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Wu Lei and Zhao Jin Mai’s Billiards Romance C-drama Amidst a Snowstorm of Love Gets Airing Approval Cut Down to 32-episodes

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 22, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 21, 2023
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This week the C-drama Amidst a Snowstorm of Love got its airing permit with 32-episodes scheduled, a cut down from the original 40 filmed. The word on the street is that this drama may be one of those sudden airings on Tencent especially as winter arrives the the whole backdrop of the overseas scenes was filmed in the dead of … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Amidst a Snowstorm of Love, Wu Lei, Zhao Jin Mai

Lin Geng Xin Dropping Out as Replacement Male Lead in The Golden Hairpin Reportedly Due to AI Tech Concerns and the Early Critiques of the Drama’s Japanese Inspired Costumes

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 21, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 22, 2023
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So a bit of “what happened behind the scenes” is out for the whole drama on finding a new male lead for C-drama The Golden Compass with female lead Yang Zi. It’s been languishing since OG male lead Wu Yi Fan got arrested and now sentenced for a host of crimes including rape. There were various male actors discussed to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Lin Geng Xin, Peng Guan Ying, The Golden Hairpin, Yang Zi

Hou Ming Hao and Lu Yu Xiao Cast in Xianxia C-drama Love in the Clouds

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 21, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 21, 2023
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Another xianxia C-drama just cast its leads with the pairing of Hou Min Hao and Lu Yu Xiao. He’s been the male lead for a few dramas already while she’s getting her first elevation to female lead after My Journey to You. The new drama is called Love in the Clouds (Chinese title Entering the Blue Clouds) and is slated … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Hou Ming Hao, Love in the Clouds, Lu Yu Xiao

C-drama Immortality Adapted From Cult Fave BL-novel Releases First New Still Getting Fans in a Tizzy that Perhaps it May Soon Air

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 20, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 19, 2023
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Whomever is in charge of the media release of C-drama Immortality is the best kind of genius or troll. How else to explain the first release of a new still in over a year and the context is where Chen Fei Yu is choking a bloodied and chained up Luo Yun Xi mwahaha. This is straight up geared to to … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Immortality, Luo Yun Xi

Dylan Wang and Bai Lu’s Modern Romance Drama Opens with a Low 4.7 Rating on Douban Consistently with the Bad Reviews

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 20, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 19, 2023
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I can only image how low this drama’s Douban ratings and lack of any buzz would be without leads Dylan Wang and Bai Lu starring in it. I noped out of Only for Love on the early side as even copious FF-ing and staring at Dylan did not help in any way to make it worth wasting my time on. … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Bai Lu, Dylan Wang, Only for Love

Wang Xing Yue Breaks Out with Close Airing of Dramas Scent of Time and Story of Kunning Palace with Yu Zheng Planning to Promote Him After Shelving Him Earlier in His Career to Focus on Xu Kai

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 20, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 19, 2023
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The recent deluge of C-drama premieres has its usual winners, losers, and just coasting through participants. A clear winner is C-actor Wang Xing Yue, who went from the everyone hates him male lead in Scent of Time to everyone loves him second male lead in Story of Kunning Palace, with the two dramas basically airing back-to-back thanks to scheduling issues … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Scent of Time, Story of Kunning Palace, Wang Xing Yue

Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Start Filming Tang Dynasty Drama The Legend of Jewelry

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 17, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 17, 2023
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So I don’t check out the so-called booting ceremonies a lot, when a C-drama kicks off filming with prayers and red envelopes for good luck. But is it always so coordinated haha, because the cast and crew of Tang dynasty period drama The Legend of Jewelry were all wearing matching red jackets for the cast and blue jackets for the … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Liu Yu Ning, The Legend of Jewelry, Zhao Lu Si

Lin Geng Xin as Replacement Male Lead in The Golden Hairpin Falls Apart with New Choice in Peng Guan Yin to Reshoot Wu Yi Fan Scenes

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 16, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 16, 2023
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The reshoot in order to air period drama The Golden Hairpin will happen, it’s a matter of when and who not if. As an S+ budget drama there is just too much money sunk in to let it never air so earlier this year it was reported that Lin Geng Xin would be the replacement male lead for Wu Yi … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Peng Guan Ying, The Golden Hairpin, Yang Zi

Yu Zheng Promoted Newcomer Zhao Qing Doesn’t Breakout with Scent of Time Instead Gets Flack for Not Being as Pretty as Photoshopped Pictures

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 15, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 15, 2023
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It’s quite common for agencies of main lead stars to insist on a newcomer from their agency get a second or supporting role as a plus one casting for a drama to help launch the comparative new face. Producer Yu Zheng is especially known for doing and the recent C-drama Scent of Time with Zhou Ye and Wang Xing Yue … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Scent of Time, Zhao Qing

C-ent Abuzz with Gossiper Melon that Top Actress Yang Zi Secretly Has a Long Term Boyfriend

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 15, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 14, 2023
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Well this is a juicy midweek adrenaline rush in terms of hot gossip. A well known entertainment tabloid scooper in C-ent this week dropped the melon that top young actress Yang Zi was in fact not single. He claimed that Yang Zi was in a relationship with a long term boyfriend that lived in the same neighborhood as her hence … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Yang Zi

Big Budget Period C-drama Chang Ling Gets New Leads Dilraba Dilmurat and Chen Zhe Yuan

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 12, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 12, 2023
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So this C-drama has been bandied about for the last two years but the female lead has always been the same with Crystal Liu, one of the top actresses in C-ent and always an S+ first billing in any production. There have been various actors in talks for the drama Chang Ling with Wang Yibo and Allen Ren the most … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chang Ling, Chen Zhe Yuan, Dilraba Dilmurat

A Journey to Love with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning Reportedly to Air on iQiyi After Story of Kunning Palace

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 12, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 11, 2023
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So it looks like many of the on deck period C-dramas from 2023 will air before year ends, likely in a scrum like last week or in succession with what appears to be the timing for A Journey to Love. The spy and politics wuxia drama with Liu Shi Shi and Liu Yu Ning has received its airing permit already … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged A Journey to Love, Liu Shi Shi, Liu Yu Ning

Recently Premiered C-dramas has Only for Love Leading the Viewership Followed by Story of Kunning Palace and Wonderland of Love

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 11, 2023 by ockoalaNovember 11, 2023
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Last week was a great week for C-drama fans with the release of three new big budget popular leads dramas with different tastes for viewers. In the week since the buzz meter has spoken and it’s modern drama Only for Love with the highest viewership followed by second chance revenge drama Story of Kunning Palace and enemies turned lovers battlefield … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Only for Love, Story of Kunning Palace, Wonderland of Love

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