This may be an April Fool’s joke but C-ent insiders are saying that the deepest buried BL-novel adapted C-drama may get an air drop this month in April. The drama is a modern story titled Chasing the Light starring Wang An Yu and Fan Cheng Cheng adapted from the novel My Left Shoulder Has You. The novel is about the friendship and gay love between the two male leads, an adopted young man with a chip on his shoulder and a rough street smart dude and is well-liked by the readers of the BL-novel genre. This was filmed years ago when both actors were much less famous but both have recently had C-dramas air that buoyed their career a step so releasing it now may be as good a time as any. Of course the drama will be scrubbed of any BL-elements and it’s unclear whether the streaming only release if it happens will result in a quick U-turn if the authorities get involved.
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So I first heard this drama adaptation of the novel Cherry Amber two years ago when it was rumored to star Zhao Lu Si with either Wu Lei or Chen Zhe Yuan as the male lead. Since then it’s more … Continue reading
So it’s fascinating always to look deeper into why a project succeeds or fails. And for modern friendship and romance C-drama Love Endures airing on terrestrial Jiangsu TV and streaming platform Youku it’s not done as well as expected. Youku … Continue reading
So while I love Yang Zi this is not one of her C-dramas that I am all that interested in watching. The drama is called Love Endures (Stories of Love and Youth) and filmed last year with Yang Zi and … Continue reading
This pairing is so out of left field in both the level and also suitability with the characters. A new C-drama started filming this week called Stories of Our Youth (Chinese title 199 Love) adapted from the same name novel. … Continue reading