My Roommate is a Detective costars Hu Yitian and Zhang Yunlong team up again in new Republican mystery Checkmate 民国大侦探. The drama will be retaining their detective + rich police officer characterisations from the first collaboration.
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Hugely popular variety show Sisters Who Make Waves is already back for a second season, and has brought in notable singers and actors Na Ying, Cecilia Cheung, Zhou Bichang & Wang Ou among others as contestants (full list below). The variety show releases 1 episode every Friday at 12pm (CN time), and should be up on Hunan TV’s official Youtube a few hours later.
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Posters, stills, and photoshoots that caught our eyes this week. What caught yours?
A round-up of eye-catching stage performances, mostly from stage competition We Are Blazing (it’s like mixed-gender Queendom) and 618 galas.
Love Advanced Customization (native title change to 幸福, 触手可及) revolves around the romance between an entrepreneur (Huang Jingyu) and a fashion designer (Dilraba).
The 45 episode drama airs 2 episodes every Sunday to Thursday and 1 episode on Fridays and Saturdays.
Love Advanced Customization 爱情高级定制 stars Dilraba as a career-oriented fashion designer and Huang Jingyu as an e-commerce entrepreneur. The drama is tentatively scheduled for a May broadcast on Hunan TV.
15 sec TV spot from last year:
A flashback to one of my favorite photoshoot series, the Sohu Tribute series that has celebrities cosplaying various famous characters. I still remember totally falling in love with Yang Yang’s twirl here.
Playlist of the videos:
I Will Never Let You Go stars Ariel Lin (Old Boy) as the descendant of a mysterious cult who holds the key to a treasure trove, and Zhang Binbin (The King’s Woman) as her Superman / Clarke Kent. The 51 episode drama airs 2 episodes every Tuesday to Thursday on Zhejiang TV / MZTV, and members get a 4 episode head start. [Extended Synopsis]
Flowers Withering Flowers Flying Covering the Sky is an upcoming drama produced by the company behind Border Town Prodigal and Yan Kuan’s The Shaw Eleven Lang. The HQ version of the 6 minute trailer can be found here.
… and we finally get to see this in action…
Song of Phoenix 思美人 is set to be released on April 28th. Starring Ma Ke, Zhang Xinyu, Qiao Zhenyu, Yiyang Qianxi, Du Chun, Liu Yun, Lan Xi, Lee Hyunjae, Yin Zhusheng, Fu Yiwei, and Wang Yuelun, those looking forward to this rendition of Qu Yuan‘s story in preparation for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival can finally check it out.
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