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Liu Yu Ning in Talks for First Billed Male Lead in Period C-drama Romance with Yang Chao Yue as Female Lead

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 5, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 4, 2024
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Man, getting to be top billed sounds great until you realize you have to find a costar that’s willing to ride shotgun and still be good enough. That’s why there is so many C-dramas that feel lopsided and why it’s harder to get that perfect mutually equal chemistry. C-actor Liu Yu Ning is coming off a hit performance and drama … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Liu Yu Ning, Yang Chao Yue

First Official Stills of Zhao Jin Mai and Zhang Ling He in Period Romance Drama The Princess Royal

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 5, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 4, 2024
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I think after a few well made dramas for Zhang Ling He, namely My Journey to You and Story of Kunning Palace last year and in 2022 there was Love Between Fairy and Devil, whether as supporting or as male lead he’s been in enough hits to not be considered trying hard and not having results. I say this because … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged The Grand Princess, The Princess Royal, Zhang Ling He, Zhao Jin Mai

Big C-blogger Basically Confirms Its Dilraba Dilmurat with Chen Zhe Yuan for Big Budget C-drama Love in the Turquoise Land

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 5, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 5, 2024
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C-drama melon time, and this one is likely to be confirmed. A big C-drama blogger is now saying that Love in the Turquoise Land (枭起青壤 Xiao Qi Qing Rang) that is slated for Dilraba Dilmurat as the female lead will now get Chen Zhe Yuan as the male lead. Originally the hope was to pair her up with Dylan Wang … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love in the Turquoise Land

The C-drama Adaptation of The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus Wraps Filming and Releases Stills and Making of Special with Leads Yu Shu Xin and Ding Yu Xi

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2024
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These new character posters are so hilariously awful but for some reason I’m kinda excited for this drama. The C-drama adaptation of the novel The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus titled in Chinese Yong Ye Xing He released new stills of leads Ding Yu Xi and Yu Shu Xin along with second leads Zhu Xu Dan and Yang Shi … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ding Yu Xi, The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus, Yong Ye Xing He, Yu Shu Xin, Zhu Xu Dan

Yang Zi and Li Xian Reunite to Mixed Expectations as C-drama Flourished Peony Kicks Off Filming to Start 2024

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 3, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2024
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So this the second least fan happy reunion of 2024 dramas, after Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning currently filming The Legend of Jewelry. Filming has commenced this week of period C-drama Flourished Peony starring Yang Zi and Li Xian in another formerly popular onscreen OTP reunion from Go Go Squid. One would think a successful outing a prior … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Flourished Peony, Li Xian, Yang Zi

Sci-fi C-drama Derailment Improves in Reviews Further into Run and Female Lead Liu Hao Cun Experiences Change in Perception Thanks to Good Acting

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2024
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It’s interesting to see reception for a drama morph as it progresses and recently aired sci-fi romance C-drama Derailment has seen exactly that. Two weeks ago when the drama premiered it was received poorly thanks to female lead Liu Hao Cun’s bad real life reputation and also the confusing promos making the drama seem overwrought and weepy with a confusing … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Derailment, Liu Hao Cun

Chinese Paladin 6 Sword and Fairy with Xu Kai and Yu Shu Xin Releases Cute New Poster for New Year

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 2, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 2, 2024
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Happy 2024 y’all! Next year will be a quarter century so I hope this year goes slower and I can enjoy it more. One reason time passes fast I feel is that we are always looking forward to something, like a new drama for example. In looking forward we may overlook the present. That said, I still can’t wait for … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Sword and Fairy, Xu Kai, Yu Shu Xin

C-ent Industry Insider Says The Prisoner of Beauty with Liu Yu Ning and Song Zu Er Tentatively Scheduled to Air February 2024 on Tencent

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2024 by ockoalaJanuary 1, 2024
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So this is the latest and greatest on the airing date for The Prisoner of Beauty. I’m still on the buzz from marathoning the novel, it’s really addicting and the good outweighs the bad parts of it so I’m definitely wanting the drama to air as soon as possible. C-ent insiders are saying it’s now on deck at Tencent for … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Liu Yu Ning, Song Zu Er, The Prisoner of Beauty

C-ent Gossip Says C-drama Offering Fish with Chen Fei Yu and Wang Ying Lu is Poised to be a Hot Mess with Script Issues

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 1, 2024 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2023
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So this is the kind of tea I love, harmless and hilarious if true and if not then the end result is a good drama rather than a bad so even better. Chen Fei Yu and Wang Ying Lu just started filming C-drama Offering Fish (Xian Yu) based on the popular novel Offering Salted Fish to Master and already the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Offering Fish, Wang Ying Lu

Xiao Zhan and Zhang Jing Yi Start Filming Big Budget Period C-drama Zang Hai Zhuan

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 31, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 31, 2023
Young man holding a red envelope.

So this C-drama immediately jumps to the most anticipated releases of 2024 thanks to Xiao Zhan being the male lead, and I actually like female lead Zhang Jing Yi so it’s a win-win. The drama currently is titled Zang Hai Zhuan which translates to Hidden Sea Chronicles and seems like an epic sweeping tale of adventure and romance. I like … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Xiao Zhan, Zang Hai Zhuan, Zhang Jing Yi

The Immortal Ascension with Yang Yang and Jin Chen Wraps Filming and Releasing New Character Stills

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 30, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 29, 2023
Person in traditional attire holding flowers.

Twas not the summer of Yang Yang and boy does he have a hole to climb back out of. But luckily for him, the flop that was Fireworks of My Heart doesn’t appear to be career breaking and also equal blame was placed on his female lead Wang Chu Ran. After the bad reviews he went off to film xianxia … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Jin Chen, The Immortal Ascension, Yang Yang

C-netizens Think Liu Yu Ning is Trying to Change His Reputation of Stealing Scenes From Other Leads by Posting New Picture of Himself Hanging Out with Heroes Leads Zeng Shun Xi and Baron Chen

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 29, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 28, 2023
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So this whole issue needs context and I’ll do my best to provide. Apparently Liu Yu Ning has been accused of working behind the scenes to increase his scenes for dramas in recent years, don’t ask him how he accomplishes it if that is indeed what he does. This is one reason Zhao Lu Si‘s fans went berserk hearing she … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Heroes, Liu Yu Ning

C-ent Insiders Say Cheng Yi Will Not Renew His Contract with Agency H&R Century Pictures After His Summer Hit Drama Mysterious Lotus Casebook

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 28, 2023 by ockoalaDecember 27, 2023
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I didn’t watch this drama but it was definitely a big hit for this summer of 2023. I’m talking about wuxia drama Mysterious Lotus Casebook, which takes Cheng Yi out of his suffering xianxia god string of dramas and into a more subdued but still interesting period setting. He’s fielding a lot of project offers right now and also up … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Cheng Yi

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