Legacy
Period drama Legacy tells the story of three sisters vying to inherit their father s business empire in 1920s China, while Trinity of Shadows is a contemporary noir set in Taiwan.
WarnerMedia unveiled a pair of Chinese-language original series for HBO Tuesday during the first day of APOS, Asia s leading media and entertainment industry summit. The shows include period drama
Legacy, created by the same team behind the blockbuster Chinese series
Story of Yanxi Palace, and contemporary noir drama
Trinity of Shadows, which is a co-production with Taiwanese streaming service CatchPlay.
Set in 1920s China,
Legacy chronicles the lives of the wealthy Yi family and its three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s business empire. In a time of upheaval and uncertainty, the three sisters set aside their differences to keep the business afloat and save their family. The period drama is created by Yu Zheng, the showrunner behind
WarnerMedia Readies Chinese-Language Original Series Legacy and Trinity of Shadows
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WarnerMedia has set up two Chinese-language series that will debut later this year. Period drama series “Legacy” hails from mainland China, while crime drama “Trinity of Shadows” is a three-way venture involving partners from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
“Legacy” is a 1920s-set drama that chronicles the lives of the wealthy Yi family and three sisters who vie to inherit their father’s shopping mall business. In a time of upheaval and uncertainty, the three sisters set aside their differences to keep the business afloat and save their family.
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Three stars of
Story Of Yanxi Palace (2018) brought fans of the period drama down memory lane with photos of them together on social media.
In a post on Weibo on Sunday (April 11), Chinese actress Wu Jinyan posted two photos of herself with fellow actresses Qin Lan and Tan Zhuo at a fashion event in Shanghai, with the trio dressed coincidentally in white.
Wu, 30, wrote: It is not easy to get together outside the palace.
She was referring to the palace intrigue drama set in the Qing dynasty about the backstabbing and politics among Emperor Qianlong s wives and concubines. It starred Wu as consort Wei Yingluo, Qin as Empress Fuca and Tan as Noble Consort Gao.