C-drama Strange Tales of Tang Palace (唐宫奇案之血玉韘) was confirmed last week by streaming platform Youku and will be starring Bai Lu as the top billed female lead. The male lead was not announced but from casting insiders rumors it remains Wang Xing Yue and is basically locked in from his scheduling being available and also this drama being a major … Continue reading →
There is casting for a new period C-drama that makes me excited after watching the two rumored leads in their respective dramas. The drama is title Yu Ting Yao 御廷谣 which roughly translates to Ballad of the Palace and is adapted from the C-novel Jiang Shan Wei Ping 江山为聘. The two stars the production has current offers out is to … Continue reading →
There is a reason why the abused stay with the abuser for way longer than they should, and the same goes for artists stuck with Yu Zheng who does a lot to make his stars famous but also milks each star to the max. This week Yu Zheng went on a publicity rant about the drama Tang Palace Strange Cases … Continue reading →
So there is movement on a C-drama highly sought after due to the topic and the production team. The drama is titled Tang Gong 唐宫 or Tang Palace and is from the production company and team of Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty. It’s a Tang dynasty investigative drama with palace intrigue and episodic stories. The leads being courted is Bai … Continue reading →
The reunion onscreen of The Double costars Wu Jin Yan and Wang Xing Yue was not a matter of if but of when/where. Producer Yu Zheng has confirmed the two will be starring in his upcoming C-drama adaptation of novel Fall From Grace Spring Night (坠落春夜 Duo Luo Chun Ye). The novel is set in modern times but the drama will … Continue reading →
So novelist Fresh Guo Guo is still best known for her novel and drama adaptation The Journey of Flower that leveled up Zhao Li Ying‘s career. A new drama adaptation of her other novel which is a prequel of sorts to The Journey of Flower is now casting and headed into production, the two leads will be Wang Xing Yue … Continue reading →
So I thought this C-drama was on ice due to the difficulty of casting a bevy of male leads opposite Dilraba Dilmurat that she can take revenge on because each guy is a cheating asshole as she time and world hops around. The drama is titled 万花世界 (Wan Hua Shi Jie or Hundred Flower World) and is adapted from a manhwa … Continue reading →
C-actor Wang Xing Yue has two male lead dramas on deck but after his breakout with The Double he’s landed a big IP new one for his next role. He will be the male lead for C-drama Feng Yu Ling (凤羽令) which is adapted from the novel by writer Fresh Guo Guo which is the precursor novel 仙侠奇缘之杀阡陌to her novel … Continue reading →
This goes to show how one action can snowball and lead to many additional consequences. Last week Wang Xing Yue‘s production office released a video showing his character Xiao Heng dying in the final battle in the drama The Double. The stated intent was to showcase his character and acting, the behind-the-scenes intent was to harsh the buzz of CP … Continue reading →
Well this is a snitty little brouhaha but ultimately nothing that wasn’t already bandied about. Over the weekend The Double male lead Wang Xing Yue‘s personal production office (i.e. his team) released a video of the drama that showed the original ending was his character Xiao Heng dying in battle. The sad ending of The Double was long rumored and … Continue reading →
So period C-drama The Double has finished and there are SO MANY C-dramas airing and on deck that this drama will settle nicely into success but past tense category as immediate attention moves elsewhere. As producer Yu Zheng sits there counting his cash and cackling, he apparently is already planning to reunite Wang Xing Yue and Wu Jin Yan in … Continue reading →
So this was a weird little nothingburger of a rumor last week but definitely still entertaining for nickname bestowed. C-actress Xiang Han Zhi is currently filming the period C-drama Calming Waves with Wang Xing Yue and last week there was a hot rumor that the two were dating. It went to the top of the searches and spread wildly, and … Continue reading →
So the pacing for C-drama The Double has been quite an art itself, very measured yet brisk. Hard to explain other than the drama moves along on a nice beat with enough action and exposition coupled with pauses for artistic flourish. So it’s been wild seeing the last four episodes which dropped this weekend to end the drama unfold like … Continue reading →
