Hello, welcome to another video from AvenueX
looking at chinese dramaland in the past week and
Let's get right into it.
First let's talk about the dramas that have
just been scheduled will go live very soon.
Number one is the drama i've mentioned last time.
The Bachelors, Zhui Ai Jia Zu
that's led by Guo Jingfei, Jia Nailiang, Xiong Ziqi, and Tan Zhuo
it has just been announced it's gonna go live on the 27th
then april the first the fool's day,
a drama is scheduled to go live called Yuan Lai Shi Lao Shi A
english title,
Brilliant Class 8
A contemporary drama that's set in a high school.
And the drama is led by
Chen Xuedong, Zhang Jianing, Zhang Li, Wang Ruichang
I like Zhang Jianing, Wang Ruichang is interesting.
Zhang Li is the really cool actress in luoyang.
That I think through her performance of that assassin's role
made a lot of people aware of her presence
as for Chen Xuedong being the leading man of this drama.
All I can say is good luck to the production and I hope it
doesn't end on every drama reviewer's ranting list.
and he plays the leading role who was a popular singer,
but then gone out of popularity and fashion and had to
resolve to work at a high school as a music teacher
and then meeting other teachers in this school.
So that's why the brilliant class 8
Is it really that easy that you can just go to a high school
to become a teacher without actually having a teaching degree?
I don't think it works like that in china.
You probably have to have years of schooling and certificates
to be qualified to go to a school teaching whatever subject.
Anyway, let's see very soon on the fool's day.
whether this drama is worth watching,
then on april the 4th a TVB produced crime and thriller drama
is gonna go live called Jin Xiao Da Sha 2
english title Barrack O'Karma 1968
I haven't watched the first season,
this is the second series of this drama.
It is said to be made up with ten different unit
based crime dramas featuring many many very familiar
veteran tvb hong kong actor actresses and
it's led by Chen Shancong and Li Shihua
I have not watched the first season
but looking at the trailer and overall vibe
seems to be really interesting drama.
I'll try my best to watches this drama when it airs and see if it's
a good crime and thriller
you know, we can always do with more
well made crime dramas
then there is a drama that hasn't announced
when it's gonna go live yet,
but supposedly it will air in April and this is a period setting
drama that has gone through a couple of name changes
Finally got back to its original name,
Yu Mian Tao Hua Zong Xiang Feng
that's the Chinese title, but the English title is
The Lady in Butchers House which used to
have a chinese title called (屠户家的小娘子）
but they've now changed it back to the
Yu Mian Tao Hua Zong Xiang Feng, anyway
As you can tell from the english title,
it's talking about a girl who comes from a butcher's family
and it's led by Zhang Hanyun and Tong Mengshi
Zhang Hanyun, I don't worry about her,
either her acting or her styling her look, she literally at this age,
she can pass for a 15 year old,
no problem
as for Tong Mengshi
His highlight role and moments on screen to me
up to this point is still the blindfolded Wu Zhu Shu
in joy of life.
He really looks better without showing his eyes somehow.
So I hope this period drama with him in it
wouldn't be too painful to watch
as that drama.
We saw last year
I didn't make a rant video on that drama,
but if any of my audiences had the mis-fortune
of watching that drama
you know what I mean.
okay
So these are the dramas that have either announced
or will very soon tell you when they're gonna go live.
Then let's talk about dramas at other stages of production.
First. Dramas that have wrapped during the week.
Number one is the period drama based on an ip novel,
led by Bai jingting and Tian Xiwei
The Xin Chuan Ri Chang
and there are quite a lot of leaked photos during production
online of our leading characters dressed in their period costumes.
So for everyone waiting for BJT's period drama,
styling and characters,
we are one step closer to see him on screen
in that kind of look.
Also there's a drama has just recently wrapped and
not during this week actually end of last week.
That's when that drama wrapped,
but I didn't catch the news.
It's a very low profile called
Xiao Shi (San) de Hen JI, Dissipated Traces
very accurate translation between the english and chinese name.
As you can tell, another crime drama from the title,
and it's talking about the story between a police detective and a coroner.
The cool thing is
female lead.
The policeman is a woman,
and the coroner is a woman.
And just by looking at production shots and
the style of the poster
already.
Ju Shi Da Hao
That's the internet term of girl on girl chemistry
sort of like the equivalent of bl
It's led by two actresses both with thesame surname Li
Li Yuan and Li Jiaxin
I'm not very familiar with the second actress LJX, but for Li Yuan
she is the absolutely sexy,
beautiful,
cool assassin role in (the longest day in Chang'an)
The lady who has a buzz cut.
And just by looking at the poster, i'm like
oh ~~~~ this is like...
looks Great,
so rare this type of drama you hardly ever see a
chinese crime drama that features two female leads.
So please fingers crossed this is a good script
and well acted and well produced drama.
I cannot wait for it to come out.
let's pray before the end of this year.
Then there are projects that have started moving this week.
One is a drama has started shooting during this week
called Bo Bing, Thin Ice
And this is a 1944 setting.
Just by hearing 1944,
you should know the next word will be espionage drama.
I guess that's like the only kind of genre people
can come up once it goes to republic of china,
particularly so late in the 40s.
The this is a drama that's gonna be talking about different political powers,
groups and espinage and against japanese,
and between the communist party and you know the
the "traditional" things of that era.
And it's gonna be led by Chen Yuqi, Peng Guanying
Chen Xiaoyun, Gao Hanyu
also featuring the veteran actor Wang Jinsong
Peng Guanying and Chen Yuqi playing the leads
I'm not quite sure how I should feel about this pairing.
I can't quite get it,
but i'm curious to see how Gao Hanyu and Chen Xiaoyun
are gonna play into the mix of the leads
and actors such as Wang JInsong being featured in this type of dramas
is just like almost a level of quality...
Control.
The genre itself is nothing new.
It's the archetypical thing of that era
And let's hope it turns out to be a worth watching drama.
Then there is a film that hasn't started officially shooting,
but the production crew has just formed,
and they probably will run through some pre
production preparation before they announce.
They're gonna start filming.
And this film is called Bai He Liang Chi
which is a term in chinese that can mean certain movement in kungfu.
And also, it is just a word that talks about the crane
and its wings opening up.
It gives you the feeling that this would be a very drama heavy film,
probably not a necessarily indie or art house film,
but then it wouldn't be super mainstream.
Commercial either.
and the english title is Mr Crane is Back
The news on it is one of the leading actors has just
entered this newly formed crew in pre production.
And it's the young actor Yi Yang Qianxi
one of the top traffic popularity person of his age range in china.
So the news basically is he is the lead of this film
and they just started pre production.
The other thing that's cool about this project is the
other actor who is featured in this is Wang JIngchun
He is the actor from The Bad Kids.
He is one of the highest claimed film actor in china.
He's got a lot of awards international level,
one of the best of the best of the best or of that age range.
And every time you see wang jinchun being
featured in a film and television series, whatever,
you knowit's not gonna be a casual normal thing.
It pretty much guarantees a level of the
professionalism of the script and quality of it.
So the story is about this father role who's been imprisoned for 15 years,
got out of the prison and went out searching for his son
that they've lost contact for all that time
YYQX would be the son
and WJC hould be the father role
Yi Yang Qianxi has been really, really good at selecting projects.
You can tell from the recent years of his choices of script and projects,
he has been doing very well.
and he clearly is telling people that he has decided to become a proper,
serious actor,
more geared towards cinema instead of other things.
Good luck to him and good luck to this project.
Then also during this week and the news
comes that the film version of the drama,
Delicious Romance, Ai Hen Mei Wei
has just been filed.
That means the project is kind of green light.
But probably still at very early stage,
the good news about that is it still features
the three main original cast actress
Li Chun, Wang Ju and Zhang Hanyun
So for everybody who loved delicious romance last year,
we have a film version that we can look forward to.
Yes,
but also can you just also make a second season drama too ?
you know the more the merrier
and one film probably is not gonna be enough
then to wrap up today's news
during the Qing Ming festival which is early april
traditional chinese festival.
There are a couple films that were supposed to going to cinema
scheduled for that slot.
They announced they have pulled the films off
including Zhu Yilong led Ren Sheng Da Shi
Lighting up the Stars
due to Covid situation in china right now
because quite a few big cities are now under
semi partial quarantine due to omicron
showing up in a number that is a little bit
concerning.
So for these cities,
the cinemas are not opened.
And I think it's just very logical and rational for the film
to say we're gonna come off this slot and wait for a later time.
The next ideal time would be may.
Cause may the first would be Lao Dong Jie, labour's day holiday,
then the longer thing would be summers holiday
so between july and august,
unlike television.
that you can watch at home.
You have to experience certain cinematic work in cinemas, right?
Talk about patience,
something that we've all been taught a heavy lesson about
for the last 2 years and close to 2 years and half,
please take care that will be the end of this video.
And i'll see you my next video.
Meanwhile, live long and happy drama watching.