My pick for March: The Controllers (if it airs it didn’t). Check back for updates on the first of each month.
[Updated for May]
Danger of Her危险的她 – Mar 2
Starring: Ma Qiuzi, Ma Ge
Details: 24 episodes, weekly drama on iQiyi
Looks like an adaption of BBC’s Mistresses.
Yu Menglong, Chen Yuqi in Happiness Over Two Lifetimes.
This week it’s mostly posters for yet another one of many Chinese homophone holidays celebrating love. Posters, stills, photoshoots, and random photos that caught my eye this week.
Luo Yunxi in Princess Silver
How believable is Wang Yuwen’s crossdressing?
Wang Yuwen, Wu Xize, Xie Bingbing, Liu Yichang, and Qi Peixin become students at a Tang Dynasty academy in currently filming series The Chang’an Youth 长安少年行. Here’s the first set of character posters featuring their various outfits. The series is produced by Tencent Entertainment and directed by Chow Ka-Man (The Wife’s Lie).
Talented chef Shen Yiyi (Wang Yuwen) accidentally becomes a student at the Shangyi Academy in Chang’an. There, she befriends Yang Zi’an (Wu Xize), who is there undercover for the Emperor, sword master Dugu Muxue, youth Tang Jiuqi, , and Prince Li Xinyuan. The five all have their own secrets in this seemingly normal school. How will they reveal their true selves and feelings to each other?
