Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

They sure took their time to reveal the main leads for upcoming drama adaptation of xianxia novel, Martial Universe (Wu Dong Qian Kun, 武动乾坤), written by Tian Can Tu Dou, following the story of one boy, whose family is banished from the Great Lin Clan, and his journey to avenge for his defenseless father after obtaining a mysterious Stone Talisman. Yang Yang (Love O2O) was confirmed a few weeks ago and today they have added on Zhang Tian Ai (Go Princess Go) to complete the love team. The original story calls for 2 female leads and two more main/supporting males to complete the roundup. Gina Jin is rumored to be the other female. That’s not all the good news I have! Our leads were caught filming a commercial (CF) today in which she’s dressed in an ancient outfit and he’s adorned in a tux, showing off smiles and giggles in what looks like a great partnership to come. =D

Stills and Photoshoots:

Official Poster for Tian Ai.

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Fan-taken photos during the filming of their CF. She looks cute in that hairstyle!

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Tian Ai fangirling over Yang Yang… Lol. Like many of us…. XD

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What’s so funny Yang Yang??

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Yang Yang lazes around for Men’s Uno.

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Zhang Tian Ai scorches the sofa for the latest issue of Femina. She’s so damn smoking in these. Fanboys, beware!

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Where to Read the Translated Novel?
01. Wuxiaworld has translated 500 chapters so far: http://www.wuxiaworld.com/wdqk-index/
02. For fans of Manhua, you can read it here: http://www.mangareader.net/wu-dong-qian-kun/1/3

Directed by Zhang Li (Young Marshal, The Road We Have Taken) will begin production soon with a planning of 60 episodes. *gulp gulp*

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  1. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    OMG OMG OMG! YES to seeing YangYang’s lovely handsome face back on the TV! Im so excited for this! And plus there is TianAi! Hoping to see sparks flying around in the drama between the 2 because that photo of TianAi fangirling over YangYang is just too adorable!!!
    Hopefully Gina will be confirmed too~ All 3 of my faves in one drama!

  2. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    Love how his suit hugs his body, highlighting his tall and well-built frame… and those butt…!!! *starry eyes* Tian Ai, you lucky girl!

  3. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    *Throw flowers everywhere and swirls around *
    Will watch this and hope it gets sub because martial arts dramas tend to have various rules and stuff … those details :O
    That cf… i wonder what’s it about?

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      The commercials in China and Thailand are pretty creative and quirky. Lol. Sometimes you don’t even know what they are promoting (busy staring at the pretty). XD

  4. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    Zhang Tian Ai and Yang Yang in a xianxia drama together…YESS PLZ haha.

  5. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    Ouuuu…. Yang Yang in xianxia?classic costumes?blink blink….I can’t wait to see the series.It must be wonderful

  6. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    I was pretty much sold when you mentioned Yang Yang and possibly Zhang Tian Ai a few weeks ago. Only needed this post and weibo to make things complete!

    I suppose ZTA will not be filming Dogu? And yeah, no Yang Yang/Yang Zi collaboration either. Well damn. Another time!

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      If I’m honest, I would rather have Tian Ai with Yan Kuan in that Dogu drama instead. They are sizzling together. Yang Yang is still a puppy! Lol.

  7. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    Yang Yang just shows no growth imo. Instead of taking roles to challenge himself, he keeps taking idol roles after idol roles.

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      He got famous fairly recently and I think it’s smart to solidify his popularity. I hope he doesn’t take too many deep roles. 🙁 Too many go this route and it is annoying – they drop off into obscurity.

      Jing Boran is well received overall, but I think he did too many movie roles and not enough TV. I feel like he got a boost with Love Weaves Through a Millenium since it was a nice idol role.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        movie roles = more money and more exposure and less time shooting, most actors go for that. lols. nothing wrong with him not choosing to do drama roles to be honest.

        • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

          Movie roles also offer more prestige. Most people see Jing Boran as a more serious actor than his peers because he did challenging roles like that movie he had with Andy Lau where he got great reviews.

          That’s why Zhang Ziyi is more respected than the others who got their break starring in idol dramas. Actors who focus on movies are always rated higher than those who focus on TV and this is the case too in Hollywood.

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      I feel the same way about Chen Qiao En. But I’ve come to terms with the fact that that’s how the market is.

      Even production companies like Shanying are adding younger generation “idol” actors (let’s not forget that actors like Wallace Huo started his careers in idol dramas), to their cast lists. So unless something changes dramatically and instantly to this industry, Yang Yang will be taking on more and more idol roles because that’s like 80-90% of what’s being aired on TV.

      Not much growth in the industry. Shouldn’t this be a problem not only for actors but for scriptwriters and producers too?

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        His movie role choices also fall under that category, though.

        It’s true that producers and scriptwriters have fault too but I can also fault Yang Yang himself for this. He has several projects and he’s popular enough that he can afford to do some roles that would at least give him credibility as an actor without sacrificing his fame.

        • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

          I agree, but then we don’t know what roles are being offered to him. Wouldn’t be surprised if it’s all idol drama roles because he fits right into that image.

          He started off in Dream of the Red Chamber and somehow ventured into idol drama land. I blame it on his agency back then, but it would be nice for him to try more serious roles now–if there any available, that is.

        • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

          idol roles don’t mean the same roles, though. we have to be careful in labeling/looking down on these terms. idol roles can be good roles as long as they are playing different characters.

          all the established actors hu ge, eddie peng etc all started out doing years of idol roles until now that they have control over the scripts to accept.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        what is “idol role”? I thought “idol role” when drama/movie set in school/ college setting for younger audients. doesn’t yangyang has been try variation role in serious drama/ movie in early his carrier? I guess some people here thought he always take “idol roles” since he more famous in “The Whirlwind Girl” and “Just One Smile Alluring”

        • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

          Yeah, a few of his early works were not idol roles. But he wasn’t that well-known the. Too young. Somehow he got into idol dramas and his popularity soared. He is still young so he can still try serious roles again. I just don’t know if he is being considered for any of them.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        Not everyone can jump right on to movies, and starring in idol series help young actors build their networks and work on their acting skills. It takes years for Wallace Huo and Wallace Chung to build their resume before starting their movie projects, and they are still mostly doing dramas. Eddie Peng has pretty much transitioned to movies & is doing pretty good there. As for Yang Yang, I agree with others that he will need to improve his acting, as he can’t rely on his pretty face for a long while (though I won’t mind that LOL). He still has plenty of time. I thought he was decent in The Left Ear — along with Sandra Ma, he was quite impressive.

        Sometimes it takes a certain director who knows how to handle you and has great chemistry with you. IIRC Tony and Takeshi started being idols themselves, and when Wong Kar-wai got them for his movies, they became highly respected actors (Tony more so than Takeshi, but still).

        Sometimes it takes foreign intervention, LOL. Zhang Ziyi got well known after Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Tang Wei after Lust, Caution, Ni Ni after the Flowers of War, and of course Zhou Dongyu. Unfortunately, Ni Ni IMO appears more on the red carpet and magazine covers than in reels.

        To be completely honest, I don’t know that much about the female actresses. I only know FBB, Ruby and Vicki Zhao started from dramas, and now FBB & Vicki are movie stars. Bai Baihe already has a name in the movie world with a few hits under her belt, but I only know her one drama with Lu Yi.

  8. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    zhang tian ai be scorching for real!! girl is too hot. she needs like a modern sexy role. xianxia no space to be sexy. lol

  9. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    YES!!! This is a pairing that I totally can get on board with!!! I hope they both are the OTP (since there are two female leads???). ANYWAY, I’m sooooo excited for this!!! Hopefully, there are stills soon!!! Can’t wait!!!

  10. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    Yay, more YY! Personally I don’t mind him taking idol roles for now, boy is still young and fresh! Just that I wish he would pick a character that is not aloof or cold… his role in The Four, Daomu, Whirlwind Girl and Weiwei were all rather stone-faced.

    And yay to ZTA as the female lead. I’m in for the prettiness! 😀

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      im with you. less stone-faced characters!!! i want to see more smiles and facial expressions. he has those. lols.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        Definitely! Boy’s face was uncontrollable in that variety show he did with Jing Boran and ZS 😀

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      that’s why I want to watch “I belonged to you” movie. it’s very different than his usual role.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        I usually skip movies, but this might be worth checking out. I remember his last movie was Left Ear? But his character in there sucked so I didn’t finish.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        It’s different but not that different. The role doesn’t require much acting, to be honest. If anything he is very cute in it, but his scenes and character really don’t call for much skills, I’m afraid. The movie as a whole is very enjoyable though.

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      I agree, pretty keen to see him play more interesting roles or in better dramas, whether they are idol dramas or not. Hopefully Martial Universe will be one that I’ll watch til the end (unlike most of his dramas lol)

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        Come to think of it, I never really finished his dramas either LOL but it’s not his fault. The plots were pretty meh for some of his dramas, hope he picks better projects (or this Martial Universe will be the one)! I’m afraid his role in Three Lives 3 3 something 3 is exactly the same style he’s been doing.

        I think Weiwei was the only one I completed because it was an easygoing show with no dramamama korean plots going on.

  11. 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

    I love both but somehow not together…how weird. It maybe because I feel she’s too old for him or he is too young for her even though that’s technically not true. Maybe it’s their acting style that doesn’t match…sigh

    Hopefully when the trailer comes out I would be use to this pairing.

    I do hope Yang Yang gets to take on more challenging roles soon, I feel like if he doesn’t he’ll end up in the same boat as Li Yi Feng, toiling for so many years with earnest but still unable to break the mold or improve significantly.

    Isn’t Yang Zi doing that 10 year drama…considering the storyline it might be a challenge for him to take on that role, he does have the pretty boy look for it and the role will likely have a lot of anguish and room for emoting. It’s still an idol drama of sorts but only a lot heavier. I am currently trying to read it…it’s so depressing.

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      No definitely agreed with you. Yang Yang still has his babyish face on while Zhang Tian As has a face of a full grown sexy woman (ROAR). I think they will definitely need to style her younger than him since they look okay in the fantaken photos above.

      OMO. You’re reading that novel? What if Yang Zi doesn’t end up doing it? Lol.

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        If Yang Zi doesn’t do the drama then I would have still read it. Considering how popular it is it’s well worth the read. I am new to internet novels so only pick up those that I come across on casting news like this.

        I think you hit the nail on the head with why I found them an odd couple, Yang Yang will always be little Bao Yu to me while ZTA is all woman.

    • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

      I enjoy Zhang Tian Ai’s acting but paired with Yang Yang – has this noona-ish feel to it. May not be a bad thing- as long as the chemistry is good. The stills above looks promising.

      I also hope for more range of personality in the characters Yang Yang acts. He’s so baby faced. i kp wondering a decade later how will he look. Guys like Stephen Fung and Jimmy Lin still looks like they barely age. But those are good genes– envious ~ ~

      • 34 thoughts on “Yang Yang, Zhang Tian Ai confirmed for Martial Universe, show chemistry in CF

        Jimmy Lin is a vampire…he looks so young for his age.

        Yang Yang will hopefully grow into more manish handsome someday. He has the jaw line for it.

        Both Yang Yang and Ma Tian Yu would be my pick for the lead in Heartwarming Decade. They both have the soft features that can swing both sides. Acting wise I think Ma Tian Yu has the edge. For female lead, if Yang Zi doesn’t take the role then I hope for a more unassuming actress, the character herself has a bit of a sad feel to her, she’s a wallflower type, while I really like Yang Zi she maybe a bit too lively for the role, though I think her acting can make up for it.

What do you think?