Today, the suspense drama "Extraordinary Witness" (formerly known as "Night Rain and Fog") will be officially launched at iQiyi's "Mist Theater". The story mainly tells the mountain as an eyewitness. After growing up as a policeman, he uncovered a murder of a girl that spanned 20 years. Judging from the trailer, the play is full of suspense. It seems that everyone knows the murder that year, but they avoid talking about it. Everyone is burdened with the story. From the perspective of the color, the color of the play is always gray, black, and foggy regardless of day and night, making the whole story shrouded in a mist.
As the third short play of Iqiyi's Misty Theater, "Extraordinary Witness" was launched in Chongqing two years ago in October 2018 and finished in December of the same year. The play tells a murder case of a young girl that has not been solved for 20 years. The same case happened again in a small town 20 years later. The once young mountain peak (played by Song Yang) grew up as a policeman and returned to the small town. Because of the painful memory that could not be erased, the mountain peaked chasing the murderer again. However, in his search for the truth, he found that not only himself, but all the people involved in it back then had undergone earth-shaking changes due to this mystery 20 years ago. The main creative team of the play is still dominated by newcomers. The director Yang Miao is a post-85 director. He has previously filmed the suspenseful drama "The Crime Fighter". The starring actors are Song Yang, Yuan Wenkang, You Jingru, Jiao Gang and other newcomers. There are also senior actors like Wang Takizheng and Du Zhiguo to help.
iQiyi’s Fog Theater was officially launched on June 2nd, featuring suspenseful skits, including "Ten Days Game", "The Hidden Corner", "Very Witness", "The Silent Truth", "Doomsday", "Fatal Wish" and other 6 titles Play, 12 episodes per play.
The first "Ten Day Game" was adapted from the novel "Kidnapping Game" written by Keigo Higashino when he was young, starring Zhu Yawen, Jin Chen, and Liu Yijun. With little publicity, Douban scored 7.3 points.
's "The Hidden Corner", which was broadcast immediately afterwards, became a hit this year. This short drama adapted from Zijin Chen's novel "Bad Child" brings together senior actors such as Qin Hao, Zhang Songwen, Liu Lin, and Douban 8.9. The ratings have also become the highest-rated domestic TV series so far this year.
After the end of "The Hidden Corner", the "Mist Theater" has not been broadcast for a long time. Some people say that because of the theme, the "Mist Theater" will stop broadcasting. In response to this, iQiyi responded that the launch time of the six dramas of the Misty Theater is subject to the official announcement time, and the official announcement of "Extraordinary Witness" has not been officially announced. IQiyi also stated that the Misty Theater is not a thematic section, but a brand concept, and does not have an integrated entrance. However, the Red Star News reporter learned from relevant channels that "Extraordinary Witness" did go online after some revisions.
is different from other short plays in the Misty Theater, which are mostly adapted from novels. "Extraordinary Witness" is an original work that focuses on reality and tortures humanity. In the face of the misty riverside in the play, everyone faces a choice: to go along the river. Die, or live against the current?
