Nirvana in Fire 2

Nirvana in Fire 2
Also known as 琅琊榜之风起长林
Genre Wuxia
Historical
Politics
Written by Hai Yan
Directed by Kong Sheng
Li Xue
Starring Huang Xiaoming
Liu Haoran
Tong Liya
Zhang Huiwen
Country of origin China
Original language(s) Chinese
No. of episodes 48
Production
Executive producer(s) Hou Hong Liang
Location(s) Hengdian World Studios
Mongol
Running time 45 minutes
Production company(s) Shandong Television Media Group
Daylight Entertainment (Dongyang) Television Ltd.
Release
Original network Dragon TV, Beijing TV, iQiyi
Original release November 20, 2017
Chronology
Related shows Nirvana in Fire

Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (Chinese: 琅琊榜之风起长林) is an upcoming Chinese television series. It is the sequel to Nirvana in Fire, which is based on Hai Yan's novel with the same name. It is directed, scripted and produced by the same team behind Nirvana in Fire, but stars an entirely new cast. The series will tell the stories that take place after the events of the original series, and will continue to revolve its plot around the Langya Hall. It will be split into two separate stories, with each story being 24 episodes long.[1][2]

The series will tentatively air via Dragon TV, Beijing TV and iQiyi in November 2017.[3]

Synopsis

During the chaotic Northern and Southern Dynasties, the northern frontier of the Liang Dynasty is protected by the powerful Changlin Army led by Xiao Tingsheng (Sun Chun) and Xiao Pingzhang (Huang Xiaoming). During an expedition, Senior Grand Secretary Xun Baishui (Bi Yanjun) cuts off supplies to the front line, and Xiao Pingzhang is severely wounded. His younger brother Xiao Pingsheng (Liu Haoran) leaves Langya Hall in order to get to the bottom of the conspiracy.

It turns out that 30 years ago, neighbouring kingdom Yeqin was suffering from the plague, yet Liang kept its borders shut for self-protection. In order to take revenge for his fallen kingdom, Pu Yangying (Guo Jingfei) travels to Liang under a hidden identity, and colludes with top martial artist Marquis Mozi (Cheng Taishen) and Xun Baishui to weaken the Xiao Family’s power and poison the people of Liang.

Xiao Pingzhang dies from poison during the war, and a year later the Liang Emperor (Liu Jun) passes away from sickness. The Yu Dynasty takes the chance to invade, and Xun Baishui and Xiao Yuanqi, the Prince of Laiyang (Wu Haochen) coaxes the new Emperor (Hu Xianxu) into releasing an edict banning the Changlin Army from going into battle.[4][1]

Cast

Main

Supporting

Production

In early 2016, producer Hou Hongliang had confirmed though interviews that a sequel to Nirvana in Fire would probably include a new cast of characters and story, while retaining the backdrop of Langya Hall.[2] Wei Wei, the Nirvana in Fire casting director, confirmed on Sina Weibo in July 2016 that a sequel to the acclaimed drama had entered pre-production and would began filming in November.[5] The series is set to air exclusively via streaming website iQiyi.[6] The main cast was unveiled in October 2016,[7] with the rest of the supporting cast announced later in December.[8]

On December 15, the cast and production crew officially began filming at Hengdian Studios.[9] Filming lasted for 5 months and ended in May 2017 at Mongol before finally entering post-production.[10]

In March 2017, Daylight Entertainment announced that the series would be showcased at the Entertainment Expo Hong Kong.[11] The first teaser video was unveiled in June 2017 via iQiyi's conference, with an estimated premiere date at the end of 2017.[12]

References

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