Also known as 琅琊榜之风起长林 Directed by Kong Sheng
Li Xue Original language(s) Chinese Number of episodes 48 | Written by Hai Yan Country of origin China First episode date 2017 Language Chinese | |
Starring Huang Xiaoming
Liu Haoran
Tong Liya
Zhang Huiwen Genres Drama, Wuxia, Historical period drama, Political drama | ||
Nirvana in Fire 2: The Wind Blows in Chang Lin (Chinese: 琅琊榜之风起长林) is an upcoming Chinese historical drama. It is the sequel to Nirvana in Fire, which is based on Hai Yan's novel with the same name. It will be 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.
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Shooting began in December 2016. The series is scheduled to be broadcast on Dragon TV, Beijing TV and iQiyi in 2017.
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.
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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. In July 2016, Wei Wei, the Nirvana in Fire casting director, confirmed on Sina Weibo that a sequel to the acclaimed drama had entered pre-production. On December 15, the cast and production crew officially began filming at Hengdian Studios. Filming is estimated to take place for ten months before finally entering post-production.