2023 is coming to an end. Looking back at the domestic dramas this year, we can find two changes.
The first change is the treatment of traffic stars.
The standard configuration of popular dramas in previous years is "little fresh meat + old drama bones".
Regardless of whether they can act or not, these young idols can always occupy a seat.
But this year, more and more dramas are beginning to take the route of purely talented actors.
The same is true for "The Blast", "The Long Season" and "The Three-Body Problem", which have the potential to be drama kings of the year.
The second change is the action of CCTV.
CCTV created "Age of Awakening" the year before last and bought "The World" last year, which are all signals that CCTV is actively seeking change.
CCTV has taken greater steps this year and has become more aggressive.
html released the anti-gang drama "Hurry Up" and the science fiction drama "The Three-Body Problem" at the beginning of 2000, and the broadcasts were only one day apart.
"roll yourself", what kind of state is this?
Throughout the year, CCTV accounted for half of the list of good dramas, covering all major themes.
In addition to anti-crime and science fiction, period dramas include "Glory of Our Fathers", workplace themes include "Ask the Heart", "Walking to the Wind" and "Ordinary Road", love themes include "It's Just Love", and youth themes include "Chasing the Light" day".
directly "leads industry change" in all aspects.
In the end, under the combined influence of the two changes, the number of dramas with a Douban score of over 8 for the whole year reached 20, which was double the number last year.
From this we can also draw a conclusion.
In today's fierce market competition, driven by the "king of dramas" CCTV, domestic dramas have ushered in an era of high-quality creation.
This change in creative attitude continues to 2024.
directly reflects the latest TV series list from CCTV, iQiyi, Tencent, Youku and other platforms.
There are hundreds of new dramas, blockbuster IPs gathered, and good actors appearing together.
Today, Brother Pi selected the best among hundreds of dramas and selected this list of the 10 most anticipated domestic dramas.
Take a look at the highlights of each of these 10 dramas. Among them, is there any one that you like the most?
(The following list is arranged from low to high based on the influence of the cast of the series and the popularity of Douban viewers)
no.10
"Qing Yu Nian Season 2" (CCTV, Tencent Video)
Starring: Zhang Ruoyun, Li Qin, Chen Daoming, Wu Gang, Guo Qilin
In 2019, "Celebrating More Than Years" was broadcast and became a benchmark for online dramas.
is an fictional historical drama adapted from an online novel. It originally had a strong grassroots flavor.
But because there are powerful actors like Chen Daoming and Wu Gang carrying the sedan chair, the level of performance suddenly became much higher.
It can be said that "Celebrating More Than Years" has pioneered the adaptation of online novels into online dramas, and online drama adaptations have become a trend because of it.
However, not all web texts are suitable for adaptation into web dramas.
For example, "Swordsman in the Snow".
's novel is beautifully written, but the plot is low-key. After it was made into a drama, the advantage of the writing was lost, the weaknesses of the plot were magnified, and it was expected that the novel would be a hit with the public.
"Celebrating More Than Years" is another extreme.
The writing style is average and the story is exciting. It is most suitable for film and television adaptation, so I can fight to become a god.
After the first part was filmed, many fans of the show began to plant seeds for a second or even third season.
It was not until 4 years later that the second season officially started filming.
The plot of the second season is indeed exciting.
After Fan Xian fakes his death and returns, we will enjoy high-octane plots such as the assassination in the Hanging Temple, the battle of wits in the south of the Yangtze River, and the peak showdown between the four great masters.
Fan Xian and Yan Xiaoyi's duel scenes will also be interspersed in it.
In addition, there are some changes in the cast list for this season. The core characters of
are still played by the original cast, and the most exciting thing is that Chen Daoming is also back.
However, the actor who played Yan Bingyun changed from Xiao Zhan to Wu Xingjian (played by Zhou Nan in "The World").
There are as many as 20 or 30 other newly joined actors, and all of them have great backgrounds.
Such as Mao Xiaotong, Jin Chen, Gao Lu, Wang Xiaochen, Yu Feihong, Sui Junbo, Ning Li, Feng Enhe, Wang Qingxiang, Yu Ailei, Feng Bing.
Many comedians like Xu Zhisheng and Zuo Lingfeng will also appear in the play.
As a book and drama fan, I am looking forward to it.
no.9
"The Three Brigades" (iQiyi Mist Theater, already broadcast)
Starring: Qin Hao, Li Naiwen, Chen Minghao, Ma Yinyin
Less than a week after the movie version of "The Three Brigades" was released, the drama version also started broadcasting . In fact,
doesn’t follow anyone’s popularity.
To put it simply, Wanda Pictures “eats two things in one pot” to maximize value.
The film and television industry now attaches great importance to IP, and it is estimated that this kind of processing will become the norm in the future.
However, compared to the movie version, the reputation of the drama version has fluctuated greatly.
In order to enrich the plot and enhance the dramatic conflict, the screenwriter made some changes to the original characters.
For example, Cheng Bing’s daughter refused to recognize her father. Cheng Bing went to school to see his daughter but got into a fight with the security guard;
For example, Cheng Bing was bullied by gangsters just after he was released from prison. In the end, the boss turned out to be a former inmate, nodding and bowing to Cheng Bing;
and Wang Dayong’s line of origin family foreshadowing.
Objectively speaking, these treatments are actually a bit old-fashioned and rather deliberate. There is also such a problem with the
line.
Some plot points and emotional fluctuations are directly conveyed to the audience through lines, fearing that the audience will not understand.
In terms of handling some details, the drama version is not very complete.
For example, in 1998, a female high school student was just murdered, and the DNA test report came out in the blink of an eye.
still has some timing bugs.
These are the negative points of this drama.
Qin Hao's acting skills are undoubted, but he is best at creating characters with evil temperament.
, a down-and-out policeman who is single-minded and has encountered a low point in his life, poses certain challenges to him.
Unfortunately, the script of this drama is rough and the production details are not rigorous, which hinders the credibility of Qin Hao's performance.
However, the main event of "Three Brigades" is still to come, and I hope it can open low and go high in the future.
no.8
"Above Dark Clouds" (iQiyi Mist Theater)
Starring: Sun Li, Luo Jin, Ding Guansen, Li Xiaoran
In just a few years, Mist Theater seems to have been hollowed out.
Zijin Chen was poached by Youku, director Xin Shuang founded his own company, and his first work "The Long Season" was sold to Tencent.
This time they invited Sun Niangniang to film a suspense drama, which was basically a big gamble.
The plot is still a typical female police detective story.
The character played by Sun Li is nicknamed "Unhappy". The male protagonist played by Luo Jin mysteriously disappears and is later proven to be related to many murders. A secret war between enemies and friends begins.
The trailer does not have a single line, but the scale of the picture is very large.
Severed limbs, dismembered corpses with iron axes, dragging corpses crawling, blood splattering...
Combined with the dark atmosphere and the accelerated rhythm of the drums, it gives a sense of presence of murderous intent at every step.
It seemed that he was clearly close to the truth, but the next second he was pulled into the abyss.
Sun Li has always been praised for her ability to choose scripts. I believe this script must have unique features that attracted her.
hopes that she can use this drama to lead "Mist Theater" back to glory.
no.7
"Lone Boat" (CCTV, iQiyi)
Starring: Zeng Shunxi, Zhang Songwen, Chen Duling, Wang Yuwen, Zhang Fengyi
Although spy war dramas have declined, although the plot synopsis of "Lone Boat" seems to be the same, there are many People are still looking forward to it.
There is only one reason - Zhang Songwen.
To be precise, this may be Zhang Songwen's first new drama after the popularity of "Hurry Up".
During this year's "Horse" hit, "Lone Boat" took advantage of the opportunity to announce the starring lineup, and Zhang Songwen was impressively included.
When the show was officially announced to be completed, "Hurry Up" had just concluded.
How the new character he plays is different from Gao Qiqiang, what are the subtle changes in his performance, and whether this drama can break away from the stereotype of spy dramas all affect the hearts of the audience.
may not have any highlights in terms of plot, but the cast of the show should not be underestimated.
Zhang Songwen is the second male lead, and the first male lead is Zeng Shunxi, who has been in the limelight in recent years.
In 2019, he came into the audience's attention because of his role as Zhang Wuji in the new "Heaven and Dragon Sword". Although his acting skills are not outstanding, they are at least online.
The joining of Chen Duling, Zhang Fengyi, and Zhou Yiwei also makes the show full of star flavor.
The broadcast of "Lone Boat" marks the arrival of the "post-Gao Qiqiang era".
no.6
"The Case of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty" (Youku)
Starring: Zhou Yiwei, Wang Likun, Zhong Chuxi, Zhang Jiayi
The article was in the limelight 10 years ago, but because of the "Meet on Monday" incident, the career plummeted.
has even faded out of public view in recent years and can only be seen on the drama stage.
However, next year, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" in which he participated in the filming is likely to be released to everyone.
Don’t get me wrong, this time I am not starring in this article, but I am stepping behind the scenes and becoming a director.
As you can see from the Reuters video, the article has been demonstrating moves and directing the acting, very focused.
And the scale of this drama is also very large, almost the largest in China in recent years.
10 units and 120 episodes, with a shooting period of 316 days, and is likely to be broadcast in several seasons.
More than 45,000 actors participated in the filming.
Well-known actors include Yiwei Yi, Wang Likun, Zhong Chuxi, Zhang Jiayi, Zhang Ruoyun, Wang Jinsong, Chen Duling, You Yongzhi, Zhang Zijian and dozens more.
There are so many actors, all of them big names, how do you allocate roles?
It turns out that "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Dutch writer Gao Luopei. The original novel is 1.4 million words long and contains dozens of cases.
Zhou Yiwei, Wang Likun, Zhang Jiayi, and Zhong Chuxi are the leading actors, and other actors appear in certain unit cases.
When watching the movie, you can not only enjoy the good actors acting on the same stage, but also have the joy of opening the blind box, which is endless fun.
20 years ago, a series of ancient detective dramas such as "Young Bao Qingtian", "The Criminal Officer of the Song Dynasty" and "Detective Di Renjie" became popular on the screen, creating a trend of ancient detective dramas. Unfortunately, it died out within a few years.
is the first TV series director's work 6 years after the article "Razor's Edge".
hopes that "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" can revive this detective style. The public still has a strong demand for suspense reasoning and detective themes.
no.5
"The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty: Journey to the West" (iQiyi)
Starring: Yang Xuwen, Yang Zhigang, Gao Siwen, Sun Xuening
It is a miracle that the previous work "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty" can be completed.
The male lead, Yang Xu, has a low literary status, and he was involved in negative news, so the drama crew did not dare to promote it too much. Yang Zhigang, the second male lead of
, is even considered to be the “most influential person”.
is such a drama that seems to have "misdeeds" and has completed a counterattack.
The whole play tells a total of eight major mysteries, and each case has its highlights.
The five protagonists solve the case together, and they have great chemistry with each other. The whole drama is convincing and online. Although the two protagonists are controversial off-screen, their acting skills in the drama are impeccable.
opened with a score of 7.3 on Douban, and later rose to 7.9. With almost zero publicity, the average number of views of the drama exceeded 40 million.
In March this year, the original crew gathered in Hengdian and Gansu to start filming, with a shooting period of 160 days. The first season of
originally included nine cases. The last case, "Hell Change," was removed by the show's producer, Yang Zhigang's brother Guo Jingyu, because it was out of touch with the characters.The second season of
is about to start. "Hell Change" is expected to become the opening story after modification, and other more exciting cases will also be arranged one by one.
With the foundation of the first part, I believe that as long as the second part maintains the standard, it is very likely to break out of the industry.
no.4
"Harbin 1944" (iQiyi)
Starring: Qin Hao, Yang Mi, Zhang Zixian, Luan Yuanhui
It is also a spy war drama. The expectations of "Lone Boat" are simple and direct, and everyone just wants to Look at Zhang Songwen.
But "Harbin 1944" gives people a complicated feeling.
The director of this spy drama is Zhang Li.
has directed masterpieces such as "Toward the Republic" and "Ming Dynasty 1566", as well as waterloos such as "Martial Arts" and "Win and Lose".
If he directs a spy drama, at least his reputation is guaranteed.
Let’s look at the male lead Qin Hao. He is recognized as a good actor, with a variety of looks, low-key and humble. With him, this drama is stable.
But I saw that the heroine was Yang Mi.
Just like what netizens said, I understand the truth, but why did Yang Mi play the role?
However, Yang Mi, as the x factor, can trigger a topical effect.
At least its hot search is indispensable.
In addition to Qin Hao, we can also see the golden supporting actor Zhang Zixian, "Tang Xiaolong" Lin Jiachuan in "Hurry", "Old Mo" Feng Bing in "Hurry", and "Fu Weijun" Jiang Mingqi in "The Long Season" .
Just looking at these actors, I believe you have already imagined a wonderful drama of gangsters and gangsters.
We will wait and see whether Zhang Li can save the spy drama genre.
no.3
"Ball Lightning" (CCTV, iQiyi)
Starring: Tong Yao, Wang Anyu, Yang Lixin, Zhou Yiwei
Chen Sicheng is a bit metaphysical.
At the beginning of 2023, "Hurry" became a phenomenon-level TV series, and Chen Sicheng predicted it.
As early as the end of 2022, Chen Sicheng summoned Zhang Yi, Wang Xiao, Gao Ye and other actors to film the movie "The Three Brigades" in two months.
Like "Hurricane", it is also a police and gangster theme, and it is also a battle between good and evil that spans more than ten years. "The Three Brigades" is also regarded as the movie version of "Hurricane".
is no different.
At the beginning of 2023, the science fiction drama "The Three-Body Problem" was broadcast. Although it was not as popular as "Hurry", it was a latecomer and became the first Chinese science fiction drama.
Chen Sicheng also predicted it.
As early as April 2022, Chen Sicheng summoned actors such as Tong Yao, Yang Lixin, and Zhou Yiwei to film "Ball Lightning" in 4 months.
"Ball Lightning" and "The Three-Body Problem" are both Liu Cixin's masterpieces, and "Ball Lightning" is regarded as the prequel to "The Three-Body Problem". The director of the
movie "The Three Brigades" is Dai Mo and the producer is Chen Sicheng; the
TV series "Ball Lightning" is also directed by Dai Mo and the producer is also Chen Sicheng. The two works of
were shot one after the other, and they all accurately hit the hot spots.
Chen Sicheng has predicted other people's predictions several times in a row. Is he really not blind?
What's even more amazing is that he can use his works in the form of combination punches to produce a resonance effect. For example,
has created a suspense matrix step by step through "Detective Chinatown", "Manslaughter", and the web drama "Detective Tang".
finally launched "Tang Detective 3" during the Spring Festival, which directly raised the audience's expectations.
He once again hit a combination punch this year.
first ignited the market with "The Lost Girl", and then participated in the investment of "The Octagon", which was a box office hit, and then "The Third Team" became a hit in word-of-mouth.
's personal image is established, and "Ball Lightning" is also ready to appear.
However, the original novel of "Ball Lightning" is a person's inner monologue, and it is very difficult to adapt it into a film and television version.
However, Chen Sicheng has a strong team of screenwriters. I believe that with his keen sense of the market, "Ball Lightning" can at least be adapted into an easy-to-understand version.
Chen Sicheng's "science fiction universe" may have begun here.
no.2
"Dajiang Dahe" (CCTV, iQiyi)
Starring: Wang Kai, Yang Shuo, Dong Zijian, Yang Caiyu
5 years ago, "Dajiang Dahe" was broadcast, and the Douban score was as high as 8.8 points.
This eloquent period drama has touched countless audiences. The ups and downs of the three protagonists Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao, and Yang Xun have touched our hearts.
3 years ago, "Dajiang Dahe 2" was broadcast.
Generally, it is difficult for a sequel to surpass its predecessor, but this sequel is so popular that its Douban score once reached 9.2 points.
Liang Sishen, played by Yang Caiyu, became a new highlight. Although the plot was slightly weak in the later period, it stabilized at 8.8 points. At the end of
, Song Yunhui was devolved, Yang Xun encountered obstacles at every turn, and Lei Dongbao had just been released from prison.
All three of them fell into a trough, and the plot came to an abrupt end, which became a source of frustration for many viewers.
Fortunately, after 3 years, we finally waited for the third part, which is also the final chapter of this series.
The three protagonists are about to ride the waves from the 1990s to the new century.
Brother Pi can't wait to see how their fate will continue, whether Song Yunhui and Liang Sishen can succeed together, and whether the actors can continue their good acting skills.
no.1
"Flowers" (CCTV, Tencent Video, already broadcast)
Starring: Hu Ge, Ma Yili, Tang Yan, Xin Zhilei, You Benchang
"Flowers" is finally here.
This drama took Wong Kar-wai three years to prepare, Hu Ge another three years to film, and it took six years of hard work.
If this procrastination is left to other directors, it would be a waste of resources.
But when it comes to Wong Kar-Wai, it seems very ordinary. Some fans even lamented, "It came out so soon?"
Wong Kar-wai has always been very slow in making movies, and a movie can often take three or four years to be shot.
When Wong Kar-wai was filming "The Grandmaster", Chang Chen spent three years learning Bajiquan and won the championship in the Changchun competition. After returning with great success, "The Grandmaster" was not finished yet.
It’s so hard to make a movie, how about a TV series?
When "Flowers" was first launched, many people were not optimistic about it. As expected, it took more than a year to film. Except that the protagonist is Hu Ge, no other news was known to the outside world. Many people predicted pessimistically that it would take ten or eight years to film this drama. .
"Flowers" is adapted from the novel of the same name by writer Jin Yucheng. The story unfolds with Abao, played by Hu Ge, as the protagonist.
In the 1990s, under the tide of the times, everyone was vying to be a trendsetter, and Abao was also advancing bravely. Great Shanghai has left a legend. The original novel by
won the Mao Dun Literature Award. It is a masterpiece that tells the story of the rise and fall of the times.
Wong Kar-wai was born in Shanghai. He followed his parents to Hong Kong when he was 5 years old, but he has always had a strong feeling for Shanghai. After reading the novel "Flowers" for the first time, he decided to make it into a film and TV show.
When filming this drama, he almost used a "semi-Shanghai team".
The protagonists Hu Ge, Ma Yili and Tang Yan are all native Shanghainese. In order to film this drama, the crew created a street, which is evident from their care.
At present, the drama team has released a trailer, which overflows the screen with a cinematic quality and Wong Kar-Wai style lens language that can be seen everywhere. Hu Ge has a somewhat literary and melancholy look as soon as he appears on the stage.
Many people said bluntly, just for Wong Kar-wai, even if this drama is shit, it still needs to be tasted.
But the advantages are also disadvantages.
Wong Kar-wai's style is "emphasis on artistic conception but not plot", and TV drama audiences may not be able to accept his petty bourgeois sentiment.
Judging from the current broadcast, the TV plot is also quite different from the original novel.
There are variables whether Wong Kar-wai’s test of the waters will succeed.
It is said that after filming the drama version, Wong Kar-wai will also film a movie version of "Flowers". The protagonist will still be Hu Ge, and the same set will be used.
So what is the difference between the drama version and the movie version?
Why does the king of sunglasses who always cherishes feathers "want both" this time? I believe the answer will be revealed soon.
After counting the top ten domestic dramas worth looking forward to in 2024, it is not difficult to find that, without any surprise, the national dramas in 2024 will continue the glory of 2023.
These upcoming dramas include sequels and new chapters, with themes including espionage, suspense, period dramas, science fiction dramas, internet adaptation dramas and police dramas. It can be said that a hundred flowers bloom.
It is even very likely that there will be phenomenal hit dramas like "Hurry" and "In the World".
The last spring of Chinese dramas is not far away, and the next spring is coming soon. Let’s look forward to it together.
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