“Drama news” segment:
– dramas aired already: Tencent’s D.I.D. 12 (Bowie Lam, Monica Chan, Owen Cheung, Raymond Cho, crime mystery) on May 19th, iQiyi’s THE COMIC BANG (Shen Yue, Wang Jingxuan, youth romcom, adaptation of GEKKAN SHOUJO NOZAKI-KUN manga) on May 22th.
– dramas confirmed to air: iQiyi’s QING JIN ZHI (Wang Ruichang, Li Zixuan, Xie Xingyang, Gong Wanyi, historical romance) on May 27th, Tencent’s BE PASSIONATELY IN LOVE (Liu Haocun, Wang Anyu, modern romance) and iQiyi’s WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD (Zhao Liying, Yin Fang, psychological thriller/melo?) on May 28th.
– dramas rumored to air: Youku’s IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE (Zhang Yi, Li Guangjie, Jiang Xin, legal drama?) in June.
– dramas licensed: none.
– dramas announced: iQiyi’s ZHONG QI (Huang Jingyu, Jiang Qiming, Zhang Jianing, Jiang Peiyao, Yan Peilun, law/crime thriller), MangoTV’s DAZZLING (Guan Xiaotong, Li Yunrui, modern romance), Tencent’s FATE FINDS US (Liao Fan, Ni Ni, modern suspense).
– casting rumors: iQiyi’s A JOURNEY TO GLOW (Yu Shuxin, Zhai Xiaowen, wuxia) – FL seems to be confirmed, iQiyi’s WANG BEI LOU (Xu Kai, business romance thriller?), iQiyi’s MY QUEEN MY RULES (Shen Yujie, Ao Ruipeng, modern romance), Tencent’s WHY NOT CROSS BY BOAT (Liu Yuning, Zhang Miaoyi, historical romance) – here we go lol, Youku’s THE TREASURED BAJIA BOOK/THE MYSTIC NINE 2 (William Chan, Chen Yao, Zeng Shunxi, Republican mystery).
– dramas wrapped: MangoTV’s THE WAY HOME (Li Landi, Ci Sha, family melo), Youku’s DONG CHENG LIE XIONG (Wang Yang, Wan Qian, Shawn Yue, crime thriller).
– Chinese Valentine’s Day posters for upcoming dramas:
https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/comments/1kqyjsx/iqiyi_youku_and_mangotv_520_festival_posters_and/
https://www.reddit.com/r/CDrama/comments/1kqvgxv/tencent_520_festival_posters_and_clips_for/
– ADWAD short video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFTKC-UZY_4
Speaking of, the drama just hit 1 million reservations, more to come! Clip to celebrate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC2pnoou4RI