My recommendation is to watch it if you aren't bothered by mature scenes, including some sex and just ignore the rating that is a product of people stuck in middle ages. Give it a go, definitely worth it.
So Xiao Zhan has finally got the role of a villain ?!! I’m excited for him and this drama. The character he’s…
Not a villain. This is not Wang Zanghai. This is just Zanghai. The production took the original and according to their own words, created an original story around him. He is a morally gray character but not a villain. His story is about the revenge for his parents being murdered when he was a child, not to get too far into some spoilers now. There are some elements left, we do know there are some scenes involving tombs but to what extent, we don't know.
China film has announced other movies for National day which means LOCH won't come before early 2025.
Talk in China is that the movie has significant battle scenes so post-production is still ongoing.
I would have preferred National holiday because Spring Festival period is usually very messy, people play very dirty games due to its significance but if it's not ready then there's not much choice.
so, this is not a drama? I wonder how they can wrap up and convey the storyline within the minimum screen time.
Not a drama, a movie. They seem to be focusing on the first defence of Xinjiang but we know so little about it as everything is tightly locked down that it's best to just wait.
YM has been shortlisted for Feitian awards, so another recognition for this drama. CCTV is going to do another rerun of it from September 15th due to it. A drama with a really long tail!
Afaik still much in the 🍉 stage with no reliability. However the idea of XZ playing a cunning villain gets…
He is a role model, etc etc etc. I wish it weren't so. There have been some actors that even talked about it. With XZ, who is the top younger star now, the restrictions are extremely unlikely to be lifted. It's so constraining to actors. It's partially why I am so looking forward to Zanghai. A gray character is probably the most we can get unless it's one of these he was just undercover stories.
I read the someone got a invite to the police station for taking photos of the costume/makeup fittings. So idk…
Two someones got invited to tour the police station 😂
Movies in general are notoriously secretive in China, so I am not surprised that they allowed a few small things from the booting and nothing else to show up online. People may still try to get something and even succeed but the production has tightened the security as much as they can. But yeah, don't be surprised if we get nothing from this one until the actual promotion starts.
Condor has been moved, China Film stated just a few days ago. It will come either at the end of this year or early next year. Considering China, this means either National Day (October 1st) or Spring Festival 2025.
For now apart from Xiao Zhan who plays Mo Dexian as the main lead and Kong Sheng as the director and Lan Xiaolong as the screenwriter, we only know for sure that Yin Zheng and Peng Yuchang are in it but we don't know the roles (PYC may be the ML2 but nobody is entirely sure). The official announcement is often made only before the movie shows up in theatres so we might have to wait that long for confirmation.
EDIT So the Douban page got edited and it's not an official announcement but if it was done by Daylight (it could have been anyone, that is the trouble with Douban) then it's XZ as ML, PYC as ML2, Zhou Yiran as the FL (female roles are usually not big in Lan Xiaolong work so don't expect much there) etc.
De Xian had a booting ceremony today. There has been no official announcement yet, which is tbh pretty common for movies in China that often don't actually announce until close to being in theatres.
It will not drop unannounced, many movies announce 2-3 months prior but there are also some that announce only…
The official Douyin account was created a year ago. I have no idea why it showed up here as if it is new but it isn't. It was opened in August 2023.
There are no news in China about the movie. Nobody knows when it will show up but considering the date, it's becoming more likely it won't be this summer. Hopefully that's wrong but it is a legit possibility now.
So XZ is joining the De Xian group today. The announcement will wait for a couple more days but it's already crazy in China so just ignore the provocations if it spills over here.
This is a huge movie that has been in planning for years in Daylight with their best configuration in director/screenwriter/producer so it's shaking all sorts of cages. A fantastic opportunity for him.
Xiao Zhan would look amazing as Xie Jing Xing from The Malicious Empress of Military Lineage. It's a female centric…
The novel is great but I am afraid it is highly unlikely to happen.
Primarily because XZ doesn't do female centric dramas, he is to be blunt, too big of a star to waste his time on it when he has his own male centric projects and when he is so sought after by big players. Also because XZ has moved on from projects like these. He is heavily invested into properly stepping into the movie industry and is working with some of the best directors in China and big productions, China Film and now Daylight. He just joined a group with director Kong Sheng and writer Lan Xiaolong for Daylight/China film production. After that there will probably be another movie again, towards the end of this year.
If this was four years ago it would be different but time waits for no one. I hope they find a good actor for the ML because it really is a great novel 🤞
Well, XZ working pretty much constantly definitely doesn't suit certain parties, especially considering he is…
You didn't say anything wrong at all. Any normal person wouldn't have suddenly called you a groupie for that.
The second they start reacting so disproportionately you know that's an anti. And unfortunately they have no morals or boundaries. They will attack and insult.
De Xian's announcement is coming so it's rattling their cages because it's the third big director and project in a row. I am afraid it is going to get worse soon. You definitely did nothing wrong, it's just heated out there.
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My recommendation is to watch it if you aren't bothered by mature scenes, including some sex and just ignore the rating that is a product of people stuck in middle ages. Give it a go, definitely worth it.
I would have preferred National holiday because Spring Festival period is usually very messy, people play very dirty games due to its significance but if it's not ready then there's not much choice.
The only thing he could play is a villain with a final twist that makes him actually a good guy all along, which isn't new and is pretty constraining.
Movies in general are notoriously secretive in China, so I am not surprised that they allowed a few small things from the booting and nothing else to show up online. People may still try to get something and even succeed but the production has tightened the security as much as they can. But yeah, don't be surprised if we get nothing from this one until the actual promotion starts.
Condor has been moved, China Film stated just a few days ago. It will come either at the end of this year or early next year. Considering China, this means either National Day (October 1st) or Spring Festival 2025.
Here's the Douban page
https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/26671336/
For now apart from Xiao Zhan who plays Mo Dexian as the main lead and Kong Sheng as the director and Lan Xiaolong as the screenwriter, we only know for sure that Yin Zheng and Peng Yuchang are in it but we don't know the roles (PYC may be the ML2 but nobody is entirely sure). The official announcement is often made only before the movie shows up in theatres so we might have to wait that long for confirmation.
EDIT So the Douban page got edited and it's not an official announcement but if it was done by Daylight (it could have been anyone, that is the trouble with Douban) then it's XZ as ML, PYC as ML2, Zhou Yiran as the FL (female roles are usually not big in Lan Xiaolong work so don't expect much there) etc.
Here's the Douban page
https://m.douban.com/movie/subject/26671336/
There is no official account on Weibo just yet either.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/xhj_hi0G4A5p6VFDHWyNBQ
There are no news in China about the movie. Nobody knows when it will show up but considering the date, it's becoming more likely it won't be this summer. Hopefully that's wrong but it is a legit possibility now.
This is a huge movie that has been in planning for years in Daylight with their best configuration in director/screenwriter/producer so it's shaking all sorts of cages. A fantastic opportunity for him.
Primarily because XZ doesn't do female centric dramas, he is to be blunt, too big of a star to waste his time on it when he has his own male centric projects and when he is so sought after by big players. Also because XZ has moved on from projects like these. He is heavily invested into properly stepping into the movie industry and is working with some of the best directors in China and big productions, China Film and now Daylight. He just joined a group with director Kong Sheng and writer Lan Xiaolong for Daylight/China film production. After that there will probably be another movie again, towards the end of this year.
If this was four years ago it would be different but time waits for no one. I hope they find a good actor for the ML because it really is a great novel 🤞
The second they start reacting so disproportionately you know that's an anti. And unfortunately they have no morals or boundaries. They will attack and insult.
De Xian's announcement is coming so it's rattling their cages because it's the third big director and project in a row. I am afraid it is going to get worse soon. You definitely did nothing wrong, it's just heated out there.