| Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre | |||||||
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| Also known as | Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre 2019 television adaptation | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 倚天屠龍記 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 倚天屠龙记 | ||||||
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| Genre | Wuxia | ||||||
| Based on | The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Louis Cha | ||||||
| Screenplay by | Guan Zhanbo | ||||||
| Directed by | Jiang Jiajun | ||||||
| Starring | Zeng Shunxi Chen Yuqi Zhu Xudan | ||||||
| Opening theme | Daojian Rumeng (刀劍如夢; A life of fighting is but a dream) performed by Wakin Chau | ||||||
| Ending theme | Hewei Yongheng (何为永恒; What Is Eternity) performed by Hu Xia | ||||||
| Country of origin | China | ||||||
| Original language | Mandarin | ||||||
| No. of episodes | 50 | ||||||
| Production | |||||||
| Executive producer | Luo Rujia | ||||||
| Production locations | Hengdian, Yinchuan, Xinjiang | ||||||
| Running time | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||
| Production company | Beijing Cathay Media Ltd. (Mainland China) | ||||||
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| Network | Tencent | ||||||
| Release | February 27, 2019 | ||||||
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Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre is a 2019 Chinese wuxia television series adapted from the novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong. Originally published in newspapers from 1961 to 1963, the story has been revised twice; once in 1979 and the second in 2005.[1] This remake is primarily based on the third edition of the novel and also being promoted as a rework to the 1994 adaptation. The series is the first adaptation to be released as a web series and was first broadcast on Tencent in China on February 27, 2019.[2][3]
- ^ "The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre". WuxiaSociety. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ "《倚天屠龙记》曾舜晞、陈钰琪、祝绪丹演绎年轻新武侠". Netease (in Chinese). May 14, 2018.
- ^ "新《倚天屠龙记》将定档 "周芷若"周海媚变灭绝师太". People.com (in Chinese). February 13, 2019.