On-location Scenic Shots from The Legend of Jade Sword

Reason #99 why China should develop Xinjiang into a filming location hotspot.

Here are some pretty scenery to enjoy from Hawick Lau and Wang Ou’s The Legend of Jade Sword 莽荒纪, which aired today on QQ (available outside of China).

It also has a couple of fairly impressive CGI for a TV series.

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Behind the scenes with The Legend of Jade Sword

The costuming so far is a bit bland but the backgrounds are nice.

The Legend of Jade Sword 莽荒纪 has released a couple behind the scenes stills.  Starring Hawick Lau and Wang Ou, those looking forward to this production can get a quick preview before official materials come out.

More images below the cut.

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Character posters from The Legend of Jade Sword

The costuming looks nice so far, but I keep getting this gag reflex whenever I see more Western costuming on Chinese productions after clicking through a bit of the beginning of Ice Fantasy… DX

The Legend of Jade Sword 莽荒纪 has released more couple more character posters.  Starring Hawick Lau and Wang Ou, I guess the new thing in costuming is expanding into more “western” fashion for fantasy genres?

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The Legend of Jade Sword in the works

… and another works turns into a drama…

Not too familiar with this series The Legend of Jade Sword but it seems like there is a new Xianxia drama in the works based on the work by Wochi Xihongshi starring Hawick Lau.  Fans of the work can look forward to this adaptation.

More and (WARNING!) potential plot spoilers at the bottom of the post below the cut.

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