Chinese Remake of Extraordinary You: One Day in July with Shen Yue and Chen Shi Cheng begins filming

Released in 2019, Korean drama Extraordinary You is adapted from the webtoon “July Found by Chance” by Moo Ryoo. Now we get a Chinese remake! I might not be used to Shen Yue in long hair so I didn’t recognize her until a second glance.

Synopsis Per Wiki: The series follows high school girl Eun Dan-oh (Kim Hye-yoon) who is a student at a prestigious academy. One day, by chance, she discovers that the world she lives in is a fantasy world of comics. She and everyone else are merely characters in a comic book entitled Secret,[c] all under the authority of their omnipotent and omniscient Writer. Dan-oh is only an extra character and, worse, the Writer gave her a lame set-up: she is engaged to her long-time crush who despises her, and she has a heart disease and is expected to die soon.

Not satisfied with this fate, Dan-oh decides to forge her own destiny by changing the story’s plot and finding her own true love. Her hopes of freeing herself from the Writer’s control becomes stronger than before when she unexpectedly meets nameless Student Number 13 (Rowoon). But as the events around Dan-oh and Number 13, whom she named as Haru, gradually start to have parallels with the Writer’s previous work Neungsohwa,[d] changing her destiny could have a price to pay.

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Air date announced for Liu Shi Shi and Zhang Yun Long’s Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2: Love in Pavilion

First up: Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2: Love in Pavilion (狐妖小红娘竹业篇) can be watched as a standalone drama. You do not need to watch the supposedly first installment Red-Moon Pact with Yang Mi and Gong Jun.

Synopsis Per Qiyi: It tells the story of Dongfang Huaizhu (played by Liu Shishi) and Wangquan Hongye (played by Zhang Yunlong), the leaders of two major families, the Dongfangs and the Wangquans. In a time when humans and demons are in conflict, they work together to stabilize the situation in order to revive the Unity Alliance. On the seventh day of the seventh month, at the Bamboo Pavilion by the Huai River, their fates intertwine like the sheaths of two swords, never to be separated. They pick up the most heartwarming promise and tell a story that has endured for generations. Leading the transformation of the popular Chinese comic “Fox Spirit Matchmaker” into a live-action series, this installment, “The Zhu Ye Arc,” contributes to the creation of the Eastern Fantasy Universe.

You can read the manhua here, or watch the donghua here.

Airing on 4/28~

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Shen Yue and Lin Yi involve in a journey of growth in Smile Code

Smile Code (失笑) is adapted from the novel written by Zu Le.

Synopsis per Wetv: It tells the story of a down-and-out part-time talk show actress and an aloof male audience member suffering from alexithymia who get close to each other and heal each other. A love story of a woman who is funny to the end and a man who can’t laugh, a love contest begins. However, what connects the romance is not just the emotions between men and women, but also the struggling urban youths living in Shanghai. On and off the stage in the play, the spicy yet observational complaints hit the pain points of life, and the humorous ridicule is light, but it is also full of optimism and open-mindedness.

Airing 11/8

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Cdramaland Updates: Sassy Beauty, Shining For One Thing, Cupid’s Kitchen, The Comic Bang, Brilliant Class 8, Tiger Crane, and more!

Playing catch-up! News keep getting longer and piling up and impossible to be up-to-date daily.

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Shen Yue, Zhang Ruo Nan, Wei Wei An, and Zhang Xin Yi tell the story of love, growth, and independence in Be Your Self

Be Your Self (机智的上半场) is a modern drama following the lives of four different girls as they enter university stage and how they each carve their own path.

Began airing 8/18 on youku with english subs. A few dramas aired on 8/18 so don’t miss them by checking & bookmarking my Annual List of Airing CDramas here!

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Jasper Liu and Shen Yue get closer in Use for My Talent

Use For My Talent (我亲爱的小洁癖) is an upcoming rom-com with Jasper Liu and Shen Yue, hailed as the remake of Korean drama, Clean With A Passion with Yoon Kyun Sang and Kim Yoo Jung, which aired in 2018. Our hero has mysophobia, or the fear of germs, and lives in isolation. His obsession with cleanliness led him to owning a cleaning company and this is how he meets the love of his life, our heroine, who becomes his employee. Our heroine lived a happy life before her mother passed away due to a car accident, and she stops caring about her appearance. Working together, she begins to warm up to life and him but it is later revealed that her mother’s death might not be an accident and could be related to our hero’s grandfather.

Airing 5/9~

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First Stills for Miss The Dragon, Use for My Talent, Pride and Prejudice, Fall In Love, Song of Youth

Huge batch of stills from the past week. Happy Weekend!

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Count Your Lucky Stars with Jerry Yan and Shen Yue confirms broadcast in August

If you have been patiently waiting for Jerry Yan to come back to dramaland, your wish has been granted! He will be back on the small screen with Shen Yue in upcoming romcom Count Your Lucky Stars (我好喜欢你), slated to air on 8/3! Adapted from the novel written by Mo Xi, the story follows our couple as their luck is completely swapped after a kiss – he’s used to being the top dog in the fashion world – chief editor of a popular magazine, while she’s eternally jinxed as an unknown fashion designer. Now she’s famous overnight and he has fallen from grace.

It’s been years since I watch Jerry Yan act in a drama. He has done projects over the years but I was never attracted to any of them. Lol. Enjoy watching it folks!

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