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Tag Archives: Guo Jingming

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

A Koala's Playground Posted on May 7, 2025 by ockoalaMay 6, 2025
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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 →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Guo Jingming, Inferno of Wing, Ran Yu

My Journey to You Director Guo Jingming Uses Stage Name in Drama and Song Writing Credits and C-netizens Split on Whether He Should Comeback after 2020 Plagiarism Scandal

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 8, 2023 by ockoalaSeptember 8, 2023
Romantic scene from "My Journey to You."

So I was never ever a Guo Jingming (Edward Guo) fan when he was huge in the mid-2010’s when he wrote those books and did Tiny Times movie series and L.O.R.D. the movie. What little I saw was all flash no substance. So I’m as surprised as any that I love C-drama My Journey to You which has both flash … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Guo Jingming, My Journey to You, Yu Shu Xin, Zhang Ling He

Mark Chao and Deng Lun’s New C-movie Yin Yang Master Criticized for Visual Effects Plagiarism of Dr. Strange and Naruto, May be Pulled From Theaters

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 6, 2021 by ockoalaJanuary 5, 2021
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The hits keep on coming for Chinese director and screenwriter Guo Jingming, best known for his Tiny Times novels and movie adaptations. Recently he published a formal apology to writer Zhuang Yu for plagiarizing her novel 17 years ago, which he was sued and lost but never formally apologized back then. His new movie the fantasy wuxia Yin Yang Master … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Deng Lun, Guo Jingming, Mark Chao, Yin Yang Master

C-stars Fashionably Wow at the Esquire China Man of the Year Gala

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 3, 2015 by ockoalaDecember 3, 2015
Woman in elegant dress posing confidently.

The 12th annual Esquire China Man of the Year awards took place in Beijing this week but it ended up being a lady star who stole the night. C-actress Alina Zhang (Zhang Ming) wowed in an exquisite eye-catching dress, accentuated with a soft updo and perfect makeup finished with ruby red lips. The dress is such a winner for me, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Alina Zhang, Bea Hayden, Chang Chen, Chen Kun, Guo Jingming, Ni Ni, Nicky Wu, Qi Wei, Yao Chen, Zheng Kai

C-ent Buzzing About the Too Pretty Bromance of Guo Jingming and Cheney Chen

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 26, 2015 by ockoalaNovember 25, 2015
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Chinese press and netizens are buzzing about the latest display of affection and bromance between writer-director-actor Guo Jingming and his actor protege Cheney Chen. The two have been so open about their friendship, and their fans and the press so fine with it, it’s almost no big deal whether or not they confirm long running rumors that they are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Cheney Chen, Guo Jingming

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