Shrimpy

Should be second half/end of May.

That was the first one, this was from the official one that is still standing. I think I probably even have that saved somewhere. Weird names don't surprise me, Cdramas and English titles can be creative 😂

The pfp of the official Weibo had "The Mystery of the Sea" written in English when the drama was announced.

After a while, that was changed and the English version didn't appear again, nor was it announced so we will have to wait for confirmation if they will stick to this.

Zang, not Zhang. Different characters.

No problem, any time. I wish I had a better, more clear answer but we will have to wait for now.

The problem is that we aren't actually sure if even those are related.

Originally, this drama was supposed to connect to them through the character of Wang Zanghai, that should have been the main character of this drama.

Over time, this drama was taken over by Zheng Xiaolong and his production and though the screenwriter remained the same, it evolved into, in their words, an original story.

The main character is now just Zang Hai and though there still remains the component of architecture and construction, we don't actually know if any real connection to the original universe that is based on the novel exists. It's possible it's completely gone or something might remain. I can tell you most Chinese at this moment regard this as an isolated, original, drama but we will only know once it airs (or more leaks show up).

No worries, too many things happening.

You should see the Chinese boards, we are swimming in potential names. We could play darts with our eyes closed and we would still hit on someone who is being mentioned as an absolutely sure thing (only not) 😂

Yes, I mentioned that below but the word of Chen Yanxi came after, once the filming with Wallace Chung was in full swing.

It's difficult to be sure on these leaks, especially as many want to be in the drama but so far, neither woman was actually caught on the set so we have to wait and see which one it really is. Or someone third 😂

March 10th marks 100 years from Jin Yong's birth. It is going to be celebrated in China so maybe we might get something 🤞

Added photos of Wallace Chung, Yu Nan and Zheng Xiaolong directing Xiao Zhan and Zhou Qi.

The latter especially considering one of the favorite line of attack on this drama is that ZXL isn't actually directing.

There is talk that Zanghai's mother is Chen Yanxi actually but still no confirmation.

I have it somewhere but I will have to go look if I can find it as I don't remember. Plus it's always such fun to get anything changed here 😂

More casting melons, most likely correct.

Mao Xiaotong - Zang Hai's mother
Bai Bing - Zang Hai's mentor

There are more actors that haven't been announced yet, aside from these two. It's less certain so I am not posting the names.

Wallace Chung filmed today so it's basically confirmation of what we said before, that he is playing Zanghai's father.

No, it doesn't though? This is not about Yang Guo. It is about Guo Jing and events in Mongolia and first defence of Xiangyang.

The movie has nothing to do with Tencent, apart from wanting to leech from it.

This is a major China Film Group production.

The drama is irrelevant to this movie. Unlike the other way around.

Most likely summer though there is an option in May.

End of 2024 earliest.

Probably too late now, though of course, you never know. But May or summer look likely now.

EDIT: yeah, so either May or summer. Probably summer.

For LOCH try the 2017 one. The older ones may be too old to find and I am not sure about the subtitles.