Baike has the HSDS 2017 page up!
Directed by 李慧珠 (he directed ROCH 2014 and Female Prime Minister)
Script by 于正 (A.k.a. Yu Mama, of somewhat dubious fame for rewriting wuxia with a spin e.g., XAJH 2013)
Lead actor for Zhang Wuji 张哲瀚 (Zhang Zhe Han see below)
Lead actress for Zhaomin 贾青 (Jia Qing see below)
Second lead actress for Zhou Zhirou is 袁姗姗 (Yuan Shanshan)
I'm interested in the new drama production and think the new faces look attractive (although I have not yet seen anything by either of them)- I have heard good things about both in their prior work, particularly Zhang Zhe Han seems (in a few trailers for other work) to be quite expressive, which would be a nice change to have a ZWJ who is so!
I'm most keen to understand Jia Qing's acting skills/range since Zhaomin is a critical character to nail for the series to work for me.
Also interested to see who are the actors for Wuji's Wudang 'uncles'- these are very significant if minor roles. They bring the "xia" to the "wuxia" and it would be a huge win if they could be acted by good veteran actors.
Half the reason why HSDS 86 was so spectacular was that HK at the time had a very strong host of veteran actors that gave us inspired prior-generation characters, starting from near-legendary Dodo Cheng and Simon Yam as Wuji's parents.
Of course I'm very wary of Yu Zheng being the writer- I suppose we can only hope for the best and know, if all else fails, that there are 6-8 other versions of this drama to rewatch otherwise!
Source: http://baike.baidu.com/subview/11113/15393187.htm
Zhang Zhe Han (to play Zhang Wuji)
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Jia Qing (to play Zhaomin)
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