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Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao with Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan Reportedly Finds New Investor and Will Start Filming Next Month in August with a Different Title

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The Jenga pieces for the upcoming period C-drama Yu Ting Yao 御廷谣 has now been reassembled after nearly collapsing when the original investor took off after billing fights between the leads. Mango TV has reportedly stepped in to produce the drama and filming will start next month in August with leads Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yuan sharing top … Continue reading →

Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao has Reportedly Fallen Apart with Main Investor Leaving the Project After Months of Billing Jostling Between Leads Wu Jing Yan and Chen Zhe Yun

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I’m glad there are finally consequences for these so-called billing order fights between the male and female leads in C-dramas. Unless it’s clear one star is a whole level above the other, nowadays even up-and-comers at times are trying to take top billing over established stars. This situation has apparently now derailed the period C-drama Yu Ting Yao, which had … Continue reading →

Wu Jin Yan to Start Filming Period C-drama Yu Ting Yao with Likely Male Lead Chen Zhe Yuan

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So C-actress Wu Jin Yan and her unofficial but widely known maternity leave is coming to an end. She got married last year which she announced but then was visibly pregnant during promos for her drama Kill Me Love Me but never went public with it. But she did deliver her baby earlier this year and has been on hiatus … Continue reading →

Chen Zhe Yuan in Talks for Director Guo Jingming’s Next Period C-drama Inferno of Wings

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So this feels like a perfect match to me, and one that feels inevitable. Director Guo Jingming is a visual above all else director and producer and it’s only a matter of time before he goes through all the visual male leads in C-drama land. This time he’s landed on Chen Zhe Yuan who casting rumors say will be the … Continue reading →

iQiyi Assassin and Prince Period Romance C-drama Fated Hearts with Li Qin and Chen Zhe Yuan Release Poster and Preview

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Another C-drama I’m looking forward to though only in that so-so excited way is Fated Hearts (一笑随歌 Yi Xiao Sui Ge or One Smile Follows Song. iQiyi released new posters and a full preview this week and it’s got a lot of plot and action packed in, showing how the prince played by Chen Zhe Yuan and Li Qin‘s assassin … Continue reading →

Period Romance C-drama Chasing Dreams with Zhang Jing Yi, Chen Zhe Yuan, and Liang Yong Qi Wraps Filming and Releases First Making of Video

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Another C-drama production has wrapped filming recently and it’s period romance Chasing Dreams (Meng Hua Ting 梦花廷 and was earlier titled Flower in Novoland). Starring Chen Zhe Yuan, Zhang Jing Yi, and Liang Yong Qi, it’s the classic love triangle set up from what I see in the preview and one ripe for the second male lead to scene-steal/screen-chew thanks … Continue reading →

Credible Rumors that BL-novel Adaptation Drama Winner is King with Tan Jian Ci and Chen Zhe Yuan Will be Airing End of March in Thailand

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So the periodic rumors about the potential release of any one of a slew of BL-novel adaptations into C-dramas shelved due to the government crackdown on the genre has so far not had any come true, other than Justice in the Dark which released 8-episodes before getting the kibosh and remains unfinished in airing. This week there is growing rumors … Continue reading →

C-actor Chen Zhe Yuan Mocked by Netizens for Microphone Misstep that Revealed His Performance was Lip Synched

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So this is a little embarrassing event for C-actor Chen Zhe Yuan to kick off his 2025 new year. The star was performing a duet with actress-singer Cheng Xiao at the Hunan New Year’s celebration stage when he slipped up to reveal that he was lip synching. The song began to play including his sung lyric lines but his microphone … Continue reading →

Zeng Shun Xi Delivers the Best Group Selfie at 2024 iQiyi Scream Night with Bai Lu, Li Qin, Li Yi Tong, Chen Zhe Yuan, and Cheng Lei

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Last weekend was the iQiyi Scream Night 2024 which is where the streaming platform gets all the drama C-stars together to present various awards all of which are based on popularity and buzz basically. So lots of celebs and a fun night vibe, and the cutest selfie out of the evening comes courtesy of actor Zeng Shun Xi. He managed … Continue reading →

C-netizens Think Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan are Looking Great in Costume in the Recently Started Filming Period C-drama Chasing Dreams

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There has been commentary in the past for both Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan that both have modern faces and thus look out of place in period dramas. Of course both have done period dramas before to varying degrees of success and are now teaming up for the recently started filming drama Chasing Dreams (Meng Hua Ting 梦花廷) … Continue reading →

First Look at Period C-drama Chasing Dreams with Chen Zhe Yuan and Zhang Jing Yi Formerly Titled Flower in Novoland

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There is a title change but the same confirmed leads as filming kicks off for period C-drama Chasing Dreams (梦花廷 Meng Hua Ting), formerly Flower in Novoland. The leads are Chen Zhe Yuan, Zhang Jing Yi, and Liang Yong Qi, and is the story of a blind princess and her fated romance with the prince of a kingdom. So far … Continue reading →

Dark and Deadly Attraction Beckons Li Qin and Chen Zhe Yuan in New Posters for C-drama Fated Hearts

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This drama filmed recently so I don’t expect to see it on the small screen until 2025 but the production is very fast and generous with sharing new promos. Fated Hearts with Li Qin and Chen Zhe Yuan released new stills this week and for some reason it gives me vampire story Twilight crossed with wuxa vibes. Li Qin pulls … Continue reading →

Upcoming C-drama Flower in Novoland Leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan See Fandom Fight Start Over Billing Order

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Long siiiiiiiiigh, how is this even worth fighting over. Period C-drama Flower in Novoland is about to start filming in early November and has unofficially confirmed leads Zhang Jing Yi and Chen Zhe Yuan. This week his fandom started grumbling about billing order saying he should be top billed. Her fandom responded back that she’s a way bigger star with … Continue reading →