels of the unexpected hit that is The Glory on Tencent. The platform is beyond please with this drama’s results, which broke 30,000 heat index and the most recent Tencent drama to … Continue reading →
C-actor Deng Wei is finally going back to the filming set after a year and a half not having an actively filming project. His next role will be the male lead of period C-drama The Days of Seclusion and Love, and if that title sounds familiar its because the project has been in works for over two years and has … Continue reading →
There is a new travel/variety show on terrestrial Hunan TV and streaming on Mango TV titled Be Myself and stars Zhao Lu Si. She created the concept and is not receiving a salary for it though Mango is paying the costs for the filming, and it’s described as her own healing journey. Last December she took about two months off, … Continue reading →
The new period C-drama is about to kick off filming and the leads are basically confirmed though not yet formally announced. The drama is titled Mo Li (莫离) and is adapted from the Feng Qing novel titled Golden Age Legitimate Fei (盛世嫡妃 Sheng Shi Di Fei). The leads are going to be Bai Lu and Cheng Lei and production will … Continue reading →
