JOL Season 2: casting, filming & broadcast/air dates discussion

Who were the best character in JOL for you? I am so fond of young Fan Xian, Fei Jie, Fan Si Zhe, Yan BingYun, Wang Qi Nian, Gao Da, HaiTang Duo Duo, Shen Zhong, Yan Bi'An, Yan XiaoYi, I think all of the characters...good or bad...no one that I don't love and hope they all back for season 2 & 3. 

I also love Under the Power, I think Lu Yi and Xin Jia have fallen each other before even they realized it.  Allen Ren was so impeccably neat with his layer of robes...very cute together with Seven Tan. 

Stay safe, y'all, many dramas coming up that will cheer up our days...

 Xtinew:

Who were the best character in JOL for you? I am so fond of young Fan Xian, Fei Jie, Fan Si Zhe, Yan BingYun, Wang Qi Nian, Gao Da, HaiTang Duo Duo, Shen Zhong, Yan Bi'An, Yan XiaoYi, I think all of the characters...good or bad...no one that I don't love and hope they all back for season 2 & 3. 

I also love Under the Power, I think Lu Yi and Xin Jia have fallen each other before even they realized it.  Allen Ren was so impeccably neat with his layer of robes...very cute together with Seven Tan. 

Stay safe, y'all, many dramas coming up that will cheer up our days...

In terms of characters - I too love young Fan Xian as well. I also really like Fan Ruo Ruo, Grandma Fan, Wang Qi Nian, Uncle Wu Zhu, Fan Si Zhe, Teng Zi Jing, HaiTang Duo Duo. The actors who played the Emperor, Chen Ping Ping, and Xiao En are also so so good.....they are seasoned actors who play their part well.. I hope as many actresses and actors from JOL1 come back to play JOL 2 and 3. Can't wait to see who is casted for JOL 2 and 3 cause quite a few new characters who were not introduced in JOL1 will appear in the second and third seasons.  

Joy of life is the only 2 seasons drama I watched because I didn't know it was 2 seasons kkkkkk. But don't regret it yet.  Now will just have to wait. I just finished watching the Imperial doctoress and really liked it but skimming over most evil characters scenes. I wish there were more dramas like the story of Mi lang and  The sword and the Brocade. They have a depth of love and character growth that I really appreciate.  Just wish the evil characters would be also deeper and likable not always evil just for the sake of creating obstacles in the plot. I'm now waiting for The Imperial Coroner to finish airing because seems to be promising. Another one that was surprisingly good in my view,  in a light but interesting/entertaining style was Maiden Holmes in case you want to have a look.  If you have any recommendations I would be grateful as presently looking for something engaging.

Hi thank you for the recommendations. 

 damasco:

Joy of life is the only 2 seasons drama I watched because I didn't know it was 2 seasons kkkkkk. But don't regret it yet.  Now will just have to wait. I just finished watching the Imperial doctoress and really liked it but skimming over most evil characters scenes. I wish there were more dramas like the story of Mi lang and  The sword and the Brocade. They have a depth of love and character growth that I really appreciate.  Just wish the evil characters would be also deeper and likable not always evil just for the sake of creating obstacles in the plot. I'm now waiting for The Imperial Coroner to finish airing because seems to be promising. Another one that was surprisingly good in my view,  in a light but interesting/entertaining style was Maiden Holmes in case you want to have a look.  If you have any recommendations I would be grateful as presently looking for something engaging.

I looked at your page and you seem to like dramas/movies that are from the romance, historical, drama, comedy genre. These are works from these genres I recommend. Ashes of Love (Chinese drama),  Healer (Korean drama), Young Blood (Chinese drama), It's okay that's love (Korean drama), Queen In Hyun's Man (Korean drama), Hikaru No Go (Chinese drama), Splash Splash Love (Korean movie), Word of Honour (Chinese drama), My Rainy Days (Japanese movie), The Greatest Love (Korean Drama), Todome No Kiss (Japanese drama). 

Latest updates for JOL:  A crew member from JOL's production company revealed that if JOL 2 and 3 were to be filmed separately at different times it would cost too much money and time for the company. Thus,  the production company has told the screenwriter Wang to finish the script for JOL 2 and 3 all at once so they can film all the scenes for each "location" set at the same time. This is the reason Wang (the screen writer) is taking so much time to adapt the book into script form because he needs to finish the entire series and because it's quite a challenge to do so since the story itself is complex and multilayered. Before the script for JOL 2 and 3 gets done, no filming will take place. As a result the main leads for JOL have taken on other film projects [i.e. JOL male lead started filming for Ordinary Greatness this month (May 2021))]. It's projected that Wang will use the rest of this year to finish the script and that filming will begin sometime next year (2022). 

sjadvocate , thanks for the update.  I suspected the filming had not started and now you have confirmed it.  It's good the author was given time to write the scripts rather than rushing into it.  I shall wait!

I'm firmly in the Han Tan Duo Duo fan club. She's down to earth, fun, hands on, influential, powerful . The two would make a power couple.