A new C-drama was announced this week and it’s the just started filming iQiyi period investigative drama Shadow Punisher(魅影神捕 Mei Ying Shen Bu). There is alignment from both C-netizens who dislike the Chinese title and I-fans who don’t like the English title, lol. The Chinese title feels too showy for what should be a more serious drama and the English … Continue reading →
If you thought last month May had a ton of C-dramas it’s got nothing on this month of June 2025. So far xianxia revenge drama Feud is the biggest premiere of the month arriving last week on June 6th, and now we are getting four consecutive-day drama releases next week to get the party really started. June 17th sees the … Continue reading →
The casting is close to getting confirmed for the male lead while the female lead has been set for a few months now, and it’s yet another popular drama OTP reunion. Youku C-drama Tearless Snow (Chinese title 咸雪 Xian Xue or Salty Snow) will star top actress Crystal Liu in her first period drama in three years since A Dream … Continue reading →
There are C-stars that seem to work nonstop from drama to drama and others like Gong Jun I feel could benefit from doing more projects. Right now he only has Tales of Dark River on deck that I’m interested in so this new casting news piques my hope that he will accept. He’s in talks for the wuxia and investigative … Continue reading →
The unfortunate screeching halt and delay of wuxia C-drama The Journey of Legend is definitely a blow to male lead Cheng Yi, but heck time to look forward. He has The Vendetta of An filmed as well and now he’s likely heading into a set soon for the political thriller period C-drama Fifteen Days to the Capital (两京十五日 Liang Jing … Continue reading →
I don’t know whether to be happy or not for C-actor Liu Yu Ning who will now have three back-to-back dramas within a span of two months. The Prisoner of Beauty came out in early May, followed by part 2 of Eternal Brotherhood at the end of that month, and now word is that A Dream Within a Dream is … Continue reading →
Just like the two lead characters in the just premiered xianxia C-drama Feud have an ultimate immortal love/hate relationship, the response to the drama mirrors that as well. The iQiyi drama starring Bai Lu and Zeng Shun Xi aired over the weekend honestly all those promos showing the two trying to kill each other and/or make out angrily is all … Continue reading →
So the xianxia period C-drama Love in Pavilion aired last month rather uneventfully, mild buzz and better reviews that it’s predecessor in the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series Red Moon Pact. I did hear more interest in the couples outside of the main leads including second leads Wu Xuan Yi and Zhai Xiao Wen. The latter of which is now on … Continue reading →
The scandal around whether actress Li Kai Xin disparaged Chinese entertainment industry and Chinese viewers in a secretly recorded conversation doesn’t appear to have a resolution that will make the problem go away. Last month the premiere of iQiyi period C-drama The Journey of Legend with Cheng Yi was pulled at the last minute due to second female lead Li … Continue reading →
There is new movement with the casting of Tencent period C-drama The One (剑来 Jian Lai or Sword Comes), which is good because it means Tencent is actively trying to kick off production for this rather than just noodling around. The new female lead rumored is C-actress Zhang Xue Ying, who I know the name and her face is familiar … Continue reading →
Filming started last month on period C-drama Blossoms of Power (Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sa or Hundred Flower Kill), and now the first unofficial stills are out from the set. Starring Meng Zi Yi and He Yu, this is one of the bigger budget and promising dramas slated to air in 2026, it’s adapted from a popular novel and … Continue reading →
There are worst things for a star than having a project air at the same time but it does lead to inevitable and direct comparison. Namely, which drama is better, which character is better, and of course which chemistry with the other lead is better. Tencent has reportedly scheduled modern romance C-drama Shine on Me with Song Wei Long and … Continue reading →
NGL, these two contrary to expectations actually look good together. I’m talking about Guan Xiao Tong and Li Yun Rui for the Mango TV and Hunan TV C-drama Dazzling, which formally announced the leads and filming this week. I love getting the casting melons and on-dits before hand otherwise this sounds like any other drama launch announcement except now I … Continue reading →
