A new period C-drama recently started filming and it’s Blossoms of Power (Chinese title Bai Hua Sa 百花杀 which means hundred flower kill) adapted from the same name novel. The drama got a lot of press for casting Meng Zi Yi as top billed female lead right after her leveling up with the hit drama Blossom at the end of … Continue reading →
I love when a well done trailer plus a genre that gets my interest up dovetail perfectly to ramp up my excitement from idling to full throttle. I’m talking about upcoming modern romance C-drama Speed and Love adapted from the novel Double Track, and writing this out makes me connect that the male lead is speed and the female lead … Continue reading →
Well this is what I’ve been waiting for and didn’t even realize I was craving. A true fakecest old school star-crossed lovers romance set in Bangkok and with the restrained but thrumming sexual chemistry between the leads. iQiyi released the first poster and preview for modern romance C-drama Speed and Love (Chinese title Double Track) with Yu Shu Xin and … Continue reading →
Ye old blossom has returned and this one has power to boot! Tencent announced this week the finalized casting for its upcoming period C-drama Blossoms of Power with the Chinese title 百花杀 Bai Hua Sha or Hundred Flower Kill which was originally titled in Chinese 东风信 Dong Feng Xin or Eastern Wind Letter. The coveted female lead role goes to … Continue reading →
There was a lot of male lead in discussion changes last month for this drama but now it’s set and about to kick off filming. Period C-drama Dong Feng Xin 东风信, adapted from the web novel Wo Hua Kai Hou Bai Hua Sha 我花开后百花杀, will star Meng Zi Yi and He Yu, the latter is going from the filming of … Continue reading →
So there is already drama on the set of just started filming C-drama Star Trails (Xuang Gui 双轨 or Double Track). And this time it’s not on the billing order lol. The leads are Yu Shu Xin with He Yu but word from the set is that the director abruptly left and a new director has been hastily brought in. … Continue reading →
I’m still wrapping my head around it being 2024 and netizens angry that their fave star got married at a marriageable age to a long standing relationship?!? I’m talking about Wu Jin Yan and her recent bombshell news but it could be any star and any era and it feels like the para-social standards haven’t change much. As such, it’s … Continue reading →
This news crossed my radar last summer but didn’t register but hearing an update now I’m totally invested lol. C-ent gossip has good news for once, with news that actor He Yu and actress Liu Xie Ning are still together and quite happy, a year after tabloids caught them out together, going back to the same building, and generally just … Continue reading →
So the backstage fighting with period C-drama Dashing Youth is more interesting to me than the drama itself lol. This wasn’t a big budget drama and premiered right during the Olympics so it was clear Youku wasn’t banking much on it. The earlier buzz was high enough to be promising but quickly lost steam and stayed low-ish through it’s just … Continue reading →
The period C-drama Dashing Youth adapted from the novel Shao Nian Bai Ma Zui Chun Feng 少年白马醉春风 is headed to premiere having gotten the Youku slot following the conclusion of The Princess Royal. Starring Hou Ming Hao, He Yu, and Hu Lian Xin, the drama is about a young master who just wants to make wine but ends up being … Continue reading →
There is a new modern workplace romance C-drama soon to start filming and the leads are a good surprise for me. Zhao Lu Si and He Yu are the likely leads for Perfect Lobbyist (完美说客) which is of course as the title suggests set in the world of corporate and political lobbying. Zhao Lu Si is clearly looking for something … Continue reading →
In a case of “no one asked for this”, the remake of Chinese Paladin basically the C-drama based on the first game in the Sword and Fairy game series is coming out April 2nd so Tuesday. In a year where two other Sword and Fairy dramas have premiered to middling reception, namely Sword and Fairy based on the 4th game … Continue reading →
There are two Chinese Paladin dramas in the works, the latest version of the RPG game is being made into the C-drama Sword and Fairy with Xu Kai and Yu Shu Xin (Esther Yu), but the OG Chinese Paladin that was the C-drama in 2006 that launched Hu Ge‘s career and cemented Crystal Liu as the fairy goddess of all … Continue reading →
