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Amazon Prime presents The Longest Day in Chang’an: A Chinese ‘24’

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Condemned felon Zhang Xiaojing is given a 24-hour reprieve from execution to discover the terrorists plaguing Chang’an during one of the busiest festival days of the year!

In ancient China, the cosmopolitan capital city of Chang’an is the biggest city of the Tang Empire, and as such is of course host of the biggest Lantern Festival the Empire has to offer – this setting and time are where our story begins.

Li Bi (Jackson Yee) is head of the newly-formed Jing’an Si, the Department of City Security or Peacekeeper Corps, a kind of ancient Chinese version of the CIA, and an ally of the beleaguered Crown Prince in the Court. It’s Li Bi’s idea to grant unheard-of amnesty for 24 hours only, to the condemned criminal Zhang Xiaojing (Lei Jia Yin), after a botched attempt to find the terrorists that have infiltrated Chang’an intent on major rebellion against the Empire.

Zhang was once a devoted soldier and upon returning to the city after several major battles, was the equivalent of the chief of police for some time before he, in a fit of revenge rage, killed 34 members of a gang that had murdered his former Army commander Wen, and then also killed his current commanding officer for his part in the whole sorry affair. Zhang’s stint in the Army and as police chief of Chang’an led him to know the cities’ shadowy parts and their gangs of cutthroats, thieves, mobsters, and murderers, very well. Even before he killed the 35 people that got him condemned for execution, Zhang had earned a reputation in the sophisticated city of Chang’an as a ruthless, vicious beast of a man who will stop at absolutely nothing to see justice brought to wherever it needs be – including the very Court of the Emperor and all his Ministers. He’s exactly what Li Bi needs to stop the infiltration of Chang’an by the terrorist cell known as the Wolven Squad.

Inevitably it turns out the Wolven Squads intent of the destruction of Chang’an is just the tip of the iceberg, the conspiracy goes far deeper and wider than just that, involving underworld gangsters, corrupt Court bureaucrats, international Church intrigues, a huge web of plots and deceptions more than a year in the making, all planned on culminating on this day of the Lantern Festival in the ultimate destruction of Chang’an entirely. An antagonist leader of sorts emerges in the midst of chaos, Long Bo (Zhou Yiwei), who it turns out has a long unresolved history with Zhang that needs addressing too.

Done very much in the style of the Fox show ‘24’, the show is literally the one entire single day in Chang’an, with 48 episodes that each represent approximately half an hour inside the show itself. The props, costumes, and especially the sets of the ‘Longest Day in Chang’an’ are incredible – the scene crew spent 7 whole months building the street scenery of Chang’an alone. Based on a novel of the same name by Ma Boyong, ‘The Longest Day in Chang’an’ is a suspenseful whirlwind of action-packed intensity, heartfelt drama, and grand imagery you won’t find anywhere else!

Come witness the Lantern Festival of ‘The Longest Day in Chang’an’ on Amazon Prime now!

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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