Round-up of new dramas in production: July 1st, 2021

Brotherhood of Blades concept poster

A round-up of dramas that have just started filming, mostly rom-coms and xianxia romances,  without their own posts yet.  Which ones are you looking forward to the most?

Brotherhood of Blades: Shadow of the Lands 绣春刀·山河之影 (lit.)
Cast: Zhang Yunlong, Sun Yi, Chen Ruoxuan
Executive producer: Lu Yang
Directors: Li Yi, Cao Hua
Screenwriters: Li Yi, Xu Yiliang (Princess Jieyou)
The first drama from Lu Yang’s Brotherhood of Blades universe, it’ll cover the founding of the Ming dynasty and the formation of the jinyiwei.

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Character posters for Song Yiren, Guo Junchen’s period rom-com

Her Fantastic Adventures 第二次初见 stars Song Yiren (Professional Single) as a shot put athlete with a love for pork. She accidentally time travels after being forced to leave her career behind, getting rejected by her first love and arguing with her mum.

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Zhang Jiayi, Yan Ni’s family ensemble drama Growing Pain releases trailer

Growing Pain 少年派 revolves around the relationship between three sets of families that each have a different set of issues. Zhang Jiayi and Yan Ni star as the worried parents of a high school student (Zhao Jinmai) who constantly scores below average grades.

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Promo Round-up: Accidentally in Love

Poster and logo:  10/10

When heiress Chen Qingqing is out of funds after leaving home, she becomes accidentally involved in the life of her classmate and pop idol Situ Feng  in  Accidentally in Love 惹上冷殿下. The series stars Guo Junchen (Go Princess Go) and Sun Yining (The Eternal Love). I haven’t seen neither in leading roles, but the posters and trailers look super cute. The series airs two eps per day on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays on Tencent here. It’s not region-blocked for me (US).

Trailer 1 below; Trailer 2; trailer 3 ; MV; OP

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