This C-drama has been talked about for months now as it’s a big name lead wuxia project that has a lot of top C-actors eying it. This month industry casting train said that it was going to be Cheng Yi (long rumored) and Xu Lu (newly mentioned) as the two leads for C-drama 长安二十四计 (Chang An Er Shi Si Ji … Continue reading →
There will be one more xianxia C-drama to arrive before year end, maybe another one but for viewers will have a new one to munch on heading into the holiday stretch. iQiyi announced earlier this week the premiere of later in the week on December 15th the xianxia romance Song of the Moon with Zhang Bin Bin (VIn Zhang) and … Continue reading →
I love self-deprecation especially in the entertainment industry since it can get too pompous and self-congratulatory. The 2017 C-star Awards were a blast to watch because it was just stars being sincerely thankful to be popular and having fun being a little bit silly. The winners all had to receive a prize that was either a vegetable or fruit, and … Continue reading →
Nine years is a long time particularly in drama land when merely a few years can date a drama in both story content and visuals. With that said, newbies to K-dramas are still able to slurp up the 2007 now classic Coffee Prince, a huge hit when it aired and still the favorite of many drama fans the world over. It cemented … Continue reading →
A name change for a novel to drama adaptation is so common these days, and increasingly the character names are changed as well and only the story outline remains the same. It’s likely to avoid Chinese censors if the story fictionalizes the lives of real life historical or cultural figures. Upcoming fantasy period drama adaptation of Tong Hua novel Once … Continue reading →
Three Up and Three Down (三上三下) is the most apt description for the final celebrity casting of the C-version of popular Korean variety show We Got Married, as the earlier leaks got three right and three wrong. Titled We are in Love (or Let’s Fall in Love), the C-version is produced in full conjunction with the original MBC production team … Continue reading →
I don’t know what magic casting wand the production waved but the upcoming C-version of We Got Married just got interesting thanks to totally random pairings. Just as the original MBC Korean WGM is undergoing a structure change and a cast refresh, the C-version is heading into production right on schedule for an April premiere. The show will be called … Continue reading →
Nearly a decade after the TW-version of It Started with a Kiss launched the careers of leads Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin, a reunion from that drama is in the works but sadly doesn’t involve the OTP. Joe will be starring in a new big-budget C-drama Single and Together (只因單身在一起) with C-actress Xu Lu and his ISWAK costar Jiro Wang. … Continue reading →
There’s a new college idol C-drama coming and this one might pique the K-fans interest because there are two K-pop idols in the main cast. The upcoming C-drama One and a Half Summer (一又二分之一的夏天) premieres June 23rd with a cast that includes Nichkhun of 2PM, rising C-actress Xu Lu, Tangren‘s boy wonder Jiang Jing Fu, singer-actress Kelly Yu (Yu Wen … Continue reading →
