Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Modern Romance Drama As Beautiful as You with Tan Song Yun and Xu Kai Ends as a Hit with 6.7 Douban Ratings But High Streaming Numbers

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So I’m going to give As Beautiful as You another chance after learning that it’s the first big second half of 2024 streaming hit with modern C-dramas. The drama starring Tan Song Yun and Xu Kai wrapped with an average 6.7 Douban ratings but did really good streaming viewership numbers that industry insiders are calling it a hit. Attributing it … Continue reading →

Wang Yu Wen Takes Over for Gulinazha in Director Guo Jing Ming’s Next Drama a Republic Era Romance with Tian Jia Rui as Male Lead

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The drama is titled 燃霜为昼 Ran Shuang Wei Zhou or Burning Frost into Day and has a new female lead on the cusp of filming commencement. The drama directed by Guo Jing Ming is the vehicle to make his protege Tian Jia Rui a male lead and had signed on Gulinazha as the female lead. But she’s since declined after … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and Peng Guan Ying Reportedly Sign on for Big Budget Modern Romance C-drama Filming in October 2024

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So C-actress Zhao Lu Si is currently filming Love’s Ambition with William Chan and that is scheduled to wrap in September next month. Industry casting and production gossip has it that she’s already signed on and selected her next drama, it’s an S+ level production and a modern romance. The title is tentatively 流鱼 (Liu Yu translating as Flowing Fish) … Continue reading →

Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He Confirmed for C-drama Adaptation of Modern Romance Novel Cherry Amber Titled Our Generation

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The time-traveling do-over period couple from The Princess Royal have now transmigrated to modern times into the bodies of high school students and friends-turned-lovers in what might be the quickest onscreen reunion in recent memory. Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He are confirmed for the C-drama adaptation of Cherry Amber that has the English drama title Our Generation. The … Continue reading →

Liu Hao Cun and Wang An Yu Deliver Complementary Modern Romantic Visual Chemistry in New Posters for Be Passionately in Love

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So don’t be too passionately in wait for this drama which is still filming and most likely will be a 2025 release. Modern romance Be Passionately in Love with Liu Hao Cun and Wang An Yu has released new posters in recent weeks and continues with the streak of just looking so visually appealing to me from its first teaser … Continue reading →

Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 2 a Hit in Ratings and High Douban Ratings of 8.4 as iQiyi Announces Filming Commencement for Season 3

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I love seeing less buzzy dramas succeed on its merits and this summer of 2024 has a sequel that has become a hit just like the first season and now a third season has been announced. Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty 2: Go West is been a hit for streaming platform iQiyi and the first Douban ratings are out at … Continue reading →

Cheng Yi Cosplays Into a Wuxia Warrior in First Stills and Teaser for Period C-drama Fu Shan Hai

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So I didn’t watch Mysterious Lotus Casebook when it aired last summer but by all accounts it was a hit and has further elevated male lead Cheng Yi who industry insiders are saying is being bankrolled on big projects to come. One is the period wuxia C-drama Fu Shan Hai (literal title Go to the Mountain and Seas) which is … Continue reading →

Kim Tae Ri is Flawless in New Prada Makeup CF Campaign

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K-actress Kim Tae Ri is a style chameleon to me, the same way her acting and performances are constantly excellent regardless of genre. She can pull off tomboy and feminine soft beauty equally well and for the new Prada fall makeup campaign in South Korea she’s doing the latter flawlessly across various lipstick shades. It helps that she brings a … Continue reading →

Conflict Already in Pre-planning Stages of C-drama Painted Skin as Director Guo Jing Ming Prohibits Ju Jing Yi’s Makeup Team and Male Lead Zeng Shun Xi’s Fans Upset with Billing

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This is the kind of popcorn I love since I don’t care about any of the leads and if this turns out a great drama it’ll be nice to watch and if it’s a hot mess it will be a different kind of fun to watch. The C-drama version of demon romance drama Painted Skin is in the casting and … Continue reading →

Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran’s Period Romance Drama Hidden Charm Changes Title to Are You the One and Readies for Imminent Premiere

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I liked the first English title but find the second also interesting and cool in its own way, at least there is no word Love in it lol. Period romance drama Hidden Charm has been retitled to Are You the One and is still on track for imminent premiere, all signs say August 8th. It stars Zhang Wan Yi and … Continue reading →

Period Investigative Wuxia C-drama Zhan Zhao Adventures to Start Filming End of August 2024 with Leads Yang Yang and Zhang Ruo Nan

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The long break for C-actor Yang Yang to get back on the small screen has been good for him after last summer’s disastrous Fireworks of My Heart airing where he got hit with the “oily acting” comments in full force. Since then he’s filmed The Immortal Ascension but no word on when that will air, and end of this month … Continue reading →

Tan Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng’s Tang Dynasty Period Drama Brocade Odyssey Gets Airing Permit

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There is a spate of Tang dynasty dramas coming out way and I’ve been following along with the two big ones that filmed this year with Zhao Lu Si in Story of Pearl Girl and Yang Zi with Flourished Peony. But there is an already filmed Tang dynasty drama Brocade Odyssey with Tang Song Yun and Zheng Ye Cheng on … Continue reading →

Yang Chao Yue Lands High Profile Female Lead in C-drama Adaptation of Hit Stephen Chow Movie King of Comedy

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This is a fantastic next role for C-actress Yang Chao Yue, I may not like her due to her limited acting but watching her reboot her flower vase drama leading actress roles to this is a smart move. She’s landed the role of female lead in the upcoming C-drama adaptation of hit HK-movie King of Comedy which is directed by … Continue reading →