Author / Zhou Yi
Recently, Netflix International Original Director Erika North held a film and television project launch conference in Taiwan, China, and officially announced the launch dates of the three original Chinese content that were first launched.
" Sin Dreamer " will be officially launched on October 31; "The Great Dao Qianjin" will be launched on December 6; "Marriage on the Other Side" will be confirmed to be launched in January 2020.
After each work is officially launched, it can be viewed simultaneously in 190 countries (regions) around the world.
"Dreamer": There are large-scale elements such as nude dramas and triangle relationships. The real gangsters in field investigations
"Dreamer" is equivalent to the first Chinese original series created by Netflix. The series is directed by Chen Yingrong and . The cast includes: Zhang Xiaoquan, Jia Jingwen, Fan Xiaoxuan, Wang Baijie, , Liu Ziqian, Zhou Mingfu, etc.
"The Sin Dreamer" has a total of 8 episodes, each episode is 60 minutes.
"The Sin Dreamer" story mainly tells the story of A Quan (played by Zhang Xiaoquan) a gangster member, waiting for the death penalty after being imprisoned, but entering a "mysterious space". When he was planning how to escape, he found himself in a dangerous conspiracy. Alyssa Chia plays A Quan’s wife.
On September 29, 2018, the drama held a press conference in Taipei and announced it was filmed in Taiwan. According to Taiwanese media reports, "Dreamer" is a suspense gangster film in terms of theme positioning.
The underworld couple of Alyssa Chia and Zhang Xiaoquan are a couple in name only, and they will also involve a triangle relationship in the play. In the play, Alyssa Chia gave birth to a son for Zhang Xiaoquan, but on the day of giving birth, Zhang Xiaoquan committed a serious crime and was imprisoned, starting a "nameless" relationship with husband and wife for more than ten years. Because his son was kidnapped, the story started.
After Zhang Xiaoquan was imprisoned in the play, he handed his wife Jia Jingwen to the care of his elder brother Liu Ziqian. Liu Ziqian said, "I am very good at taking care of people."
In order to play the role of the underworld brother "A Quan", Zhang Xiaoquan followed the director to conduct field investigations and get to know the real gangster on the road. In the play, Zhang Xiaoquan, Wang Baijie and Zhou Mingfu are prisoners.
This drama is broadcast on the Internet and has a very large scale. In addition to many large-scale fighting scenes, there are also nude scenes.
Fan Xiaoxuan plays the eldest brother's woman, but at the same time she falls in love with Wang Bojie, which leads to an emotional entanglement. The character is positioned as a "sexy and charming woman".
Zhou Mingfu is a patient with autism in the play, and is the younger brother of Liu Ziqian, the underworld elder brother in the play.
The production team said that they would create a Taiwanese version of " Drug Lord ". Netflix official website introduces the content of the drama: "A bizarre encounter caused a man waiting to be executed to experience another timeline, which led him to escape from prison to protect his family."
Chen Yingrong described "The Sin Dreamer" as a "gangster film". Regarding the content of the story, Chen Yingrong said that it was literally: "A criminal continues to dream, and this dream brings him clues and inspirations about the case he committed, so he has a plan to escape from prison."
The theme of the series "The Sin Dreamer" explores the issue of the death penalty and the reality and contradictions of Asian society, and is also taken from real social cases as a story element.
In August 2017, Netflix announced that it would create the first Chinese-made original TV series "Ferryman" and will be handed over to "Freeman" Ke Wenli. However, due to personal factors of the director, Netflix found the right candidates and content again, and finally developed the "Sin Dreamer" that appeared in.
To sum up, there are four highlights of "The Sin Dreamer":
first , it is a play that focuses on special characters in a special environment. The role is not "glorious", and temperament and "core socialist values" are not the same path.
, it has large scale that mainland online censorship does not have, and other elements that attract young audiences such as nude dramas, cheating, and gangsters. Have the "cool" feeling of "trading evil".
, the drama is sophisticated and not filled with water, with a total of 8 episodes, and the narrative is rich and compact.
The fourth , there are many characters, the group portraits have complex emotional entanglements and delicate emotions.
"The Great Daughter": The story of idol superstar and female bodyguard
"The Great Daughter" is the second original Chinese drama created by Netflix. According to information, the drama currently has only 6 episodes, and the author speculates that the length of each episode of the drama is 60-90 minutes.
"The Great Daughter" story tells the story of An Qi, a girl who grew up under the shade of a gangster father. She looks sweet but has a tough personality. Because she fell in love with the popular superstar Xu Yihang, she decided to become the personal bodyguard of Ling Yun, a actress who had an affair with Xu Yihang, who was rumored to have sex with Xu Yihang, and she only hopes to get close to her idol.
"The Great Daughter" is directed by Wu Ziyun (Fujii Kiku) and starring Liu Yihao and Liu Yier . In the play, Liu Yihao plays Anqi's idol and popular superstar Xu Yihang; Liu Yier plays Anqi, a gangster daughter, and is a bodyguard for her rumored actress in order to follow her idol.
"The Great Dao Qianjin" focuses on issues such as growth and exploring inner needs: Angie, a girl who grew up under the shade of her father from a gangster, always hopes that she can be independent, so she began to plan to escape. Afterwards, she disobeyed her father's will and became a personal bodyguard for a well-known female star, but she had to bet on stocks in the completely unfamiliar entertainment industry. On the one hand, she also dealt with her love life, so that she could find her own direction in the new environment.
The idol superstar played by Liu Yihao in the play has a casual personality but a little weird. He said: "When I was reading the script, I was amused by the character's unique personality."
Because Liu Yier plays a female bodyguard, she shows many action scenes in "The Great Dao Qianjin", which is a performance challenge that requires both physical strength and acting skills.
Although "The Great Dao Qianjin" may be more idol drama in form, it explores a broader social topic.
"The Great Dao Qianjin" highlights:
first . Taiwan itself has sufficient experience and innovative capabilities in filming idol dramas. Taiwan’s idol dramas pay more attention to details, delicate emotions, relaxed and real.
, the character identity setting of "superstar idol + female bodyguard" gives character creation and plot construction a lot of space for innovation, and it is also very easy for people to connect with classic dramas such as "You from the Stars".
"Marriage on the Other Side" is set in the colonial period of Malacca in the 1890s
"Marriage on the Other Side", also known as "The Ghost Bride", is the third Chinese drama on Netflix.
When "Marriage on the Other Side" was announced, Netflix also released its first pilot trailer, and the starring lineup was also exposed. Wu Kangren , Huang Yanjia , and Lin Ludi appeared one by one.
"Marriage on the Other Side" is a horror thriller drama based on Zhu Yangxi's novel "The Ghost Bride". The story mixes Chinese folk customs such as ghost marriage and romantic love and supernatural elements. Set in the 1890s, in the colonial period, Malacca tells the story of Lilan, the daughter of a decent Chinese family, being asked to be the "ghost bride" of the rich Lin family because of the decline of the family's family - marrying the dead son of this family. She can have no worries about food and clothing, but marrying a dead person will follow her for the rest of her life, and it is even more difficult to escape. After that, Lilan was involved in the underworld, discovered the dark secret of the "husband's family" and also discovered the past of her family.
The drama is directed by Malaysian director Guo Xiuzhuan ("Light") and He Yuheng ("Ms. K"). The screenwriter team comes from Hollywood and Taiwan, leading the lead is Wu Kai Yu, one of the screenwriters of "Hannibal" and " Flash ".
"The Ghost Bride" is a full-language novel completed by Harvard graduate Zhu Yangxi in 2013. After it was launched, it has received many recommended recommendations from European and American celebrities and became a best-selling novel. The author Zhu Yangxi is the fourth generation of overseas Chinese in Malaysia and has studied in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University.
The highlight of "Marriage on the Other Side" is:
first . Judging from the released trailer, the story of "Marriage on the Other Side" is full of oriental customs, and the set props look very strange, blending the suspense of reasoning. Unique style.
, plot elements include attractive elements such as mysterious murder, Yin and Yang realms, and family conspiracy.
Conclusion
" A Handful of Green ", " The Distance between Ugly ", " We Can't Be Friends " has set off a wave of watching dramas in the mainland, and some dramas have also been introduced by mainland video platforms.
dramas did not satisfy the idol drama style that they used to be handy, and have been transforming through slow exploration. Taiwanese dramas are already opening up new channels to test the slightly heavy-mouthed styles of violence, crime, thriller, suspense, horror, fantasy, and ethics. With Netflix's intervention, Taiwanese dramas will be injected with fresh blood in both the creation and production levels.
