The calendar has turned to 2024, and a large number of new dramas are on the way.
After sifting through popular drama sequels, costume dramas, and modern blockbusters, we have compiled this list of domestic dramas in 2024.
Let’s see if any of the dramas you’re looking forward to are on the list.
"The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty"
Director: Li Yunliang
Screenwriter: Jingyu
Starring: Zhou Yiwei / Wang Likun / Zhong Chuxi / Zhang Jiayi / Zhang Ruoyun / You Yongzhi, etc.
Type: Suspense / Costume
Di Renjie is the top detective in China, in 1987 The TV series "Detective Detective Dee" and the "Detective Detective Dee" series launched in 2004 have all set off a nationwide craze for watching dramas. Sun Chengzheng's literary version of Judge Di and Liang Guanhua's kind version of Judge Di both left a mark in the history of Chinese drama.
unit drama "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is adapted from the novel of the same name by the Dutch writer Gao Luopei. It tells the story of middle-aged Di Renjie (played by Yiwei Yiwei) on his way westward and solved 17 mysterious cases.
The whole drama has a total of 1,200 scenes, creating an ancient ship of 5,000 square meters and a desert of 10,000 square meters. It took nearly 800 staff members and 45,000 actors to film for a whole year. When the hardware is fully loaded, as long as the script is good, "The Case of Di Gong of the Tang Dynasty" is likely to trigger the next round of "Digong Fever".
Jin Yong's Martial Arts World
Director: Xu Bing/Deng Ke/Cao Dun/Zang Xichuan/Yang Lei
Screenwriter: Xu Bing/Li Haishu/Huang Yanwei/Cao Xiaotian/Cheng Tingyu/Luo Yiwei
Starring: Zhou Yiwei/Gao Weiguang/Chen Duling/Luo Qiuyun/ Peter Ho / Hanike Zi et al
Type: Drama / Martial Arts / Ancient Costume
How long has it been since I saw a martial arts drama with a pure Jianghu flavor? "Jin Yong's Martial Arts World" is a stimulant for martial arts fans. It reorganizes the classic text of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and divides it into "Evil in the East", "Southern Emperor and Northern Beggar", and "Huashan Sword" There are five unit dramas including "Nine Yin Manual" and "Iron-Blooded Heart". For the film and television works of Jin Yong's novels, as long as there are no magic changes, it is difficult to have problems with the plot. The key point is whether the choice of actors is chivalrous and whether they can portray the free and unrestrained characters in the book.
"Jin Yong's Martial Arts World" adopts the method of "competent actors leading new actors". Seniors Huang Yaoshi (played by Zhou Yiwei) and Ouyang Feng (played by Gao Weiguang) are played by well-known actors with high reputations, and the younger generation Guo Jing (played by Shi Sha) ), Huang Rong (played by Bao Shang'en), Yang Kang (played by Wang Hongyi) and Mu Nianci (played by Huang Yi) boldly use fresh faces. How is the quality of the series? Let’s go into the arena together and review it together.
"The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival"
Director: Yang Fan
Screenwriter: Yan Chao
Starring: Zhang Songwen/Bai Baihe/Zhou Yiwei/Hou Yansong/Zhang Yao/Xia Meng, etc.
Type: Suspense/Costume
"Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painted by Zhang Zeduan It is a masterpiece, but few people have noticed: a passenger ship on the Bian River is about to hit a bridge. The writer Ye Wenbiao got inspiration from the painting and created the best-selling book "The Code of Along the River During the Qingming Festival", giving names to the 824 people in the painting, and unraveling the undercurrent of murder under the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This drama is adapted from the first book of this series of historical suspense novels. It carefully restores the humanistic style of the Northern Song Dynasty and reproduces the shadow of unresolved cases in the lives of ordinary people full of fireworks: the disappearance of the plum boat made Dali Temple official Zhao Buyu (played by Zhang Songwen) and Gu Zhen (played by Zhou Yiwei), the left army inspector of Kaifeng Prefecture, was pushed onto the stage of history, and the lives of them and their families also changed dramatically. There are ghosts and shadows in the darkness and fog, but the lamp of the human heart can always illuminate the cold days and nights.
"Lychees from Chang'an"
Director: Cao Dun
Screenwriter: Ma Boyong
Starring: Lei Jiayin
Type: Drama/History
"A concubine riding in the mortal world laughs, no one knows that the lychees are coming" - this poem by Du Mu has triggered literati throughout the ages. A poet's reverie. Based on this, the writer Ma Boyong created the novel "Lychees in Chang'an", which tells the story of Li Shande, a low-level official, delivering fresh lychees before the birthday of a noble concubine. It also lays out the survival of a small person full of historical possibilities, traveling in all directions.
This drama is adapted from the novel of the same name, with Lei Jiayin playing the role of Li Shande, using "mission impossible" to reproduce the miraculous legends in the history of fresh food transportation, and at the same time reflect the social style of the Tang Dynasty. For the current audience, watching the Tang Dynasty social animals working hard to complete KPI is also full of a sense of substitution. Cao Dun + Ma Boyong + Lei Jiayin may create the next "Chang'an Twelve Hours".
"Rose Story"
Director: Wang Jun
Screenwriter: Li Xiao/Wang Si
Starring: Liu Yifei/Tong Dawei/Lin Gengxin/Wan Qian/Lin Yi/Peng Guanying/Huo Jianhua/Zhu Zhu
Type: Urban / Love
"I'll do it again I have never seen a girl who looks more like a rose than a (yellow) rose." A faint compliment was the beginning of Yi Shu's novel "The Story of a Rose". In the book, she created a strange woman from Hong Kong Island who is both sweet and sad, fragile and tough, and people are constantly falling in love with her. But these people are like a passing cloud, and the legend of the rose has always pervaded Hong Kong Island.
This play is a practical adaptation of the novel: Huang Yimei (played by Liu Yifei), who grew up under the care of her brother (played by Tong Dawei), has gone through hardships in the workplace and love life, and her partners Zhuang Guodong (played by Peng Guanying) and her best friend Fang Xiewen (played by Zhu Ma) Lin Gengxin), soul mate Pu Jiaming (Wallace Huo), who is her husband? "Rose Story", where handsome men and beauties gather, will be a visual feast that is friendly to the eyes.
"South to North"
Director: Zheng Xiaolong/Liu Zhangmu
Screenwriter: Gao Mantang/Li Zhou
Starring: Bai Jingting/Ding Yongdai/Jin Chen/Zuo Xiaoqing/Liu Jun/Jiang Yan, etc.
Type: Drama/Suspense/Crime
20th Century In the late 1970s, young policeman Wang Xin (played by Bai Jingting) and railway policeman Ma Kui (played by Ding Yongdai) met each other before they knew each other, starting a wonderful master-disciple relationship. The two worked side by side on the railway line and witnessed the great historical changes from steam locomotives to electric locomotives to high-speed trains.
There are several period dramas that stand out every year. They often record the vicissitudes of the times and inherit the Chinese spirit of perseverance and struggle. Directed by Zheng Xiaolong ("The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Golden Wedding", "Service") and written by Gao Mantang ("Love between Mountains and Seas", "Guandong"), "South and North", which brings together three generations of powerful actors, old, middle and young, may be the best movie this year potential dark horse.
"Above Dark Clouds"
Director: Hua Qing
Screenwriter: Wang Bu/Yiying
Starring: Sun Li/Luo Jin/Ding Guansen/Li Xiaoran/Wang Ziyi/Li Hongtao
Type: Drama/Suspense/Crime
After "An Jia", Sun Li and "Above Dark Clouds", starring Luo Jin, is a suspense drama: the partner Zhong Wei (Luo Jin) of the criminal investigation team female police officer Han Qing (played by Sun Li) has mysteriously disappeared, and she has been secretly investigating. Soon, a new murder case appeared, and she discovered that the crime was actually related to Zhong Wei's disappearance.
iQiyi Mist Theater has a good reputation. In addition to this gorgeous lineup of "Above the Dark Clouds", this year we will also welcome: the crime prediction story "Intersecting Scenes" adapted from the novel of the same name by Matsumoto Seicho (Ma Yili) , starring Tong Dawei), the infernal story "Untold" (starring Ou Hao, Li Yitong) focusing on the undercover police, and "Twenty One Day" (starring Ou Hao, Zhang Xueying) in which 13 people were trapped underground due to a subsidence accident in a department store ), "The Invisible Boy" (starring Zhang Songwen and Rong Zishan) reveals the secret behind the return of a missing boy to his family.
"She and Her Islands"
Director: Lin Yan
Screenwriter: Qiu Ting/Zhu Qi
Starring: Xu Fan/Ma Sichun/Liang Jing/Li Xiaoran/Song Chunli/Li Chengru, etc.
Type: Drama/Romance/Family
"She and Her "The Islands" unfolds the family chronicle of three generations of women in the Meng family: Qiao Haiyun (played by Song Chunli)'s three daughters broke her heart. The eldest child (played by Xu Fan) is not her biological child, the second child (played by Liang Jing) maintains a perfect personality, and the third child (played by Li Xiaoran) struggles to balance career and family.Granddaughters Li Yijin (played by Ma Sichun) and Tao Shuna (played by Sun Qian) have also repeatedly caused family conflicts. Three women have one play, and six women have endless plays. They look at each other from a distance and depend on each other like islands in the sea.
In recent years, there have been many excellent works of female group portrait dramas. They depict the plight of women and echo the current living environment of women. They often appeal to public sentiment and trigger heated discussions among the people. In addition to "She and Her Islands", "Good Reunion" (starring Bai Baihe, Wang Yuwen, Li Chun), which presents the marriage and love life of the three sisters of the Xiang family, and "Today's They" (starring Song Yi, Charmaine Sheh, Li Chun) which depicts the entrepreneurial story of the sisters group Starring) will also be broadcast one by one.
"Ball Lightning"
Director: Dai Mo
Screenwriter: Chen Sicheng
Starring: Tong Yao / Wang Anyu / Yang Lixin / Zhou Yiwei / Yang Jue / Ding Yongdai etc.
Type: Drama / Science Fiction
After "The Three-Body Problem", Liu Cixin's another novel " "Ball Lightning" was also put on the screen: young Chen Guang (played by Wang Anyu) witnessed a strange ball lightning, and his fate also changed. Extraterrestrial civilizations from the universe invade the earth. Chen Guang, female officer Lin Yun (played by Tong Yao) and others work together to overcome the difficulties and protect their homeland.
The key figure in the study of ball lightning in this drama is Ding Yi, who appeared in "The Three-Body Problem". In other words, "Ball Lightning" can be called a prequel to "The Three-Body Problem", but we will have to wait and see whether it can replicate the success of "The Three-Body Problem".
"Once Upon a Time in Bianshui"
Director: Lao Suan
Screenwriter: Lao Suan / Cui Xiaoxue
Starring: Guo Qilin / Wu Zhenyu / You Yongzhi / Wang Xun / Qi Xi
Type: Drama / Adventure
Film director transitioned into drama, usually It will be a dimensionality reduction blow. For example, the recently completed "Flowers" made Wong Kar-Wai's aesthetics popular again. Therefore, "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" produced by Cao Baoping ("Li Mi's Conjecture", "Heart of the Burning Sun", "Wading in the Angry Sea") also has high expectations. What's more, the director is a veteran who created the hit drama "The Beginning".
The trailer of "Bianshui Past" contains less information and focuses on a dark and unclear atmosphere: in the border area where fish and dragons are mixed, prosperous and declining, migrant worker Shen Xing (played by Guo Qilin) encounters many forces wandering around. Uncle Guai (played by Wu Zhenyu). Whether to stay or escape, to harm each other or to redeem each other, everyone will make their own choice.
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