The C-drama is titled Zhu Yu 逐玉 or Chasing Jade and is based a same name novel and will now get an adaptation. Casting insiders are saying the leads will be Zhang Ling He and Tian Xi Wei, both have signed intent letters and are just waiting for the production to announce their casting when announcing the kick off of … Continue reading →
There is a change upcoming on C-actress Tian Xi Wei and her drama filming schedule. Production was slated to start in early fall for The Days of Seclusion of Love with her and Liu Yu Ning and now the drama is reportedly on pause due to investor pullout once the budget went up to S level. Her fans are happy … Continue reading →
C-actress Tian Xi Wei worked last year with Dylan Wang in period drama Guardians of the Dafeng and seems to have taken a page from his project selection. Dylan is filming a buddy police drama Light to the Night with Pan Yue Ming and now Tian Xi Wei is off to film her own police detective drama Low IQ Crime … Continue reading →
The year is half over now that it’s June 2024 and one big name in C-drama land I’ve not yet seen out with a drama is Dylan Wang. Last year in 2023 he had three C-dramas, not to say any of those were good lol but at least there was stuff to watch. He’s usually done 2-3 per year but … Continue reading →
It only took twenty years lol. I did not release that Studio Ghibli movies were not released in Mainland China when it came out but the studio has been playing catch up with releasing the movies now. The Boy and the Heron was released in China a few months after it came out, and now on April 30th Howl’s Moving … Continue reading →
It’s the blunt bangs and stick straight hair, as Anne Hathaway taught us twenty years ago in The Devil Wears Prada. The clothes, yes that’s important, but the hair is transformative in sealing the fashion deal. C-actress Tian Xi Wei has been openly changing her image from her debut of cute girl-next-door looks into the iteration of cool edgy fashionista. … Continue reading →
New C-drama casting alert and this one seems like a solid pairing for me. The C-novel The Days of Seclusion and Love is getting a drama adaptation and reportedly has confirmed as leads Liu Yu Ning and Tian Xi Wei in that billing order. Liu Yu Ning has been busy filming The Legend of Jewelry with Zhao Lu Si and … Continue reading →
So I haven’t heard any credible melons on when Tencent will premiere Guardians of the Dafeng but with lunar new year holidays underway it may come during the next big holiday time period since this is one of the higher profile dramas on deck. The drama reached 1 million reservations last November and now has broken 2 million reservations so … Continue reading →
The cast of this C-drama was probably the first production to kick off filming in 2024, as the filming commenced on January 2nd and the cast has been hard at work in Hendian since. The drama is called Moonlit Reunion (Zi Ye Gui or Midnight Return) and is adapted from a novel but not of the same title. Starring Xu … Continue reading →
The first big C-ent party of 2024 was this weekend with the 2023 Weibo Night celebration that brought out nearly all the popular stars in the industry. Yang Zi and Zhu Yi Long took home the top awards Weibo Queen and King but it’s a popularity award of course. The rest of the awards all fete the stars with notable … Continue reading →
This week Tencent held its own 2023 Tencent Video All Star Awards to celebrate the actors and actresses who did a Tencent project this year. It’s like the network drama years in South Korea so all attendees are there basically known he/she will get an award. And there were a lot of awards with very creative names so recipients could … Continue reading →
The first trailer is out for Guardians of the Dafeng and I….I just can’t with this. It’s so absurd and not in an immediately endearing way, though I get what it’s going for. This drama preview has the tone of a classic Stephen Chow “mo lei tau” slapstick over-the-top physical ridiculousness written all over it, so you’re either going to … Continue reading →
This weekend was the 2023 iQiyi Scream Awards held in Macau and the young and pretty C-stars were out in attendance. This was a streaming platform event so the winners isn’t anything more that the platform paid to do their productions or will be doing one so it was more a social event than anything. I’m there for the C-actress … Continue reading →
