It’s a sigh of relief for Youku and male lead Yang Yang and their big budget high profile xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension ended up a hit. The drama finished its 30-episode run this week with high ratings and solid reviews for the most part, and even better opened with a high for the xianxia genre ratings of 7.5 on … Continue reading →
We’re now 5-days into the airing of The Immortal Ascension on Youku as we start off the month of August with this being the biggest budget C-drama to air this summer. So far so good, with a quick start and strong pacing to reach 10100 heat index already, and the early reviews of male lead Yang Yang not being oily … Continue reading →
With surprise summer 2025 hit Coroner’s Diary ending, there is basically no competition for just premiered big budget and big male lead xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension on Youku. But judging from the strong first reviews and impressions from viewers, the drama is likely to vault over any competition anyway. The Immortal Ascension is adapted from a popular novel and … Continue reading →
The wait may finally be over to see the live action adaptation of popular novel A Mortal’s Guide to Immortality. You just released the first trailer for The Immortal Ascension starring Yang Yang with female lead Jin Chen. The preview looks fine to me, someone with no attachment to the source IP and not a fan of xianxia unless it … Continue reading →
Well Youku must’ve heard that the gossip about it repeatedly delaying the release of xianxia C-drama The Immortal Ascension because it wasn’t happy with the product (yet) because now it’s going to drop it. The tentative date is July 27th so in two weeks and still with plenty of time left in the summer to ride the wave of generally … Continue reading →
So while fans of liuliang stars continue to pay more attention to the buzzier idol/xianxia/wuxia dramas, the mainstream dramas that air on CCTV and other established channels continue to be where the prestige is earned. It’s only two months into the new year 2024 but there is already a mega hit called Always on the Move (Chinese title Going South … Continue reading →
Within C-ent the S-level drama production means the highest level of money investment so the biggest budget basically. Investment comes from the production company going out to get investors, it’s rare for a production company to cover the entire cost of the budget. Afterwards the drama is sold to platforms and also sells commercials and if it’s a success the … Continue reading →
Twas not the summer of Yang Yang and boy does he have a hole to climb back out of. But luckily for him, the flop that was Fireworks of My Heart doesn’t appear to be career breaking and also equal blame was placed on his female lead Wang Chu Ran. After the bad reviews he went off to film xianxia … Continue reading →
So the summer of 2023 was not nice to Yang Yang, going in with one of the most promoted C-dramas of the busy season and coming out with only complaints from viewers the Fireworks of My Heart. At least he’s been filming the upcoming xianxia C-drama A Record of a Mortal’s Guide to Immortality and perhaps can adjust his acting … Continue reading →
