Youku 优酷 upgrades 悬疑剧场 to 白夜剧场; opens with Gone with the Wind 微暗之火

#白夜剧场 #Youku #优酷 #TongYao #童瑶 #微暗之火 #GoneWithTheWind #ZhangXincheng #张新成​​​ #cdrama 

On April 22nd, Youku announced a significant change: the company has “upgraded” its Suspense Theatre (悬疑剧场) to the White Night Theatre (白夜剧场), set to officially launch on April 24th. Alongside this announcement, they revealed that Gone with the Wind (微暗之火) has been chosen as the inaugural drama for this newly rebranded anthology series, with the premiere scheduled for three days later, on April 27th.

Chinese drama: Gone with the Wind 微暗之火 - release date announce & 3rd trailer

 #TongYao #童瑶 #微暗之火 #GoneWithTheWind #ZhangXincheng #张新成 ​​​ #cdrama

Just a day after unveiling the second wave of promotional material, the official Weibo page for the series released an additional trailer, more behind-the-scenes videos, and another lot of images to announce the series' much anticipated release on the 27th of April.

(edited 23rd Apr to include the relationship chart that was released and that I had forgotten about and to add source links.)

Chinese drama: Gone with the Wind 微暗之火 - write up

#TongYao #童瑶 #微暗之火 #GoneWithTheWind #ZhangXincheng #张新成 ​​​#cdrama

Finally after a two year wait, it looks like this series will be released very soon.  I've already written a write-up previously on Gone with the Wind, so I don't really want to revisit old material.  If you wish to read that and other related posts please visit this link (CLICK ME). 

Chinese Drama: With Love With You 有你的时光里 - write up

#有你的时光里 #WithLoveWithYou #TongYao #童瑶 #ZhouYiran #周依然 #LiZefeng #李泽锋 #ZhangZixian #张子贤

Tong Yao plays Wang Yan 王焱

On the 24th Jan, the official Weibo account for With Love With You (有你的时光里) officially declared the start of the series' production and also announced its cast and other related information.  Simultaneously, posters, related images and a teaser video were also released.

Chinese Drama: Xiao Ri Zi 小日子 - official announce, begins production - write up

#XiaoRiZi #小日子 #TongYao #童瑶 #ChenXiao #陈晓

There were rumours floating around Weibo that Tong Yao and Chen Xiao will be starring in a series called Xiao Ri Zi for some time. Now it's official.  The official Weibo account for this series announced that the series has gone into production a few days ago. The series is based on a novel of the same title by Yi Bei who also wrote the novel Xiao Min Jia 小敏家 which the relatively well-received series A Little Mood for Love (2021) was based on. There is no official English title for Xiao Ri Zi yet so I'll continue to use the pinyin of the Chinese title when I refer to it in English for now.

Update 3: Chinese Drama 微暗之火 Gone with the Wind - First Trailer

#TongYao #童瑶 #微暗之火 #GoneWithTheWind #ZhangXincheng #张新成 ​​​#cdrama

The official Weibo account for Gone with the Wind released a number of key visuals and the first trailer for the series on 6th May and it looks interesting.  This seems to be a departure from many recent Mainland series that I've watched, in the sense that the level of physicality seems to be higher than most and they seem to be pushing the envelope on what most audiences of Mainland series are used to.

The edit and use of music are also nice and it feels really evocative in the beginning before it builds to a nice climax.  The setting is an old town in China.  I forgot where but I've seen photos of it online and it's lovely.  If I remember or find out, I'll amend this paragraph.

Update 2: Chinese Drama 微暗之火 Gone with the Wind

#TongYao #童瑶 #微暗之火 #GoneWithTheWind #ZhangXincheng #张新成 ​​​#cdrama #PaleFire

amend 8th May 2023 (I realized that you need to have a Weibo acct to watch so for the convenience of those who don't have an account & don't want to or can't sign up for one, I'll upload it below.)

Just when I thought I was done with the updates on this series for now, I saw this on Weibo. 😁

This is a short behind the scenes video for the Glass x Gone with the Wind photo-shoot featuring Tong Yao and Zhang Xincheng. 

They look good together.  😁

If you wish to watch this video, click me to go to the Youku post or use the QR code provided in the image below or just watch the video that I upload as part of the 8th May amendment.