New My Fair Princess | |
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Genre | Costume drama Comedy drama Teen drama Soap opera Wuxia Historical fiction |
Created by | Chiung Yao |
Developed by | Li Hao |
Written by | Chiung Yao Huang Su-yuan |
Directed by | Li Ping Ting Yang-kuo |
Presented by | Ping Hsin-tao Ouyang Changlin He Zhu Chen Tianqiao |
Starring | Li Sheng Zhang Rui Benjamin Schwartz Hai Lu Li Jiahang Chiu Hsin-chih |
Opening theme | "Benxiang ni" (奔向你) performed by Zhang Rui |
Country of origin | China |
Original languages | Mandarin English Mongolian Uyghur |
No. of episodes | 98 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Ho Hsiu-chiung Liu Haiyan |
Producers | Liu Xiangquan Wei Wenbin Zhang Huali Hu Weijian |
Production locations | Hengdian World Studios Hangzhou Beijing Yunnan Inner Mongolia |
Production companies | Hunan Broadcasting System Shanghai Chuangyi Media Beijing Shining Show Media |
Original release | |
Network | Hunan Television |
Release | 16 July 8 September 2011 | –
Related | |
My Fair Princess (1998–1999) My Fair Princess III (2003) | |
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New My Fair Princess is a 2011 Chinese television drama written by Taiwanese novelist Chiung Yao (with help by her assistant Huang Su-yuan) and produced by Hunan Broadcasting System. It is a remake of the 1998–1999 smash hit My Fair Princess, and directed by the same 2 directors from My Fair Princess III (2003). Akin to the original, main cast members were almost all unestablished, although lead actresses Li Sheng and Hai Lu were already 27 and 26 years old in 2010 when it was shot. Ruby Lin from the original as well as Qin Lan and Zang Jinsheng from My Fair Princess III made guest appearances.
Despite a huge budget compared to the original, including over ¥4.5 million (roughly US$0.7 million) on costumes alone,[1] the series received largely negative reviews after it was broadcast.