C-drama The Golden Hairpin Closer to Airing in Q4 2024 After Completing Reshoots with New Male Lead Peng Guan Ying and OG Female Lead Yang Zi

There is new news about the long shelved big budget and high profile C-drama The Golden Hairpin adapted from a very popular period C-novel. The completed drama was iced after original male lead Wu Yi Fan (Kris Wu) was arrested and now convicted and jailed for sexual assault and other crimes. After lots of fits and starts with re-filming the male lead scenes, it’s finally been completed over the summer with new male lead Peng Guan Ying taking over. He filmed for over a month and it included original female lead Yang Zi taking a week to re-film her close up scenes with him as well. Now the drama is reportedly airing at the very end of October 2024, but if that slips it’s still highly likely to air sometime in Q4 of this year. It will simultaneously air on terrestrial CCTV-8 channel as well as streaming on Tencent.

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Female Empowerment Modern C-drama The Tale of Rose with Crystal Liu Opens with 7.1 Douban Ratings and Steady Buzz and Viewership Through Run

Buzz is a priceless thing and even all the water armies in the war and purchased searches can only buoy it a bit but can’t sustain it unlike the organic thing. June 2024 buzz goes to underdog hit The Double … Continue reading

C-actor Peng Guan Ying Finishes Re-shoots for The Golden Hairpin as Yang Zi Adds the Drama to Her Agency Promos for 2024

It’s new year with good news for beleaguered C-drama The Golden Hairpin. After countless fits and starts and various actors attached to the re-shoot, the final contender Peng Guan Yin has reportedly finished his re-shoots and the drama is headed … Continue reading

Lin Geng Xin Dropping Out as Replacement Male Lead in The Golden Hairpin Reportedly Due to AI Tech Concerns and the Early Critiques of the Drama’s Japanese Inspired Costumes

So a bit of “what happened behind the scenes” is out for the whole drama on finding a new male lead for C-drama The Golden Compass with female lead Yang Zi. It’s been languishing since OG male lead Wu Yi … Continue reading