So last week the casting for this drama was a different male lead but since then it’s changed and now confirmed so luckily no more changes. iQiyi today announced that Yu Shu Xin and Wang An Yu will be the leads for wuxia period drama A Journey to Glow, a companion piece to the 2023 C-drama A Journey to Love. … Continue reading →
So the xianxia period C-drama Love in Pavilion aired last month rather uneventfully, mild buzz and better reviews that it’s predecessor in the Fox Spirit Matchmaker series Red Moon Pact. I did hear more interest in the couples outside of the main leads including second leads Wu Xuan Yi and Zhai Xiao Wen. The latter of which is now on … Continue reading →
I love when a well done trailer plus a genre that gets my interest up dovetail perfectly to ramp up my excitement from idling to full throttle. I’m talking about upcoming modern romance C-drama Speed and Love adapted from the novel Double Track, and writing this out makes me connect that the male lead is speed and the female lead … Continue reading →
The next drama on Youku following the hit modern romance The First Frost will hopefully enjoy some residual boost, and that drama continues the winter theme as well. Ski Into Love (Chinese title Shhhhh, the King is Hibernating) with Yu Shu Xin and Lin Yi will premiere on March 11th, and we’ll see if Yu Shi Xin can continue her … Continue reading →
The C-drama casting net keeps pulling in new rumors and possibilities to kick off 2025. C-actress Yu Shu Xin probably had the best end of 2024 among all her same generation lead actresses thanks to the success of Love Game in Eastern Fantasy. She has Ski into Love on deck and is currently filming modern drama Speed in Love (or … Continue reading →
So there is already drama on the set of just started filming C-drama Star Trails (Xuang Gui 双轨 or Double Track). And this time it’s not on the billing order lol. The leads are Yu Shu Xin with He Yu but word from the set is that the director abruptly left and a new director has been hastily brought in. … Continue reading →
Oh I love this popcorn! Pass more and slather on the butter please. Surprise late fall C-drama hit Love Game in Eastern Fantasy ended last week and there were complaints of the lack of kissing scenes in the drama. Especially with how bottled up inside male lead Ding Yu Xi‘s character was, I could totally see hot make outs of … Continue reading →
So don’t click MORE on this article if you don’t want to be spoiled on how xianxia C-drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy ends. The drama concluded its run this past weekend for VIP Tencent viewers and the feedback was mixed. Some liked it and others felt like it was a cop out too generic type ending. In terms of … Continue reading →
So Love Game in Eastern Fantasy is midway through airing and is definitely a hit now, with the drama breaking 30,000 hot airing on its streaming channel Tencent. That puts it on par with the other 3 recent hit dramas on Tencent that broke 30K which are Lost You Forever with Yang Zi, The Tale of Rose with Crystal Liu, … Continue reading →
Oh this is just good news all around and one that needn’t be a competition with each other. There is way too much room for everyone to succeed then to try to nitpick. Maoyan data congratulated both The Story of Pearl Girl and Love Game in Eastern Fantasy for each surpassing 200 million views as of November 5th, making it … Continue reading →
Wow, this is such a wild start for xianxia C-drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy with Yu Shu Xin and Ding Yu Xi. The first Douban ratings are out and it’s a very high 7.5, higher even than the actual rating considering it’s a xianxia drama and the genre usually scores lower than traditional period works. For comparison, Yu Shu … Continue reading →
So the big November C-drama premiere actually had two high profile dramas arrive on the same first day of the month. Female empowerment Tang dynasty drama The Story of Pearl Girl with Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning and game play fantasy xianxia drama Love Game in Eastern Fantasy (The Guide to Capturing a Black Lotus) with Yu Shu … Continue reading →
There is a period C-drama in development titled Hua Zui Man Tang 花醉满堂 or Drunk Flowers Full Pavilion, and I’ve seen the novel machine translated to Drunk House lol. It was reportedly to star Luo Yun Xi and Yu Shu Xin and was to start production soon, but this week there was a melon that the male lead is Lin … Continue reading →
