Hey guys it’s Anton.
Pretty exciting news for today, not just for Jade Bone Ballad which we will get into in just
a second but also “Immortality” starring Luo Yun Xi and Arthur Chen getting an official
premiere date for April 15th, 2021.
That’s just in two weeks you guys.
I’m sure the decision to air quickly is based in small part due to the success of
another BL drama, Word of Honor, that has been consistently highly rated in the recent
months.
But that video will be for another day.
Today I’m here to talk about Jade Bone Ballad, which is an historical costumed fantasy drama
that officially announced they are beginning filming as of yesterday.
The biggest news of course is that the drama’s production team also confirmed the main cast,
with Xiao Zhan as its main male lead.
Xiao Zhan, known for his role in "The Untamed" and most recently seen in "The Wolf" and "Douluo
Continent" was already rumored back last year on December 22nd, 2020 on Weibo to play the
main lead, and it seems that these rumors have been just confirmed by the drama producers.
His character in Jade Bone Ballad is a royal prince who has been banished to the mountains after
his mother was framed.
He teaches cultivation but eventually begins to develop romantic feelings for his student,
who is our main female lead.
She is being played by Ren Min, who is relatively new to the acting world but had made her debut
in the 2018 film "Cry Me a Sad River", and has been seen in such dramas as "Serenade
of Peaceful Joy" and "Heroes In Harm's Way" from last year.
She is a princess and also his student, but they stand on different sides in terms of
political factions.
As their groups fight against each other, they have to be the ones to put aside their
differences in order to protect their continent.
This storyline is said to be a prequel of Mirror: Twin Cities, which is also currently
being adapted into a drama and features Yukee Chen and Li Yifeng as main co-stars.
Okay, so what do I think about this.
It’s a Xiao Zhan drama, so it’s already got the star power going for it.
I’ve noticed lately there have been haters who say he’s overrated, but I don’t care.
I’m still going to watch it, and I generally enjoy his dramas.
Jade Bone Ballad has a good budget and is being produced by the same director who brought
us 2017’s “The Legend of Condor Heroes” and 2019’s “Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber”.
Which is to say that production-wise it’s going to be fine.
What matters of course is the storyline and character chemistry, and that part we will
just have to wait and see.
Ren Min is a younger actress who is rising in popularity, and it is said that she beat
out several others for the role including Cecilia Liu, Seven Tan, and Yang Chaoyue.
Apparently the director was pushing for a young actress to better suit the age difference
conferred by the Jade Bone Ballad’s storyline involving an older teacher and his disciple.
Netizens have been expressing a lot of support for Ren Min starring opposite of Xiao Zhan
though, praising her performance in Serenade of Peaceful Joy.
I think this has good potential to be promising.
The cast look great in their ancient costumes and I believe it’s safe to say the production
value will be good.
In any case, if there is any news on this one or if an official trailer gets released
for it I will let you all know.
What do you guys think of Jade Bone Ballad?
Are you ready for another costumed Xiao Zhan drama?
As of right now we only have the modern medical drama “The Oath of Love” and military
drama “Ace Troops” that are currently in production, so it’s a very welcome announcement
to have Jade Bone Ballad join the mix.
Let me know who’s going to be waiting for this one down the comments section below.
Jade Bone Ballad will be a 50 episode series and is currently being produced by Tencent.
The drama officially started filming yesterday and the production team had already mentioned
that they will be scheduling 140 days for the drama to be shot, so if my calculations
are correct then Jade Bone Ballad should wrap up filming sometime in the middle of August
this year.
Hopefully we will get some more news on it by then.
Anyways, that’s all I have for you guys today, thank you for joining me.
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My name is Anton, thank you so much for tuning in, I will see you guys in the next video.
Later!