Well these two look unexpectedly good together on camera, nice! Filming has commenced for modern work and romance C-drama Irreplaceable with Zhao Jin Mai and Wei Da Xun, with her top billed and him reportedly getting a special billing that is above second billed. It’s hilarious how C-productions have to get creative to deal with the billing jostling between leads. … Continue reading →
I’ll be surprised if this C-drama does blockbuster ratings but it does have a strong IP source material and the issue viewers may have are the leads. Youku will release xianxia C-drama When Destiny Brings the Demon starring Chen Fei Yu and Wang Ying Lu this Saturday August 16th. It’s based on the novel Offering Salted Fish to Master and … Continue reading →
It’s a sigh of relief for Youku and male lead Yang Yang and their big budget high profile xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension ended up a hit. The drama finished its 30-episode run this week with high ratings and solid reviews for the most part, and even better opened with a high for the xianxia genre ratings of 7.5 on … Continue reading →
So this livestream venting by C-actress Zhao Lu Si towards her agency Galaxy KU continues on now past one week with no end in sight, either her stopping voluntarily or her agency forcing her to stop. She is getting insane viewership numbers and in show business there is no such thing as bad publicity. She shared in the latest livestreams … Continue reading →
When stars talked about being overworked, it’s clearly more true than not but even from the public eye some are definitely getting run more ragged than others openly. Top drama actress Bai Lu is one of those who has not stopped for any meaningful period of time for what feels like 7 years straight since she started landing female lead … Continue reading →
Last week a new C-drama kicked off filming and it’s the modern romance Genius Girlfriend with Tian Xi Wei and Hu Yi Tian. So far nothing much to note other than the height difference is going to look great onscreen and hopefully these two have chemistry with each other. There is a billing fight behind the scenes, but fight indicates … Continue reading →
Streaming platform Tencent made a decisive decision to replace second female lead Eleanor Lee (Lee Kai Xin) in its big male lead C-drama The Journey of Legend after her alleged insulting Chinese people and entertainment industry scandal exploded in May three months ago. That’s why the reshoot with C-actress Yang Xi Zi has finished and the AI face swap post … Continue reading →
It’s now almost a week since C-actress Zhao Lu Si started to livestream on social media platform Xiaohongshu (Red Note) in her attempt to terminate her contract with her agency Galaxy Kuyu. Her livestreams have huge viewership numbers and whatever she’s eating, wearing, using, recommending is gets a boost in sales. Her conversations range from accusing her agency of mistreating … Continue reading →
Never change C-ent, haha, always jumping on a hot bandwagon and doubling down on what worked. C-ent casting rumor this week has Li Lan Di and Ao Rui Peng in talks for a new iQiyi modern romance drama My Queen My Rules. If they accept it will be another fast reunion of popular drama CPs in the recent year, after … Continue reading →
Well this mini drama version of The Prisoner of Beauty is certainly going for spicy all out, at least for the female lead lol. Filming has started for Yield to You starring Caesar Wu and Yue Yu Ting, and he’s got the general look down but she’s straight up rocking a courtesan look rather than the sheltered noble daughter raised … Continue reading →
There’s a very fun casting melon that came up this week and I for one would love to see this pairing. Song Zu Er has been in talks for the Tencent Republic era period C-drama Ah Zhi Ah Zhi adapted from the same name novel and now the platform wants Dylan Wang as the male lead. If he joins the … Continue reading →
Yesterday was D-Day for those of us (memememe!) waiting for the premiere of Legend of the Female General, adapted from a novel by Qian Shan Cha Ke titled Rebirth of a Star General. Tencent had to delay the drama for six months due to the scandal with a male supporting lead and then filming his scenes with a different actor … Continue reading →
I don’t know if these two ladies are meant to be this always tied together in recent years (two times each have had dramas premiered the same time), but here it goes again. This week Zhao Lu Si is topping all C-ent buzz for her contract dispute with her agency Galaxy Kuyu and trying to terminate it. At the very … Continue reading →
