Shelved Modern Romance C-drama Love Has Fireworks with Tan Jian Ci and Wang Chu Ran Reported to Air June 2026 Next Month After AI Replacing Cancelled Second Male Lead Role

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On deck for the June 2026 C-dramas may be a shelved one that could be releasing at a better time for the leads. Modern office romance Love Has Fireworks with Tan Jian Ci and Wang Chu Ran is reportedly going to be released in mid-June 2026 so sometime next month. It was filmed in 2023 and was supposed to air … Continue reading →

Tencent Releases Teaser Posters of Ju Jing Yi for Female Revenge Anthology C-drama Wan Hua Sin as Filming Kicks Off

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This drama Wan Hua Sin has been in development hell for three years starting with Dilraba Dilmurat and popular male leads and now ending with confirmed female lead Ju Jing Yi and a bevy of mostly unknown or rising male leads. The first go around felt like a wish list and this more like reality, but there is already some … Continue reading →

Tencent Period C-drama The First Jasmine with Bai Lu and Cheng Lei Confirm June 2026 Release

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With May wrapping up the first big C-drama June release will be Tencent period romance and intrigue C-drama The First Jasmine (Chinese title Mo Li 莫离). I like that the title is different, not using the typical trope words or going too literal, but the preview is now what I was expected. The drama starring Bai Lu and Cheng Lei … Continue reading →

First Trailer for Xianxia C-drama Live Long and Prosper with Dylan Wang and Li Qin Focuses on Comedic Second Life Angle

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This might be a great week to drop the first trailer for xianxia C-drama Live Long and Prosper (咸鱼飞升 Xian Yu Fei Sheng). Male lead Dylan Wang has a small scandal and these days even bad news makes for buzz. The drama is yet another Dylan top billed big male lead project after Guardians of the Dafeng, and TBH the … Continue reading →

C-ent Casting Rumor Says Youku Set This Week to Confirm Zhao Lu Si and Song Wei Long as Leads for Big Budget Xianxia Romance C-drama The Adventures of Jian Chou

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So when there is a more widespread melon it’s usually got a strong grain of salt, even if in the end it doesn’t happen since there are always moving parts until the signature dries. This week C-ent casting rumors says Youku is set to announce the leads of its big budget xianxia C-drama The Adventure of Jian Chou 朝花不见愁 based … Continue reading →

Hunan TV Releases First Preview and Posters for Period Romance and Politics C-drama Dancing with the Tides with Tan Jian Ci and Lu Yu Xiao

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With June right around the corner it means we can survey the landscape of the first half of 2026 in terms of drama output. But as always, for every drama that arrived and didn’t work there are plenty more waiting to air or getting filmed. One that is perplexing me is Hunan TV’s upcoming Dancing with the Tide starring Tan … Continue reading →

Liu Xie Ning and Zhang Kang Le in Talks for Period Romance C-drama The Princess

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I feel like this is the start of C-drama castings to come, the names floated for the leads are the second leads from the last few years as the big names move away from idol dramas whether out of choice to seek prestige projects or aging out. A new C-drama titled The Princess has cast Liu Xie Ning and Zhang … Continue reading →

C-actresses Zhao Lu Si and Bai Lu Pulled into the Dylan Wang and Shen Yue Conflict Around Variety Show The Inn

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I think it will take a few more days to die down for the still expanding fallout from the alleged bullying and then counter-bullying scandal with Dylan Wang and Shen Yue from the variety show The Inn. Netizens are really taking sides, more supporting Shen Yue, but both sides are digging into past conduct from either star to show times … Continue reading →

Meng Zi Yi to Pair Up with Ding Yu Xi for Upcoming Modern Romance C-drama Endless Summer

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The number of dramas that Meng Zi Yi has been in talks for or cast in since she leveled up with Blossom is just insane, and for me it’s annoying since I don’t like her as an actress but now have to see her everywhere. She’s currently filming the drama adaptation of The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military … Continue reading →

Korean Independence Romance and Thriller K-drama Whale Star: Gyeongseong Mermaid Confirms Full Cast of Moon Ga Young, Choi Woo Shik, Heo Nam Joon, and Gong Seung Yeon

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Well this is a mighty stacked cast, and with a source material in an interesting period era is one of the bigger project K-dramas on deck. Whale Star: Gyeongseong Mermaid has confirmed earlier casting news and unveiled the full cast of Moon Ga Young, Choi Woo Shik, Heo Nam Joon, and Gong Seung Yeon. It’s a story set in 1920’s … Continue reading →

Dylan Wang Loses Weibo Followers as Shen Yue Gains in Fallout From the Jokes Towards Dylan on Variety Show The Inn

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It’s really unfortunate what happened this past week with popular C-stars Dylan Wang and Shen Yue and the variety show program The Inn. The cast made two jokes towards Dylan during the ending awards filmed three months ago and when it aired and his fans were upset at the jokes, Dylan went public that he thought he was just being … Continue reading →

Tencent Period C-drama The Road to Glory with Zhang Ling He and Lin Yun Release Filming Wrap Teaser Trailer with Viewers Calling it Pursuit of Jade 2

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The success and then later criticism of period C-drama Pursuit of Jade is one of this odd happenings. The drama did well domestically and even better internationally and the critique of the foundation general visuals towards the end didn’t seem to have that much impact when all is said and done. That means any reference to PoJ can still be … Continue reading →

C-ent Controversy Over Whether Dylan Wang Got Bullied on Variety Show The Inn, Why Shen Yue Apologized, and the Boomerang Effect of Publicly Airing Feelings

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So this is a fast arriving and even faster brewing controversy that in 24 hours has already done an entire loop as to who is right, who is wrong, and who did what. This weekend an ending episode of variety show The Inn aired and a scene happened that got netizens upset. The cast gave out awards and Dylan Wang … Continue reading →