The Lion’s Secret 赖猫的狮子倒影 (formerly The Lion’s Reflection of Laying Cat) stars Yang Zishan as a CEO and Zhu Yawen as a former special ops officer who now works at the heroine’s company as a security guard.
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Killing All the Crows in the World (The Killing of Three Thousand Crows) 三千鸦杀
Posters, stills, photoshoots, and random photos that caught my eye this week.
Actress Li Yuan plays Yuchang, a man posing as a woman, in The Longest Day in Chang’an
Within minutes of The Untamed airing, historical suspense drama The Longest Day in Chang’an 长安十二时辰 released twelve episodes without any warning. You can watch it here (update: now region-blocked; update 2: it will be up on Amazon, Youtube and Viki sometimes in July). Only the first four episodes are available for non-VIP members. I’m not sure when/if the rest will be available for non-VIP members.
Like The Untamed, there’s no new promotional materials other than the previous poster and synopsis here and trailer and stills here.
Trailer below, BTS here and here
I tried to come up with a “measure up” pun but failed.
Tang Yixin plays a newbie fashion buyer to Zhai Tianlin’s fashion designer in upcoming rom-com Miss Buyer 买定离手我爱你. Li Yuan plays Tang Yixin’s mentor and Zhai Tianlian’s ex. The story seems to follow a pretty generic Cinderella mold, but it’s written by one of my favorite scriptwriters, Zhang Wei (The Legend of Lu Zhen, The Legend of Ban Shu, Grow Up ), so it could be really good. Plus I’ve recently discovered Zhai Tianlin actually does really well playing slightly psychotic but mostly adorable uptight boss types, so I’m actually excited he’s doing more idol dramas.
Trailer below and character posters below the cut.
I already love the trailer for The Longest Day in Chang’an, and despite director Cao Dun’s terrible track record in controlling the pacing of a show, I’m still hoping this will turn out to be a solid mystery drama. Lei Jiayin plays a former officer turned prisoner on death row who is hired by Yi Yangqianxi to find the culprit behind a terror plot within 24 hours. [Extended Synopsis]
Sui Dynasty to early Tang dynasty
This week, we take a look into more reconstructions from the Sui Dynasty and Tang dynasty. Pictures this week come from Clothing and Happiness 裝束與樂舞. Images are labeled with their approximate time periods during this era.
More pictures below the cut.
In case you were confused by the stills, IT IS NOT A ZOMBIE FILM.
Bai Baihe and Daniel Wu star in a bittersweet yet fun-packed adaptation of Go away! Mr. Tumor, the comic book by and based on the true story of the late artist Xiang Yao. The posters follow the artist in her crazy daydreams as she goes from zombie fighter to Qing-dynasty princess. Here’s the zombie set.