Producer of “Sinister Beings” Confirms Sequel
With fervent anticipation for a sequel, fans were thrilled when producer Lau Ka Ho (劉家豪) recently revealed that filming for the second season of Sinister Beings <逆天奇案> is on the cards!
Love Triangle
Starring Ruco Chan (陳展鵬), Rosina Lam (林夏薇) and Crystal Fung (馮盈盈), police-themed Sinister Beings had garnered a solid reception and became the top-performing TVB drama of 2021 with the highest viewership.
The central love triangle revolves around long-term romantic partners Sum-Sir (Ruco Chan) and Wing (Rosina Lam), whose relationship was threatened by Ana (Crystal Fung), when the latter comes to realize her feelings for him. Already planning for marriage, a drunken intimate encounter between Sum-Sir and Ana eventually led to the couple breaking up – leading Chinese netizens to label Rosina “national girlfriend” and Crystal, the unflattering “national third party.”
Encouraged by the high viewership, Lau Ka Ho confirmed that a sequel is in the works. “Scriptwriting for Sinister Beings 2 has started, with a filming date for the original cast set for mid-October. Do [show us] support.”
Netizens Happy Crystal Is Dropped?
Ending off his post with hashtags for the main cast including Ruco, Rosina, Mandy Wong (黃智雯), Joman Chiang (蔣祖曼), Jonathan Cheung (張頴康) and Moon Lau (劉佩玥), Crystal’s name was conspicuously omitted. Seeing this, many netizens voiced their dislike for third party plots, and thus gave the thumbs-up about the actress being dropped from the sequel.
Lau Ka Ho said that while the sequel will be a continuation of the series, every case featured will be a new and original creation. Noting netizens’ preference for third party and adultery developments to be left out, he reassured everyone that the production team will be giving their best shot. As for the central romantic thread, he revealed there is a “90 percent likelihood” that Ruco and Rosina’s characters get back together.
Affirming Jonathan and Moon’s standout performance and onscreen sparks in the first season which earned viewers’ recognition, he described the two as having “acted really well.”
Source: Mingpao
I like Ruco but of all the dramas to have a sequel, why this one? I don’t remember much about it, it was dull.
I actually just started watching this recently but I found the cases quite interesting! They were also shorter and didnt span over 3 or 4 episodes like other series.
no wonder Rosina got Best actress award
TVB awards are so shady. Now we know why Rosina got best actress award. Tbh her performance in the first one was really forgettable.
Wow sequel for this, and forensic heroes. Why are we getting sequels for such mediocre (at best) shows? @TVB TV viewership ratings is not everything, can we have some prioritization of quality scripts please.
@boomer “Sinister Beings” was popular in both Hong Kong and China. At this time, I feel TVB is willing to be more experimental as it has ever been in the past 10 years, after they’ve seen ViuTV’s success with experimental content such as “Ossan’s Love”. For example, “Hong Kong Love Stories” was a big hit among younger viewers, which led to more producers adopting the mini-series format to tell more compact stories.
If you are based in North America, you can watch TVB series from its official Anywhere app. Watching from its official platform is best (as opposed to other third party websites), as TVB can gather preferences which hopefully can result in more dramas with appealing content for international viewers.
TVB is increasingly taking into account more viewer feedback and online views when deciding new projects. As international viewers, we can give more feedback on their official social media accounts and official corporate website if we want to see certain content and genres.
I’m not too crazy about the show but my god, I hate the love-triangle set up. Ruco’s character was so careless, Rosina’s was too carefree, and Crystal’s was so intrusive. Crystal’s character happened to have *free* access to this soon-to-be married couple’s home to use a super computer, drink from their fridge, and fall asleep on their bed. When Ruco returned, he couldn’t tell the scent and touch of his fiance’s and another girl’s apart, and slept with her and Crystal… just… let it happen. Then Crystal’s friend keeps bringing it up about her “one night stand.” It was disgusting. Yeah, yeah, they were both drunk but blech. The whole thing left such a sour taste.
Wonder how Jonathan & Moon will be in the sequel considering they died in the first? They were the best parts of the show.
I actually quite liked Sinister Beings. Ruco did do well in it though his character was meh. He was selfish, defiant and often immature. He continuously let his GF sacrifice for him and has little boundaries with Ana which lead to the one night stand. I was glad his GF rejected him in the end so she could live her life for herself. I am glad he cried heaps when she left him. As long as he changes for the better, if they get back together then I am OK with it,
I wish for a sequel as I really liked Ben and Joman’s pairing. They had very good chemistry and their relationship and hardships were realistic for two mature workaholics. I do want to see more of them, The court scenes are interesting.
I enjoyed Jonathan and Moon’s acting the best out of the whole series. I was sad to see that Jonathan did not win best supporting actor but there was a lot of good competition and the winner deserved it. I do want to see more of them, but since they died in the original, i hope it is not an evil twin cliche plot. I would much rather a new production with the same actors and actresses in different roles.
I think Ana had to be dropped because she generated so much hate in the first season. She was rude, loud and offensive, and in the forums, she pissed off a lot of people as her character kept using her orphan status as an excuse for her behaviour.
This drama was a wasted potential in term of storyline, really terrible “hacking” plot, but it sure did set up for sequel with how it ended. However not sure how the story gonna continue since the main story of it was completely solved. Another case? That would be just another cop drama.
I’ve always enjoyed Rosina and Rico in general but this series was boring and Unmemorable. And thank goodness Crystal Fung has been dropped…annoying in her character (Ana) and in real life.