Tencent’s S-plus Budget Female Lead Top Billed Period C-drama The Way You Back Initially Offered to Zhao Li Ying May Go to Tang Yan After Her Blossoms Shanghai Resurgence

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OMG if this leading lady switch happens it’s such a downgrade, or maybe not purely from the drama storyline standpoint. Tencent has a S-plus budgeted period drama (set in Republic era China in Shanghai Bund) titled The Way You Back (Chinese title Yu Lan Hua Kai Jun Zai Lai or When the Magnolia Blooms He Will Return 玉蘭花開君再來) that is … Continue reading →

K-netizens Top 3 Actress Picks for the High Profile Remake of Goong are Shin Ye Eun, Roh Jeong Eui, and Go Yoon Jung

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So after years of talks and planning, the K-drama remake of Goong (Princess Hours) is happening this year. Not sure if it will air this year but the filming is by all accounts definitely happening. The original is still beloved and for many just a wonderful fond memory of falling in love with K-dramas through Goong or one of its … Continue reading →

First Look at Mark Chao and Zhang Zi Feng Filming the C-drama Adaptation of K-drama My Ahjusshi

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When it was announced early last year that C-ent was remaking the critically acclaimed K-drama My Ahjusshi (My Mister) I was one of the many who asked “why?” since the OG was still relatively recent and also pretty much perfect. But what a difference context and situation changing makes, with the death of My Ahjusshi male lead Lee Seon Kyun … Continue reading →

January 2024 C-dramas Off to Bad Start as High Profile Premieres of Both Chinese Paladin 4 and 6 Adaptations and Love Endures Flops

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January 2024 is still the year of the rabbit as lunar new year is not until February 10th so maybe with the turn of the lunar year the lucks with change with C-dramas. The premieres of three high profile dramas are all considered flops within the industry and for varying side reasons but the same core principle – casting pretty … Continue reading →

Netizens Find Costumes for Male Lead Luo Yun Xi in C-drama Shui Long Yin Unnecessarily Ornate and Flowery From Sneak Peeks in Early Filming

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I enjoyed Till the End of the Moon even if the writing went off the rails from time to time and overall it wasn’t a super memorable drama. The multiple lives and arcs freshened segments up and the visuals were top notch in both special effects and the lux costumes for both leads. The costuming in particular got a lot … Continue reading →

Sat K-dramas Kick Off Another Round of Competition as MBC Sageuk Knight Flower Hits High of 12.5% Ratings and Newcomer jTBC’s Dr. Slump Premieres with 4.060%

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The shining winner of the weekend K-dramas (and by that I mean anything airing Fri-Sat or Sat-Sun) has to be MBC sageuk Knight Flower. The Honey Lee starring vehicle is nearly doubled in ratings since its premiere and the latest episode 6 got 12.5%. Prestige sageuk Captivating the King with Jo Jung Seok and Shin Se Kyung is steady in … Continue reading →

Youku Confirms Period C-drama Phoenix Stage and Releases Teaser Posters with Leads Allen Ren and Peng Xiao Ran

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So Allen Ren is super busy with one drama filming after another but sadly for me the one I was looking forward to the most is in the same predicament as Liu Yu Ning and his upcoming dramas. While Liu Yu Ning’s Prisoner of Beauty is stuck as the prisoner of purgatory due to female lead Song Zu Er, same … Continue reading →

Wallace Chung to Cameo in Period C-drama Zang Hai Zhuan Playing Xiao Zhan’s Father

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A little birdie in the industry casting mill has news that makes me super happy. Veteran leading man Wallace Chung will be doing a cameo appearance in the currently filming period C-drama Zang Hai Zhuan starring Xiao Zhan and Zhang Jing Yi. He will be playing Xiao Zhan’s father which makes his totally zaddy level and probably not long for … Continue reading →

Period C-drama A Dream Within a Dream Headlining Liu Yu Ning is Back with Li Yi Tong as the Female Lead

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Okay so this is a sigh of relief for me lol, because I want to keep looking forward to this drama. The period C-drama A Dream Within a Dream (书卷一梦 or A Dream Within a Book) has signed on Liu Yu Ning for some time and initially Li Yi Tong was the female lead. The it became Yang Chao Yue … Continue reading →

Both Sword and Fairy C-dramas Adapted From Chinese Paladin Games are Industry Flops But Consensus is CP6 is Less Bad than CP4

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It was just a production scheduling screw up that Chinese Paladin 4 adaptation Sword and Fairy 4 and Chinese Paladin 6 adaptation Sword and Fairy (just that, no 6 in the title) aired at the exact same time. Okay, one day apart in premiere but who’s quibbling, or perhaps that’s exactly the same difference in it’s reception. Industry pundits are … Continue reading →

Li Hong Yi Loses Fans After He Tries to Calm Their Furor Over Him Getting Second Billing to Wang Chu Ran in Director Guo Jing Ming’s Next C-drama

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This billing order shit is getting out of had, but then again it flares up and peters out in waves so I hope it dies down again ASAP. A new drama got cast this week and it’s relatively high profile, it’s the next drama from director and screenwriter Guo Jing Ming (Edward Guo) whose most recent drama was the stylish … Continue reading →

Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning Look Great Together and Continue Strong Costar Chemistry in New BTS Filming Pictures From C-drama The Legend of Jewelry

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Filming is still underway for Tang dynasty period C-drama The Legend of Jewelry, which takes former second lead costars Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning from The Long Ballad and gives them the level up to leads for this big budget drama. Not gonna lie, I am so pumped for this drama it’s not even funny, especially on the … Continue reading →

Plans for the K-drama The Queen Lives in Seoul with Han Ye Seul Cancelled After Failing to Find Interested Networks or Available Time Slots

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There are some stars one just vibes that his or her career is basically over and I sense that from K-actress Han Ye Seul. And I mean only her career as a leading lady in K-ent, she can still be a celebrity in many ways but the decade where she was a top leading drama actress is now ten years … Continue reading →