So my brain was clearly still addled by the after effects of watching too much Love and Crown because I missed the premiere last weekend of Tencent C-drama Love on the Turquoise Land. Starring Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Xing Xu, this is a modern drama that seems like a tomb raider crossed with Chinese ancient mystery plot, with a side … Continue reading →
There is genuine movement now on a C-drama that has been either trying to cast or get off the ground to shoot for close to three years. Nothing wrong with it, some projects just get batted around looking for the right leads, investment, and shooting schedule. The period romance C-drama He Bu Tong Zhou Du (Why No Cross By Boat … Continue reading →
The C-drama universe loves reunions of leads in successful prior drama pairings and the production teams have been trying to reunite Crystal Liu and Chen Xiao ever since they did the popular period drama A Dream of Splendor. The prior rumors of a reunion between them never came to fruition but this week there is a legitimate possibility they will … Continue reading →
This is definitely going to be a big prestige aiming C-drama and now the two leads are set so I expect filming to start soon. The Republic era onward era Tencent C-drama The Way You Come Back (玉兰花开君再来 Yu Lan Hua Kai Jun Zai Lai) has found a male lead for earlier confirmed female lead Yang Zi. It will be … Continue reading →
I’ve been meaning to write about recently premiered period romance and revenge C-drama Love and Crown (凤凰台上 Feng Huang Tai Shang) with Allen Ren (Ren Jia Lun) and Peng Xiao Ran ever since I watched the first episode, but then I started having trouble formulating phrases much less full sentences because this drama is both sooooo bad and sooooo stupid … Continue reading →
Looks like iQiyi has firmed up the casting for its new period C-drama, it hasn’t been confirmed yet but industry is saying this is the final pick. Period romance C-drama Yun Chu Ling (云初令 Cloud’s First Command) will star Yu Shu Xin and Zhang Yun Long with filming to kick off in the coming weeks. Yu Shu Xin’s casting does … Continue reading →
Ahhhhh, and here I thought the world would never see two of the most gorgeous looking TW-stars in real life wedding outfits but the drama gods who love this reel to real romance are rewarding us fans. Roy Qiu and Tiffany Ann Hsu announced this week that they are holding a wedding ceremony later this month at the super luxe … Continue reading →
New C-drama casting alert and I can see this pairing happening for the reason that it’s a new one in the carousel of possible combos. The Youku xianxia C-drama Thriving After the Moon Falls (烛月潮生 Zhu Yue Chao Sheng) is courting C-actress Wang Chu Ran for the female lead. Male lead is currently still set on Ao Rui Peng, and … Continue reading →
So the timing of this drama is solely in the hands of one person, producer Yu Zheng. He has the rights to the novel Falling Spring Night (坠落春夜 Zhui Luo Chun Ye) and the leads are his agency top stars Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue. So basically he can make the production schedule work by moving chess pieces … Continue reading →
Well the tides have indeed turned between C-actress Zhao Lu Si and her former agency Galaxy Kuyu Entertainment. Over the summer she went public alleging mistreatment and poor management by the agency and demanded to have her recently renewed contract terminated, ostensibly without needing to pay the usual hefty early termination fees. The agency refused and in the stalemate she … Continue reading →
Oh this is the sigh of relief type of good news I was hoping for. Last month C-ent casting was discussing Li Yun Rui and his next C-drama the period work Gui Liang Chen (归良辰) adapted from a novel and the female lead being discussed was teen actress Ai Mi. But like all C-ent castings the rumors can go multiple … Continue reading →
So this has happened before with drama filming productions whether K-dramas or C-dramas but it’s always hard all around since the whole dish is like half baked by that point and there is already a sunk cost. The period C-drama Jiang Shan Wei Ping (江山为聘) with Wu Jin Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan is nearly done filming and this week … Continue reading →
This is as good as it gets for Gong Jun, his most recent period C-drama Blood River has opened with Douban ratings of 7.2. In comparison his last two dramas The Legend of Anle has 5.5 ratings and Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Blood Moon Pact has an even worse 5.0. The competition other male led centric period C-dramas that aired in … Continue reading →
