A Date with the Future

A Date with the Future (Chinese: 照亮你) is a Chinese television series starring William Chan and Zhang Ruonan. It is based on the novel 'Shi Guang Ru Yue' (时光如约) by Xiao Lu(筱露). The series started filming on November 19, 2021, at Shenzhen and finished in April 2022.[1][2]

A Date with the Future
GenreDrama, Romance
Based onShi Guang Ru Yue by Xiao Lu
Written byLi Jie
Directed byJin Sha, Yu Bo
StarringWilliam Chan
Zhang Ruonan
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes36
Production
Production locationShenzhen
Production companyTencent Penguin Pictures
Release
Original networkTencent, Jiangsu TV
Original releaseJune 2, 2023 (2023-06-02)
A Date with the Future
Simplified Chinese照亮你

The series premiered on June 2, 2023 on Jiangsu TV and Tencent in mainland China. It was also aired on the same day on Viu, WeTV, Starhub, Astro, Viki and various other platforms in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Europe and USA.[3]

Synopsis

During an earthquake rescue mission, firefighter Jin Shichuan (William Chan) made a 10-year promise to Xu Lai (Zhang Ruonan) in order to calm her down. Ten years later, Xu Lai returns as a journalist who is also a search dog trainer. Together with Jin Shichuan, who is now a fire station captain, they work together to fulfill that promise.

Cast

ActorCharacterIntroduction
William ChanJin ShichuanFire station captain
Zhang RuonanXu LaiNews journalist
Ren HaoLu FangqiFirefighter
Ci ShaHuo YanzongPresident of company
Luo QiuyunZang QiuDoctor
Jia NaiYu ShishiActress
Li JianyiJin XueyiJin Shichuan's grandfather
Jiang HongpoLin QuanXu Lai's mother
Huo QingXu ChengyunXu Lai's father
Zheng XiaoningWen QingguoFire station chief
Zhou ShuaiLiu XuFirefighter
Yuan MingzeZhang YangFirefighter
Wang YuqinShi LeiFirefighter
Zhao RuiTao ZiFirefighter
Li ChengyuDa PengFirefighter
Qiu HenanHan FangXu Lai and Huo Yanzong's friend
Mao XuewenJiang XinNews journalist
Li JunhaoXiao ZhouIntern journalist
Dai XiangyuQin YeTV station news department team leader
Wang ZiruiFang HuaiFirefighter, Jin Shichuan's friend
Xu RongzhenMs LuTV station deputy head

Soundtrack

No.TitleLyricsMusicSingerLength
1."Illuminate (照亮)" (Opening theme song)Zhang YingShi YangAska Yang3:39
2."Came Searching for Light (寻光而来)" (Ending theme song)Sun AiliSun Aili, Han YunxinAngela Hui3:55
3."If You Also Love This World (如果你也深爱这世界)"Ming TianChen XueranChen Xueran4:22
4."Have You Let It Go (你放下了么)"Zhang PengpengZheng GuofengZhang Yuan4:38
5."Day Dream"Chen Xueran, Ming TianChen XueranMimi Lee, Chen Xueran3:32

Production

Due to controversies surrounding 2 of the actors in this drama, their faces were digitally replaced using artificial intelligence during post production. Originally, the characters of Qin Ye and Fang Huai were played by actors Wang Qiang and Xu Kaicheng respectively.[4]

References

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