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【Movie】
Cinema box office
According to Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 15:00 on January 10, "The Accidental Murderer 3", "Little Me", "Laughing in Love with You", "Fake Daddy", and "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" ranked in the top five of Friday's single-day box office list.
The new film market was relatively calm in January. Films that will be released at the end of 2024, such as "Little Me", "The Accidental Detective 3", and "Laughing in the Face", are still among the top films. Among them, the box office of "Little Me" recently exceeded 600 million yuan, breaking the cumulative box office record of family films in the Lunar New Year period in the past three years.
This weekend, Mamoru Hosoda's classic animation "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" and the Hong Kong film "Beyond the Evil" starring Louis Koo and Lam Ka-tung will bring new viewing options to the audience.
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【TV drama】
New drama information
The web drama "The Amazing Cao Xuanxuan", filmed in 2022, is scheduled to be launched on Tencent Video on January 13, starring Zhu Xudan and Zhai Xiaowen.
The ancient costume suspense detective drama "The Magic Records" is scheduled to be broadcast on CCTV-8's prime time from January 14, and will be exclusively broadcast on Youku. Starring Hu Bingqing, Zhai Zilu, and He Peng.
The cultural relic protection drama "The Mystery of Song Paper" (originally named: Museum Director) produced by Tangde Film and Television started filming in a low-key manner in December last year. It is exclusively broadcast on iQiyi, starring Tong Dawei and Li Zefeng.
The urban drama "Honey Whisper", adapted from the novel of the same name, held its opening ceremony on January 5 and officially announced the full cast, starring Wallace Chung, Zhu Zhu and others.
The contemporary urban drama "Heart Knot", directed by Yao Xiaofeng and starring Jing Tian and Qu Chuxiao, started filming in Chongqing on January 6.
"National Beauty"
Poster of "National Beauty"
"National Beauty" is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Yi Qianzhong. The story is set in the Tang Dynasty and tells the inspirational legendary story of He Weifang (played by Yang Zi), the daughter of a merchant, who, with the assistance of Jiang Changyang (played by Li Xian), the "flower and bird envoy" of Chang'an, formed a team of "craftsmen and investors" and started from cultivating peonies, and finally realized the ideal of saving the world and serving the country. It is reported that Luoyang provided 12,000 peonies and peonies for the drama, some of which are ancient varieties that have been passed down from the Tang Dynasty.
This is the second time that Yang Zi and Li Xian have partnered up as a couple after "Dear, Beloved". Many fans have cut scenes from the two dramas together, which has become quite popular. The drama has been on air for three days and is only broadcast on Mango TV. Its popularity has risen rapidly on Dengta, Yunhe, and Maoyan. Its current ranking is comparable to "White Moon and Brahma Star", making it the most popular drama on Mango TV in the new year. Before the drama was scheduled to be broadcast, 40 brand partners had been identified, breaking Mango TV's record for in-site investment promotion. In comparison, "Joy of Life 2", the "king of dramas" with the top 1 broadcast volume last year, only received 26 partner brands before it was broadcast. The total number of broadcasts on the entire network has now exceeded 230 million.
The feedback from the audience was very high. Whether it was the costumes, plot, or acting, this drama was a well-deserved opening drama of the year. The characters of Yang Zi and Li Xian were quickly established, and it was well worth watching.
White Moon Brahma Star
Poster of "White Moon Brahma Star"
"White Moon and Brahma Star" is adapted from Xing Ling's popular novel "The God Bai Shuo", starring Bai Lu and Ao Ruipeng. It tells the story of a mortal girl Bai Shuo who accidentally meets the demon god Fan Yue on her way to find immortals to repay her gratitude. The two get to know each other after a fight, and thus embark on a strange journey together, working together to eliminate demons and monsters along the way.
After the series was broadcast, it became popular on lists such as Lighthouse and Yunhe as soon as it was aired, and is currently hovering between second and third, with a popularity of over 8,900 on the iQiyi site.
Bai Lu has a good fan base and had high expectations before the show started. The role and plot are also within her comfort zone. The show received good feedback from the audience, especially in terms of acting and details. However, due to the subject matter and routine issues, the overall topic was not ideal.
Station
Starring Guo Jingfei and Chen Shu, the film tells the story of Chang Sheng (played by Guo Jingfei), a policeman at Huacheng North Station Police Station. As he reaches middle age, his career encounters a bottleneck and his marriage is in crisis. At this time, Lao Sun (played by Liu Peiqi), a station policeman at Dongzhai Station in his jurisdiction, dies of a sudden illness while on duty. Due to the pressure of reality and the needs of work, Chang Sheng takes the initiative to come to the remote station Dongzhai to serve as a station policeman, showing his kind and humorous personality charm and his unrepentant original intention as a station policeman.
Stills from "Station"
The TV series "Station" is adapted from Xiao Zhong's novel of the same name, which won the first prize of the Ministry of Public Security's "Golden Shield" Literature Award. Director Liu Xuesong said, "The novel itself is very visual, but it is a literary work with a strong Tianjin flavor, for example, it contains a lot of crosstalk elements. What we have to do is to refine and transform these elements." To this end, he and the screenwriters and actors have done a lot of polishing on the script and performance creation. Playing grassroots characters is Guo Jingfei's forte. In the play, Chang Sheng is vivid, natural, and lifelike, full of shortcomings, but shining with the glory of the police profession, as if he is someone around us.
But overall, this kind of life-related police-civilian theme is a little slow to warm up because the plot is not exciting enough. It is currently hovering around the top ten on the Yunhe and Dengta charts. But the audience feedback is very good, funny and warm, and it is like a cup of hot tea in winter. It is worth watching.
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【Variety Show】
Sun Li, Chen Jianbin, Cai Shaofen, Jiang Xin, Lan Xi, Tao Xinran and other old friends reunited. "Zhen Huan's Love Never Stops - Zhen Huan's Little Princess Gala" is a program produced by Youku. The gala was held at the Galaxy Arena in Macau, China at 15:00 on January 11, and was exclusively broadcast on the Youku platform for 8 hours.
On January 4, the guest lineup of "Super Brain 12" was officially announced: Jiang Changjian, You Jianing, Pang Bo, Wei Kunlin, Zhu Dan, Huang Shengyi. The program will be broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV from January 10. Jiang Changjian, who has been the host of the program since the first season, revealed that this "Super Brain 12" will start from inter-school competition, inter-provincial competition, and finally compete with international teams.
Poster of "Flowers Along the Way"
"Flowers Along the Way" is now on air. It will be broadcast on iQiyi every Saturday at 12:00 starting from January 11, and the pilot episode was first broadcast at 12:00 on January 10. With its unique positioning and luxurious guest lineup, the program has become the focus of attention during the recording stage. The program invited Cai Ming, Xiang Tai Chen Lan, Li Xiaoran, Liu Xiaoqing, Ni Ping, and Zhang Qiang, six successful sisters with rich life experience and super high national popularity, to join hands with two youthful young partners He Junlin and Niu Zaizai to start a wonderful journey to the west. The first stop of the program was recorded in the picturesque Yunnan. The "Flowers Group" will experience the folk customs of Yunnan here, taste authentic Yunnan cuisine, and unlock more answers about self and life.
"Friends' Shared House" is a social simulation experimental reality show launched by Youku.com, with Li Xikan, Li Wenhan, Yang Di, Xie Keyin and Xiaolu as resident guests. The show will be broadcast on Youku every Tuesday and Wednesday at 12 noon starting from December 17, 2024. The show simulates every real event that may occur in real-life shared housing through seven super interesting life partners who share a house for a year, aiming to help young people better adapt to social life and understand different lifestyles.
