So C-ent news this week got a jolt with the very random and frankly too long a gap confirmation that a sequel to Princess Agents is set to start production. It’s based on the source novel and picks up from that frozen lake ending scene, with female lead Chu Qiao set for revenge for the death of her beloved Yuwen Yue and also searching for him suspecting he may have survived. None of the three leads Zhao Li Ying, Lin Geng Xin, or Shawn Dou are returning and the new female lead is reportedly teen actress Huangyang Tian Tian, who is all of 16 years old right now and she actually played Zhao Li Ying’s child version of Chu Qiao in the original Princess Agents. I’m not seeing this as a big budget production and more like trying to do a small drama and perhaps ride the wave of name recognition to the original drama on the heels of the two leads doing another hit drama this year with The Legend of Shen Li.
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