The King Of Blaze 2 (2018)

The modern installment of The King of Blaze is here!! The original cast comprised of Chen Bolin, Jing Tian, Zhang Yijie, Lai Yumeng, Sun Shaolong, Du Junze, Liu Hailan, Zhang Weina, Zhang Junhan, Fan Yixuan, Wang Qianhang and Zhu Yuxin. Considering that the continuation of the story was pre-planned and filming took place consecutively, all return for The King of Blaze 2 火王之千里同风 which will be 33 episodes long.  

Unlike the first series, The King of Blaze 2 takes place in the present instead of the past.  The story follows a bright young scientist who brings together a group of people in the hopes of finding alternative and renewable clean energy sources while also trying to safeguard the planet from pollution and disasters.  He meets a female reporter in one of his interviews and despite their differences, they somehow manage to hit it off.  The plot thickens when the scientist's research is stolen and they get into all sorts of trouble trying to take it back. 

Release Date: December 18, 2018 (two episodes every Monday-Thursday at 10pm) 

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A second drama adaptation of Unrequited Love features a new cast

We're only missing the official announcement now as Hu Yitian (Handsome Siblings), Hu Bingqing (Twenties Once Again) and Zhang Yijie (The King of Blaze) were spotted yesterday at a function to commence filming for Unrequited Love 暗恋橘生淮南, a drama based on another book from Ba Yue Chang An's 八月长安 trilogy. 

It seems natural to turn this into a drama too when the other two adaptations of With You and My Huckleberry Friends were so well-received. There is in fact already a completed web drama based on the same story that is just waiting to air. This version clearly has bigger stars and puts Hu Yitian back in school uniform. Although it is also about a school crush, this feels more like A Love So Beautiful's angsty cousin and brings a different vibe altogether. I'm actually curious to see how it will fare in comparison to the web drama and the two previous adaptations. Update: The booting ceremony was held on Dec. 5 to commence filming.