This drama likely won’t air until 2026, and hopefully earlier in the year because I am so excited for it! C-drama Overdo with Zhang Ling He and Wang Chu Ran released a first short teaser trailer recently and it drops the viewers into a tight maelstrom of action. The trailer has no dialogue and is just a fast-paced vignette of … Continue reading →
C-actress Yang Zi and her concerted foray into more serious topic dramas continue, she did Flourished Peony/In the Name of Blossom last year, and on deck is The Mo (Family Business) maybe releasing early next year. But she just finished filming Born to be Alive (Life Tree) and the first teaser trailer is out and it looks award season fodder … Continue reading →
It’s going to be a busy next week, the first full week of October 2025 with the C-dramas available. Love’s Ambition should be wrapping up, Fated Hearts will be on the full airing swing of things, Yummy Yummy Yummy will drop October 9th, and now we have another confirmed addition with xianxia C-drama Love in the Clouds arriving on October … Continue reading →
The scheduling rumors are saying that iQiyi will release modern romance C-drama Speed and Love (Chinese title Double Track) this coming month in October. But with the recent online backlash against female lead Yu Shu Xin it could delay it until the furor dies down more. I have been looking forward to this one since I enjoyed the novel, it … Continue reading →
The airdrop of Love’s Ambition appears to have come at the best time for Tencent. With no competition with any other C-drama, LA got probably more buzz than it normally would have so it’s premiere was a hit for the Tencent, rising fastest in the platform to set new records in various heat indexes. But the reviews are polarizing, almost … Continue reading →
Next up on the October 2025 C-drama premiere calendar is food and time-travel hijinks period drama Yummy Yummy Yummy (Chinese title 宴遇永安 Yan Yu Yong An), which should pray is not so silly its stupid otherwise it’s going to be called Dummy Dummy Dummy instead lol. The drama stars Wang Ying Lu as a daughter of a restaurant owning family … Continue reading →
October is here and with it a slate of new C-dramas on deck, hopefully good ones to fill the doldrums that was the lack of exciting September releases. The first to arrive is period politics and romance C-drama Fated Hearts with Li Qin and Chen Zhe Yuan. iQiyi has confirmed its premiere on October 2nd and started releasing a boatload … Continue reading →
So the much discussed and still ongoing plans to adapt the novel into the C-drama The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage got some new news this week. Word from C-ent casting is that Dilraba Dilmurat will be the female lead, and for her it’s not really that new as she’s been floated for this project for some … Continue reading →
C-actor Gong Jun hasn’t been filming as many dramas in recent years and that’s okay if his works are always well received but it’s still hit or miss with him. The Legend of Anle was watchable but still not very good while Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact was an unwatchable mess. He finished filming period wuxia C-drama Blood River … Continue reading →
A few days ago there were rumors that Tencent would airdrop Love’s Ambition with zero promotions, but with such rumors there is always the chance the platform decides last minute not to do it. But Tencent did bite the bullet and shoot this baby out with a cannon today on September 26th as the last big C-drama release for this … Continue reading →
Oh I am sooooo looking forward to this one! The first teaser and posters are out for upcoming MBC sageuk drama Moon River (The Moon Rises Over the River) with charming leads Kim Se Jung and Kang Tae Oh. Both can do physical and understated comedy so well as evidenced with her in A Business Proposal and him in the … Continue reading →
This will likely not derail Song Zu Er‘s resurrected career again but it is clear that the person targeting her has a beef that’s not going away. C-ent is reporting that the same tipster who reported her for tax evasion two years ago is back and reporting her again for continuing tax evasion. During the first investigation, her side did … Continue reading →
There is a Chinese saying called “Good Dog Shit Luck” which just means overcoming something negative by an out-of-nowhere good thing that happens. That applies to C-actor Xu Kai who was facing maybe cancellation just two to three weeks ago but now seems poised to slide into continuing his career with no further blip. He was revealed by an ex-girlfriend … Continue reading →
