So this was a total millisecond long of a rumor but pretty random and worth sharing. This week Liu Yu Ning and Zhu Xu Dan, costars in last month’s fantasy period C-drama A Dream within a Dream, got swept up in a dating rumor. A C-ent entertainment blogger claimed the two were dating ever since working on the drama together. … Continue reading →
Hhhhhmmmm, as always with C-drama casting melons, I will believe it when it gets close to production which is when it’s usually soft confirmed. Director Guo Jing Ming has a new period C-drama on deck Inferno of Wings as his next project and this week it’s being rumored that the leads will be Liu Yu Ning and Dai Lu Wa. … Continue reading →
There were three big period C-dramas that premiered at the very end of June 2025, In the Name of the Blossom squeaked in on June 30th so don’t expect Douban ratings anytime soon. But the ratings are out for A Dream within a Dream with Li Yi Tong and Liu Yu Ning and The Princess’s Gambit with Liu Xue Yi … Continue reading →
So of the June C-dramas, many still airing are getting ready to wrap and one of the high profile ones is period piece A Dream within A Dream with Li Yi Tong and Liu Yu Ning. The drama has done well for iQiyi, I believe at the highest it hit 9500 heat index which is great for that platform. The … Continue reading →
There is a reason I hate buffets, most of the time it’s quantity over quality but even when it’s all quality I still feel like I can’t enjoy stuff because I’ve got too much of it to consume. It feels like a buffet of C-dramas right now and yet another one has premiered with the arrival on June 26th of … Continue reading →
I don’t know whether to be happy or not for C-actor Liu Yu Ning who will now have three back-to-back dramas within a span of two months. The Prisoner of Beauty came out in early May, followed by part 2 of Eternal Brotherhood at the end of that month, and now word is that A Dream Within a Dream is … Continue reading →
The period romance C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty ended its a few days ago and caps a successful month of May for Tencent. The drama was airdropped after female lead Song Zu Er was given the okay to resume her entertainment career and her other shelved drama The Demon Hunter’s Romance was airdropped into being a near solid hit for … Continue reading →
So I’ve written about this novel being adapted into a drama before. Late last year it was rumored to be wanting Dylan Wang and Zhao Lu Si, but her health and hiatus situation has stymied taking on a new project and Dylan ended up picking Live Long and Prosper. The drama has the literal title Why Not Cross By Boat … Continue reading →
The success of airdropped Tencent period romance C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty has immensely benefited male lead Liu Yu Ning in addition to cementing the return of female lead Song Zu Er. Her back-to-back airdropped dramas TPoB and the earlier The Demon Hunter’s Romance all got strong buzz and reportedly she’s back to the same level as before with her … Continue reading →
Only 25 C-dramas on Tencent have hit 30,000 heat index ever and now add another one with The Prisoner of Beauty. I hope this drama has the same legs as two of my favorites of all time Lost You Forever (Part 1) and Love Like the Galaxy both of which hit 32,000 at its peak but I’m not sure of … Continue reading →
IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! Omg, I cannot believe just released period C-drama The Prisoner of Beauty is even better than I expected and could have hoped for. It changes, swaps around, and condenses the novel substantially but stands on its own so it’s like the novel is amazing and the drama is amazing (so far) but in its own … Continue reading →
Hot diggity it’s here! I’ve posted over half a dozen posts about rumors that Tencent will airdrop or release The Prisoner of Beauty in the last two years but this one isn’t a rumor – the drama got dropped today May 13th at noon. The soft ban on female lead Song Zu Er lifted two months ago and her other … Continue reading →
C-ent has the reputation of being fast and quick to make decisions on scheduling and it shows the industry is keeping a close ear to feedback. Case in point, with iQiyi airdropping The Demon Hunter’s Romance with Allen Ren and Song Zu Er after it got the soft green light, initially Tencent was planning to also airdrop Song Zu Er … Continue reading →
