"Three Body II: Dark Forest" and "Little Days"... Tencent Video Releases Over 170 Drama Series Films of the Year | Annual | Tencent
On June 19, Tencent Video's annual film and television release of "Co creation and Progress" was held in the Shanghai center. The annual film and television list for 2023 was released on site, and more than 170 multi category dramas were collectively unveiled.
This year, on Tencent Video platform, the web drama "The Long Season" scored 9.4 points on Douban, becoming the highest score for domestic dramas in the past five years; "The Three Body Problem", which has been polished for seven years, scored 8.7 points and is hailed as a benchmark work in Chinese science fiction dramas; "Just Love" scored 8.2 points, becoming the highest rated Chinese urban romance drama of 2023. In addition, works with different themes covering different eras, cities, love, and the workplace, such as "The Sea in Dreams", "Love is Just", "Sanfen Ye", and "The Ordinary Road", have exceeded 28000 yuan in popularity on the website, sparking a trend of following dramas.
2023 Annual Film and Television List
With the main goal of producing 100 dramas annually, Sun Zhonghuai, Vice President of Tencent and CEO of Tencent Online Video, put forward four specific goals at the press conference: overall improvement, diversified content, increased popularity, and reduced mediocrity. "The future is full of hope, and we look forward to starting a better era with all our partners."
From the film list, Tencent Video will further increase its development efforts in themes such as historical dramas, serious literature, contemporary melodies, and traditional culture, strengthening the value expression of realism and cutting-edge innovation.
In the film list, there is "The Glory of Our Fathers" focusing on forestry reform; The "Returning to the Army" focused on the Anti Japanese United Front soldiers, which was mainly guided and promoted by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television; "Dahaido" and other works that showcase the beauty of life in Xinjiang through small characters. In addition, Tencent Video also has a reserve of film and television works covering espionage, food, life, history, and era categories, such as "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", "The protagonist", "Yellow Card", "Zhang Juzheng", "Litchi in Chang'an", and "Yan Shi Ji".
In terms of realism themes, "Good Things Pair Up" was released on site, depicting the ups and downs of women in the era, "The Rose Story", "The Battle between Me and Marriage", focusing on young people seeking balance between themselves and family relationships, and "Little Days" exploring the topic of marriage in the post only child era.
In April of this year, Tencent Video launched "X Theater" and for the first time publicly released multiple works from the first season of "X Theater". In addition to the already released "Long Season", there are also era legendary dramas "Huanyan", ancient style detective dramas "Under the bustling city", and Northeast suspense dramas "Black Soil Without Words".
In the field of science fiction, dramas such as "Three Body II: Dark Forest", "Three Body: The Grand Historian", and "The Stars" will gradually enter the development stage.
In the field of adapting online intellectual property, Tencent will also delve into the works of online author Wei Yu, launching "Wei Yu Universe" including "Westward Journey to the Jade Gate", "Third Line Reincarnation", "Owl Rises Green Soil", "Dragon Bones Burning Box", and other works with different exploration themes such as "Returning to the South China Sea" and "Tibetan Sea Flowers". Tencent will also create an innovative series of "Jin Yong Martial Arts World" works presented in the form of high-quality character unit dramas.
In this conference, a part of the grand dramas showing the oriental aesthetic charm were specially disclosed, such as everlasting longing for each other, Walking with Phoenix, Shenyin, Jiuyiren, and Douluo Continent Season 2, covering works in many categories, such as oriental mythology, fairy tale romance, and blood driven motivation. IP adaptations such as "Bending", "Miscellaneous", "Wrong World", "Eternal Night Starry River", "Joyful Journey", and "Jade Bone Distance" are also gaining momentum.
On site press conference
At this annual release, Tencent Video released a deep cooperation strategy with Yuewen Group and jointly released the latest developments in the second season of "Celebrating the New Year", "My Husband", and "Da Feng Da Geng Ren". In the future, both parties will continue to launch more high-quality products. In addition, Tencent Video will also collaborate with TVB to share a high-quality film library, allowing more viewers to appreciate the charm of Hong Kong dramas.