Unknown the Series Announces Premiere Date for Priest Live-Action Adaptation

Unknown the Series, the live-action television adaptation of Dage, will launch in just a month.

The Instagram account of Unknown the Series has announced the series will premiere on Feb. 24, 2024 on Youku’s international platform. The key visual attached to the announcement shows Wei Qian and Wei Xiaoyuan’s faces getting closer and closer, backlit against a sunny outside. The caption reads, “Do you know what it feels like to pretend to be someone else? One day may be fine. But try it for a month, a year. A couple of years. I want you, but not just as my brother.”

Produced by TURE LOVE MEDIA LIMITED, Unknown the Series will star Chris Chiu and Xuan as Wei Qian and Wei Xiaoyuan, respectively. Chiu is a member of a boyband named JPN and has acted in a few films and television series. Xuan has also acted in several television series and participated in the idol competition Youth with You. Jiang Rui Zhi (We Best Love) will direct the series.

Xuan said Unknown the Series was unlike any other BL he knew out there, saying it had quite a number of profound stories. “I really like Xiaoyuan’s determination and how he’s not the type to give up easily when it comes to things that he likes. When things get tough, he’ll grit his teeth and bear with it. This determination has filtered into my own personality and is shining brightly within me.”

As for Chiu, he had portrayed more lively characters who were often quite direct with how they’re feeling, but the actor said the director hoped he could suppress his emotions inside his heart and instead allow the audience to feel Wei Qian’s emotions through his actions and expressions.

Written by Priest (Sha Po Lang, Mo Du, Lie Huou Jiao Chou), Dage revolves around the relationship between Wei Qian and Wei Xiaoyuan. Wei Qian, who was orphaned at a young age, originally lived with his half-sister before he picked up another street child and gave him the name Xiaoyuan. Having grown up with nothing, Wei Qian dreams of nothing else but making money and carving out a name for himself in the world. Just as things seem to have taken a turn for the better, Xiaoyuan goes off the rails.

There is currently no official English license of the novel Dage. Unknown the Series premieres on Feb. 24 on Youku International.

Source: Instagram