I thought Fall In Love was a melodrama, but it looks like a rom-com instead. Starring Chen Xingxu, Zhang Jingyi and Lin Yanjun in a love triangle, the Youku drama releases 2 episodes every Tuesday to Thursday beginning tonight.
Love When The Stars Fall 星落凝成糖 comes from the producer from Ashes of Love, and stars Chen Xingxu, Li Landi, Chen Muchi and He Xuanlin in a xianxia version of Wrong Carriage, Right Groom.
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October is the month of mystery dramas, and Youku is trying to gain some leverage over iQiyi with its own mystery drama Truth 真相. Starring Chen Xingxu (Goodbye My Princess) as a trace evidence analyst, the drama premieres on Youku tonight.
What can I say – Youku loves Priest. After the online popularity of Guardian and Word of Honor, the streaming platform will be adapting two more of the author’s novels.
Crime drama Light the Darkness 深渊 is an adaption of Priest’s Silent Reading and stars Zhang Xincheng as Fei Du, a nouveau riche with low morals who is found to be involved with the serial murder cases in the most unexpected ways. Fu Xinbo costars as police inspector Luo Wenzhou, while Chen Zhuoxuan plays detective Lang Qiao. The 35 episode crime thriller comes from the producer of The Untamed, and began filming a few days ago.
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Most of the stars that have had or will have shows broadcast on Tencent attended the event. The actresses have my utmost respect today – it’s currently 2 degrees Celsius in Nanjing. Which look do you like best?
Youku has released trailers for some of its upcoming dramas. Personally, I’ll be following Being A Hero and The Story of Xing Fu – which ones are you looking forward to most?
Twelve Legends – Nazha, Jasper Liu
Republican romance drama Fall in Love 一见倾心 stars Chen Xingxu (Goodbye My Princess) as young general, Zhang Jingyi as a noble lady recently returned from overseas and Nine Percent idol Lin Yanjun as the heroine’s childhood sweetheart.
Magazine spreads, posters and stills that recently caught our eyes.
The Best of Times 最好的时代 focuses on the rapid growth of China’s metro networks from the late 90s to early 2000s, and stars Chen Xingxu (Goodbye My Princess) and Hu Bingqing (Queen Dugu) as young engineers. Yu Haoming, Wang Xueqi costar.
Funnily enough, the drama premiered on Valentine’s Day, and ended on Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day).
Goodbye My Princess is yet another example of the typical Chinese drama that starts off as a pretty engaging show, starts falling apart in the middle, and can barely hold itself together by the time it reaches the finish line.