Jun Jiuling stars Peng Xiaoran (Goodbye My Princess) as a former princess turned physician is back to avenge her father the emperor’s death. Her love interests are played by Jin Han, Du Yafei, Wang Youshuo and Zhou Zhan.
The 40 episode drama releases 1 episode every Sunday to Wednesday at 8pm (UTC+8) on Youku Youtube.
Novoland: The Princess from Plateau has released posters of its main cast. Peng Xiaoran (Goodbye My Princess) plays a maiden from the grasslands who vows to avenge her princess’ death, yet falls in love with the enemy (Feng Shaofeng) instead. [Extended Synopsis]
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Novoland: The Princess from Plateau 九州·朱颜记 stars Peng Xiaoran (Goodbye My Princess) as Ye Lingshuang, an ordinary maiden who grows up with the beloved youngest princess of the grasslands Qi Hairui / Zhuyan. The girls become best friends, and Ye Lingshuang swears allegiance to the princess.
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Peng Xiaoran (Goodbye My Princess) plays an intelligent princess who specialises in medicine in Jun Jiuling 君九龄. After her family is murdered, she takes on a new identity and begins her own secret investigations in an attempt to unravel the political conspiracy. Jin Han (Royal Nirvana) plays her childhood sweetheart and future love interest Zhu Zan.
Based on Xixing’s novel of the same name, the drama is written by Li Mingchao (Buliangren) and directed by Xie Ze (Legend of Fuyao).
Posters, stills, and photoshoots that caught our eyes this week. What caught yours?
After just 20 days of filming, My Talent Neighbour 走起我的天才街坊 has released a teaser. Han Dongjun plays Chen Xiao, a genius AI engineer who is persuaded by headhunter Shen Nuo (Peng Xiaoran) to leave his original firm. Desperate to escape his ex-girlfriend (Chen Xinyu), he agrees to her proposal, and the two embark on an entrepreneurial journey.
Directed by Xing Xiao (A Loner), the 36 episode drama is scheduled to stream on Youku after filming wraps.
From classics like Daming Palace/Palace of Desire and Chinese Paladin to recent films like The Legend of Demon Cat and Cry Me a Sad River, Tencent’s new acting competition Attention, Actors 演员倾就位 combines the best of I am an actor and Phantastic by capturing the actors for a TV performance rather than on stage while still maintaining an one-take rule. Featuring directors Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, Vicki Zhao Wei, and Guo Jingming, the resulting segments are on average far more watchable than the other two.
Plus, they have some great stills and posters that are better than many dramas and film posters that are wallpaper-worthy. You can watch episode two English subbed here. Zhang Yunlong and Chen Xiaoyun act out Romance in the Rain:
Tencent’s upcoming big-budget acting variety show Attention, Actors 演员请就位 (lit.) has hired directors Li Shaohong (Palace of Desires, Dream of Red Mansions 2010), Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Legend of the Demon Cat), Guo Jingming (Tiny Times, L.O.R.D) and Zhao Wei (So Young) as judges who will assemble their own team from a group of 58 actors.
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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.
Melodrama Goodbye My Princess is turning out to be a very enjoyable watch for me. Peng Xiaoran is delightful as Xiaofeng, and while Chen Xingxu struggles to deliver in some of the major emotional scenes, he does a good job bringing out the more ruthless side of Li Chengyin / Gu Xiaowu.