The Han Dynasty has so much great real life pathos and love/loss/war to mine for drama land and it sucks that novelist Tong Hua‘s fictional takes with Da Mo Yao (Ballad of the Desert) and Yun Zhong Ge (Song in the Clouds) got massacred in the drama adaptations thanks to wildly unsuitable casting for many of the roles and poor … Continue reading →
So either this drama is da bomb or Tencent is running out of finished dramas to air because this is one fast turnaround. The platform only recently confirmed the casting of leads Jing Tian and Zhang Wan Yi for Si Jin (似锦), though the drama finished filming towards the end of last year, but now it’s reportedly scheduling the drama … Continue reading →
I swear C-ent is just weird with drama filming, like Tencent officially announcing the casting of leads Jing Tian and Zhang Wan Yi in period C-drama Si Jin (似锦) this week when the drama filmed in April 2024 and wrapped filming around September all last year. I don’t know the reason for this weird gap either they forgot about this … Continue reading →
So October 2024 doesn’t have any breakout C-drama hit so all eyes are onward to November. The three bigger profile C-dramas to air are The Rise of Ning with Zhang Wan Yi and Ren Min, Kill Me, Love Me with Liu Xue Yi and Wu Jin Yan, and Snowy Night: Timeless Love with Li Qin and Zeng Shun Xi. The … Continue reading →
It’s rare to see an actor or actress have three lead role dramas airing in such short proximity and it’s happening for Zhang Wan Yi. He was male lead in Lost You Forever Part 2 which actually should have really accentuated his character based on the story line in the second half of the LYF novel but the drama editing … Continue reading →
The Paris Fashion Show for the SS25 season is still going on and I swear it feels never ending from the SNS updates but I guess there really are that many European fashion brands. A lot of Asian celebs have been in attendance the last two weeks and this week Yang Zi and Zhang Wan Yi staged a Lost You … Continue reading →
Well a few bad outings in a short while can definitely affect a C-stars standing and actor Zhang Wan Yi is on the experiencing end of one o those bad breaks. C-ent casting rumor has it that he has been replaced as the male lead of the thriller C-drama A Sinless Person (无罪之身) by Wei Da Xun. This drama was … Continue reading →
The currently airing C-drama Love in Nirvana is doing just so-so in streaming on Tencent and isn’t a big shock since leads Allen Ren and Li Lan Di are not by themselves big draws. But then again, summer is done now so expectations should be lower and eyes are now on the next Tencent drama which is going to be … Continue reading →
So if the viewership was even higher for C-drama Are You the One it might be in contention for biggest hit of summer 2024. Alas the viewership was merely good so it makes the Douban opening ratings of 8.0 even more astonishing. I have been watching the drama since it premiered and have mixed feelings. I love the OTP, both … Continue reading →
I’ve been watching Are You the One Since it premiered a week ago and honestly I haven’t felt any urge to write about it substantively on the merits or lack thereof. The drama starring Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran still has my interest to click on new episodes every day but I FF more than I watch as … Continue reading →
I liked the first English title but find the second also interesting and cool in its own way, at least there is no word Love in it lol. Period romance drama Hidden Charm has been retitled to Are You the One and is still on track for imminent premiere, all signs say August 8th. It stars Zhang Wan Yi and … Continue reading →
So word on the street and all signs point to the imminent release of period C-drama Hidden Charm on Tencent. It will either be next week or right after the Olympics but either way the amnesia with fake marriage turned real love between secret enemies drama is coming. Starring Zhang Wan Yi and Wang Chu Ran and adapted from a … Continue reading →
The only two characters and stars to emerge unscathed from the hot mess that is Lost You Forever Part 2 has to be Yang Zi and Tan Jian Ci and their characters of Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu. The entire Part 2 run was ruinous for me in terms of adapting the second half of the LYF novel but at … Continue reading →
