iQiyi period romance dramas currently in production

The Emperor’s Love 倾城亦清欢 – Wallace Chung, Yuan Bingyan

The 36 episode drama recently began filming, and revolves around the romance between an imperial lord who is known as the God of War, and a genius physician.

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Promo Round-up: Miss the Dragon

Miss the Dragon stars Zhu Xudan as the heroine Liu Ying, who lives as a maidservant, a fisherman’s daughter, a general and a cultivating disciple over four lifetimes. Wang Hedi plays her protector and love interest Yuchi Longyan.

The drama releases 2 episodes every Monday – Wednesday on Tencent, so should be available with English subs on WeTV / Tencent Youtube.

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Stars brave the cold for ELLE Style Awards

Below are some of the stars’ red carpet looks for the ELLE event – which ones are your favourite?

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Attention Actors posters and stills round-up

Peng Xiaoran and Huang Junjie reenacts The Legend of Demon Cat

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:

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Promo Round-up: Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber

Jin Yong’s most contested love triangle, are you #TeamZhaoMin or #TeamZhouZhiruo ?

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber the ninth 倚天屠龙记  airs two episodes every Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays on February 27th.

OP by Emil Chau; ED below,  full song by Hu Xia here; Trailer 1; Trailer 2BTS

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