After taking on a few movies, Jay Chou is turning his attention to TV series and filming a sci fi idol drama about pandas. The Mainland China investors revealed, the name to this TV series has already been set to "Pandaman", besides Nan Quan Mama, Jay Chou will be using two lead females from Mainland China and Taiwan respectively. "Pandaman" is an idol drama with a strong tint of sci fi, Jay Chou admitted that his inspiration came from Mainland China giving the two pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan to Taiwan, these two pandas have become the main stars in Jay Chou's new series, they are going to become ambassadors of justice, they take on the responsibilities of defeating evil, helping people, saving the world and maintaining peace. Before this it was already confirmed that Nan Quan Mama, who were brought up by Jay Chou, will be participating in this series, the Mainland China investors revealed, Jay Chou is going to use two lead females, the female lead from Taiwan is temporarily Jessie Chiang, the female lead from Mainland China will have to be found by the Mainland China investors. They revealed, Jay Chou didn't want a female star that's popular right now, instead he hopes to use someone like Guey Lun Mei who isn't famous but has a lot of potential, thus the investors are planning to find suitable candidates from theatre schools. According to reports, this series will begin filming officially in February, March, and the entire series will not be anything less than 20 episodes. Source: SHM Translation: http://www.jaychoustudio.com ======================================================= Jay Chou announces plans for "Panda Man" drama Tuesday February 17, 2009 Taiwan Jay Chou held the press conference for a drama series tentatively named “Panda Man” on the 16th. Jay says that he “loves watching Super Hero movies, but Chinese people don’t have a modern day hero. All Chinese heroes are from the ancient times, so [he] want to do something that no one else has yet done.” Jay says he came up with the idea long before Kungfu Panda, but never had the time to do it. “Panda Man” will be set in 2030 and stars two righteous males, dubbed “熊猫侠/Panda Hero” and “熊猫超人/Panda Superman,” who will protect “光明市/Bright City.” Other than being the director, Jay will also play the mayor/ex-chief of the police of the city. Jay says that the Taiwanese lead actress has already been chosen, but not the mainland one. Jay wants a new actress with “big eyes, long hair and good acting. Zhou Xun would be perfect, but it’ll be weird for famous actresses to be in a TV series. Newbies are easier to control.” Credit: Cfensi
