I think he's just sending candles to friends and ppl he's close with. Jimmy from Last Twilight got one too, along…
I mean yeah it’s not impossible there would be a side couple but I just think it’s improbable. I’m currently leaning towards Kinn appearing in the series solo as a supporting character due to the interview.
Although I’m undecided myself yet whether I will watch this, I hope it is a big hit so that investors will be less scared to put big money on series with same sex leads. Another success relatively close after Khemjira could really change perceptions in the industry.
This kind of dark fantasy concept is the most exciting for me but I hope they have a proper budget so that the special effects won’t look cheap. Bad CGI can kill a fantasy series very easily.
I used to be hopeful about this, but similarly to some others,recently I’m seriously starting to think this is not coming anymore. Not only does the cast (including Jeff)have multiple long-term commitments elsewhere, they went from ”the script is 80% ready” in June to ”I don’t have a deadline for it” sometime around September last year. This and the endless pre-script meetings just allows sos to indefinetly postpone the series while appearing active.
Call me pessimistic but I think Jeff might have bitten more than he can chew with HE, as it is a VERY ambitious and expensive first-time project for a small studio with an inexperienced screenwriter who cannot commit full-time.Davika and her husband struggled to secure investors for Clairebell, which shows how hard securing financing for unique/risky concepts can be even for well-established figures in the industry.If there is no concrete update with new information (script lock, table reads, workshops, filming date,platform/sponsor announcement etc.) by the second anniversary of the pilot in June the project is with all likelihood inactive in all but name.It sucks but Thai series rarely get officially cancelled, either because a formal cancellation would hurt the reputation of the studio or because the creators are just very attached to the concept. The result? Indefinite limbo.
I wonder now that Be On Cloud is expanding so much into het series/movies if the result will be that the biggest budgets and best scripts will start to be allocated to those……
It's a BL. https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2026/1/27/netflix-series-starring-2pm-s-taecyeon-hayato-isomura-gets-premiere-date-1532
It's romance, but it's always been marketed as an understated queer drama, not a "BL". So if people expect…
If it is actually romance then count me very (pleasantly) surprised. They don’t have to go full heated rivalry or anything, just acknowledgement that the characters are more than friends is enough for me.
I think I’m gonna wait and see whether this is actually gay or just a bromance before making a watching decision. It does say ”愛の物語”,which means love story, but the word/character 愛 is more ambiguous than for example 恋, which has more explicit romantic connotations. So the fact that they used a word for love that can be used for not only romantic love but also platonic and familial love makes me not very hopeful. If it has been made into a bromance this would serve as a very classic example of queerbaiting, as the series was originally announced and marketed as queer, not to mention that the setup is very classic romance.
Co-produced BLs with South Korea have historically not worked out well (Wuju Bakery, Soul Mate). I wonder if this one will break the pattern and actually air😅
I’m not speaking for any specific generation, just stating my own preference .I don’t mind if the actors are super famous as long as I myself have not seen them in more than let’s say 3 productions (maybe it’s because I’m more from the anime/manga and book side of fandom where a new character always equals a new face haha) I think I’m a minority though, as most people seem to get attached to the celebrities more than any characters they play
Btw just curious, which seasoned actors would you have casted for Heated rivalry if you had had the choice?
If the company can afford to make another drama I hope they keep up with the interesting and unique concepts. I don’t want more office or entertainment industry romance because those are already everywhere😬
So this wasn't in Netflix's 2026 lineup...I fear this drama may never see the light of day...
These international collaborations with South Korea rarely seem to go well, at least not when there is queer series involved. Wuju Bakery too was filmed and never released😅
Call me pessimistic but I think Jeff might have bitten more than he can chew with HE, as it is a VERY ambitious and expensive first-time project for a small studio with an inexperienced screenwriter who cannot commit full-time.Davika and her husband struggled to secure investors for Clairebell, which shows how hard securing financing for unique/risky concepts can be even for well-established figures in the industry.If there is no concrete update with new information (script lock, table reads, workshops, filming date,platform/sponsor announcement etc.) by the second anniversary of the pilot in June the project is with all likelihood inactive in all but name.It sucks but Thai series rarely get officially cancelled, either because a formal cancellation would hurt the reputation of the studio or because the creators are just very attached to the concept. The result? Indefinite limbo.
Btw just curious, which seasoned actors would you have casted for Heated rivalry if you had had the choice?