There is an interesting modern C-drama rumored to be close to casting next week or so. It’s a modern romance thriller titled Kai Dao Tu Mi 开到荼蘼 (also known as Blooming to the End) by HK novelist Yi Shu who wrote novels adapted to The Tale of Rose, Best Choice Ever, The Golden Years, and many more. The drama will … Continue reading →
What a roller coaster of a year for C-actress Zhao Lu Si. From the lowest of lows with her conflict with her former agency and trying to break her contract and her illness to coming back with the success of Love’s Ambition that air dropped this summer. She only has one drama left that is filmed Almost Lover and recently … Continue reading →
Well the timing of this couldn’t be worse with the discourse going on right now with the female lead. The production company of C-drama Almost Lover this week submitted the drama for airing approval and it’s been cut down from the already slim 24-episodes to only 14-episodes. I’m not even sure there is a coherent drama left in that, what … Continue reading →
I grew up reading mangas, like a lot of mangas shoujo and shonen, and lived through manga series that went on for years and even decades. I mention this because the long running manga writer’s drawing style will naturally change over time bit by bit that it doesn’t register as jarring or all that different until you compare the most … Continue reading →
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 … Continue reading →
So C-actress Zhao Lu Si is going from Love’s Ambition, her recently finished filming modern romance, into another of the same genre titled Almost Love. This isn’t just a casting melon as the production of Almost Love has released the teaser posters and on it lists the names of the two leads. Her male lead for Almost Love will be … Continue reading →
So C-actress Zhao Lu Si is currently filming Love’s Ambition with William Chan and that is scheduled to wrap in September next month. Industry casting and production gossip has it that she’s already signed on and selected her next drama, it’s an S+ level production and a modern romance. The title is tentatively 流鱼 (Liu Yu translating as Flowing Fish) … Continue reading →
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 while mainstream big budget C-drama The Tale of Rose, reportedly the most expensive production filmed in 2023 due to the … Continue reading →
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 to post-production. This is the S-level drama starring Wu Yi Fan and Yang Zi that went into limbo after his … Continue reading →
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 Fan got arrested and now sentenced for a host of crimes including rape. There were various male actors discussed to … Continue reading →
The reshoot in order to air period drama The Golden Hairpin will happen, it’s a matter of when and who not if. As an S+ budget drama there is just too much money sunk in to let it never air so earlier this year it was reported that Lin Geng Xin would be the replacement male lead for Wu Yi … Continue reading →
