Four well-known film and television companies’ 2021 TV drama project reserves: Noon Sunshine, Lemon Meng, Xinli and Yaoke.
Author/Mingyue Fan
In addition to the 34 A-share listed film and television companies, there is also a major explosion force in the TV drama market that cannot be ignored-well-known film and television companies such as Noon Sunshine, Ning Meng, Xinli and Yaoke. According to the public information, the new drama observation briefly summarizes the TV drama project reserves of the above four well-known film and television companies in 2021.
Noon sunshine:
Antique zero reserve
The sequel of "Tree of Life" and "Ode to Joy" is under development.
Among the four well-known film and television companies, Noon Sunshine is the only company that has no reserve for costume projects. Five dramas to be broadcast, Children of the Qiao Family, Big Rivers 2, Falling Flowers, Minning Town, We Are Young, and six projects under development, The Tree of Life, My Superhero, In the Name of My Son, Don’t Die, Overseas Group, Ode to Joy 3, 4 and 5, are all contemporary themes.
Of the five plays to be broadcast, all the other plays have been finished except "Children of the Qiao Family" which is being filmed. "Dajiang Dahe 2" is expected to be broadcast by the network at the end of December; "Falling Flowers Season" has appeared in the investment promotion conference of satellite TV platform and online video platform, and the specific schedule is to be determined; "Suining Town" customized a poverty alleviation drama for CCTV, with a total of 16 episodes, which was completed on October 25; The military emotional drama "We Are Young" was completed in May 2018 and is currently in a backlog.
Among the six development projects, "Tree of Life" is the theme of getting rid of poverty and telling the story of Han girls helping Tibetan villagers in Qinghai get rich and run towards a well-off society. It is currently in the stage of script creation; "My superhero" Ode to Joy 3, 4, 5 "has appeared in Tencent Video’s 2021 TV drama list, but it is not turned on at present; "In the Name of a Child" is the first family education TV series in Noon Sunshine, which was put on record in 2019. If it is successfully started, it will compete with the drama series with the same theme as Xiao Shede by Ning Meng, The Starting Line by Mango TV and Shunyi Mom by Yao Ke. The two ancient projects "No Past Life" and "Overseas Group" started earlier, and there is no further progress at present.
Ning Meng:
Test the water short play, only two new plays will be launched in 2020.
At present, Ning Meng has a total of 22 TV drama projects, including two started dramas, The Dust of the Eternal Ages and Little Shede, and 20 projects under development, The Son of Heaven, It’s raining, Xiaomin’s home, Eating Raw, Little Joy 2, Twenty Don’t Confuse 2, Forty Just Right, Love, Great Women and You.
In June 2019, Ning Meng officially announced three short drama development plans. Now, after one and a half years, the three short drama films have not been "cashed". This year, in the newly released TV drama list of Ning Meng, short plays are still not absent. There are no looking for a marriage here, the first prize, the picture book of hunting crimes, the angel of requiem and raw swallowing, and other five projects are short dramas.
This year, the TV series released by Ning Meng is luxurious, but only two dramas, The Dust of the Eternal Age and Little Shede, were launched during the year, and high-profile projects such as Little Joy 2 and Forty Exactly Right, are still in the preparatory stage. The female drama Xiao Min Jia, with Huang Lei as the chief screenwriter and starring, is tentatively scheduled to start in January 2021 and is expected to be finished in May 2020.
Xinli:
Costume projects account for more than 40%
"I’m a big star" and "The Infiltrator" are under development
Among the four well-known film and television companies, Xinli has the richest reserve of ancient costume projects. Among the 22 reserve projects, there are 9 ancient costume projects, including my wife’s son-in-law, green hairpin trip, fierce knife trip in the snow, year-old violet, Tianlong Babu, Douluo Mainland, and Yunian Qing 2, which are under preparation, accounting for more than 40% of the total. The rest of the reserve items include last romance, Even though there is a flurry, Rebels, Longing for Life, I’m a Big Star, The Infiltrator, The World, The Blue Sky in Cloth, The Sun is with me, Welcome to Marry, I Love Your Home, The Battle of the Roses, Please call me the director.
2020 is the last year of the three-year gambling agreement between Xinli and Wenwen. In 2018 and 2019, Xinli failed to fulfill its commitment to gambling. In 2020, Xinli will face 900 million gambling pressures.
This year, three TV series "He doesn’t really love you that much" and "Your Highness the Wolf" produced by Xinli were broadcast in The Duke Of Mount Deer, and five TV series, such as My Husband, Fierce Knife in the Snow, last romance, Even though there is a flurry, and Rebel, were launched. If the income is confirmed successfully, the above plays will contribute to Xinli’s important performance income in 2020.
Among the 10 repertoires to be broadcast, except Desire for Life, which was dragged down by artists’ negative news, the remaining 9 repertoires have been claimed by broadcast platforms, and the distribution pressure is relatively small.
Among the 12 development projects, Sun with Me, Welcome to Marry Again and Please Call me Director are the themes of urban marriage and love that Xinli is good at. The Battle of the Roses and I Love Your Home are hot new female themes at present, among which I Love Your Home tells the inspirational story of three female nannies with a novel perspective. Two sequels, Yunian Qing 2 and My First Half Life 2, have published official posters, and there is no clear information about other sequels such as Douluo Mainland 2, Fighting the Sky 2 and Elite Lawyer 2.
Yaoke:
League of Legends has been developed for three seasons in five years.
The drama "phoenix in nine days" and "unparalleled" are under preparation.
At present, Yaoke has a total of 19 TV drama projects, including 6 started dramas, Glory of Special War, People’s Property, Strange Lovers, Heart Change, Bathing Fire, Unknown Detective, and 13 projects under development, League of Legends, Phoenix in Nine Days, One like You, Love Like Stars, Life Auction, Shunyi Mom, Step Forward.
The drama version of League of Legends is another e-sports theme play by Yaoke after Crossing the Fire Line. It is jointly produced by Yaoke Media and Tengjing Sports, and it is tentatively planned to be developed for three seasons in five years.
"Phoenix in Nine Days" and "Warriors" are all costume modification projects, and "Phoenix in Nine Days" held a launching ceremony in August 2019, but it was not put into real shooting; "Wushuang" was filed through key online dramas in September 2019, but it has not been turned on yet.
The Awakening of Heroes in the Legend of the Knife Tower, The First Take-off, Plum Blossoms and Hearts, The Last Sacrifice and Perfect Life were released earlier, and there is no further progress at present.
Among the plays to be broadcast, Strange Lovers, Bathing in Fire and Changing Hearts are all dramas that started after the epidemic. People’s Property, Glory of Special War and Unknown Detective are all key projects of Yaoke, and they are all in the state of distribution at present.