Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Success of The Double Returns Wu Jin Yan to Popularity and Reignites the Fanwars for Top Actress in Yu Zheng’s Studio Between Her and Bai Lu

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Oh how things change, and yet stay the same. I am loving The Double greatly and for the first time a performance and character by Wu Jin Yan, though by all accounts she rocketed to stardom 6 years ago in Story of Yanxi Palace in precisely the same playbook – cunning and resourceful woman navigating treacherous waters while plotting revenge. … Continue reading →

C-novel The Path Towards Heaven by Writer of Joy of Life Gets C-drama Adaptation in Talks with Dylan Wang as the Male Lead

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So my little bae Dylan Wang has been picky recently with his projects so he doesn’t have a lot on deck, in the pocket there is the finished period drama Guardians of the Dafeng coming out this fall and he’s filming the modern police drama Light to the Night right now. So it perked me up to hear that he’s … Continue reading →

C-drama Princess Agents Confirmed for Sequel without OG Cast and New Female Lead is Former PA Child Actress Huangyang Tian Tian

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So C-ent news this week got a jolt with the very random and frankly too long a gap confirmation that a sequel to Princess Agents is set to start production. It’s based on the source novel and picks up from that frozen lake ending scene, with female lead Chu Qiao set for revenge for the death of her beloved Yuwen … Continue reading →

Revenge Period C-drama The Double with Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue Hits a Triple by Doing Better than Expected in Ratings and Reviews

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With Joy of Life 2 done it’s time for a lot more C-dramas to premiere. Two that arrived at the tail of JoL2 has two very different outcomes – big budget high expectation Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact is a dud in every way from acting to chemistry to writing to directing while comparatively lower budget with less well … Continue reading →

Yang Chao Yue Guest Stars in Buzzy New C-drama The Double and May Succeed in Reigniting Her Career Like Zheng Hehuizi’s In Blossom Cameo

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Tis the season for high profile guest starring in C-drama lol. Just months after C-actress Zheng Hehuizi turned a cameo in In Blossom into a career launcher from supporting to upcoming leading lady roles, now comes Yang Chao Yue to do the same again and she may succeed. Yang Chao Yue has already been the leading lady of dramas but … Continue reading →

C-actor Hu Yi Tian Notches Another Small Hit with Blossoms in Adversity and Continues Streak of Airing Dramas with No Negativity Attached

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So the Chinese are massively superstitious. In the production world, the filming start ceremonies are picked for auspicious days, the prayers are for smooth filming, and the red envelopes for good tidings. That’s why it’s totally true that stars with either bad news attached or seem to be around bad things do find it harder to get cast. The opposite … Continue reading →

Lost You Forever Part 1 Delivers Near Perfect Adaptation of Novel Last Summer and Now Part 2 is Scheduled for Release July 10, 2024

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So Lost You Forever may just suffer the most of a hit drama getting the momentum wind sucked out of it thanks to splitting into two parts. Part 1 aired last summer and was as closed to what I had hoped for being a mega fan of the source novel. This is probably as good as it gets in terms … Continue reading →

Tencent Schedules Period C-drama Guardians of the Dafeng with Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei for September 2024

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The year is half over now that it’s June 2024 and one big name in C-drama land I’ve not yet seen out with a drama is Dylan Wang. Last year in 2023 he had three C-dramas, not to say any of those were good lol but at least there was stuff to watch. He’s usually done 2-3 per year but … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and William Chan Cast in Modern Romance C-drama Let Me Shine to Start Filming This Month in June

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C-actress Zhao Lu Si‘s short break after wrapping filming for period drama The Story of Pearl Girl is over as she’s headed back to the set in a week or so on June 10th. The new drama is a modern romance titled Let Me Shine (許我耀眼 Shu Wo Yao Yan) and the male lead will be William Chan. Earlier it … Continue reading →

Wang Yibo’s Fans Denigrate and Harass His War of Faith Costar Wang Yang and His Wife After Nomination for Best Actor at the Magnolia Awards

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Why does most of any bad press for C-actor Wang Yibo always start with “his fans”. The latest brouhaha in C-ent is Wang Yibo’s fandom going berserk and publicly denigrating veteran C-actor Wang Yang, who starred in War of Faith earlier this year with Wang Yibo. The nominations came out for the Magnolia Awards hosted by the Shanghai Television Festival … Continue reading →

Zhao Jin Mai and Zhou Yi Ran in Talks for Youth Romance C-drama Cherry Amber

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This C-drama adaptation of the youth romance novel Cherry Amber (English title Our Generation) has been in talks for a few years now but it’s normal in C-ent for a long lead up to the casting. Prior years have floated the possibility of Wu Lei and Zhao Lu Si reuniting for this but both have leveled up and moved on. … Continue reading →

Spring 2024 C-drama Blossoms in Adversity with Zhang Jing Yi and Hu Yi Tian Ends Up a Small Hit Thanks to Second Half Surge in Positive Reviews

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So I never got the urge to watch female empowerment period C-drama Blossoms in Adversity which premiered in April as a Spring offering that wasn’t overly promoted or highly anticipated. I liked Zhang Jing Yi thanks to Lighter and Princess but I won’t deny that she seems capable of only ONE type of acting (stubborn, positive in spirit female lead) … Continue reading →

Youku Announces Premiere of Revenge C-drama The Double with Wu Jing Yan and Wang Xing Yue for June 2nd

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The entire month of May felt interminably long and yet also wild that it’s near the end. This weekend stars June and on Sunday the 2nd we will see another big C-drama arrive in The Double. Produced by love him-hate him troll extraordinaire Yu Zheng and starring Wu Jing Yan and Wang Xing Yue, from the latest preview and all … Continue reading →