Gritty promos for Mark Zhao’s Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe

I posted about the two movie adaptations of Ghost Blows Out the Light back in May, written by Zhang Mu Ye. Now we are in full swing of promotional materials in stills and trailers for one of them, Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, starring Mark Zhao, Yao Chen, Tang Yan, and Jerry Lee. The story follows an expedition group as they embark on horrifying adventures in the deepest and darkest corners of Kunlun Mountains: the Demon’s 9th Tower. It’s nice to finally see stills of Tang Yan because for a while, she seems to be in a lot of movies but with no trace of filming. Lol. The latest news is her replacement of Yang Mi for Bounty Hunter with Wallace Chung and Lee Min Ho. Lucky girl is luckyyyyyyyyy!

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Two movie adaptations for one novel: Ghost Blows Out the Light

Why? A drama version and a movie, okay, I’ll take that with a bitter face. But TWO movie versions of the same novel filmed at the same time? Just you wait, they are gonna announce a drama remake soon! The first adaptation I had talked about is called The Ghouls starring Chen Kun, Shu Qi, and Angelababy. The second one is called Ghost Blows out the Candle: Demon’s 9th Tower/Floor (roughly translated) starring Mark Zhao, Yao Chen as leads, and Tang Yan and Jerry Lee in supporting roles. Yep. You saw that right. TANG YAN. Bloody heck! You guys can’t say I’m crazy now…..she’s definitely a robot.

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