Wong Cho-lam Announces “Inbound Troubles 3”
At an event promoting the grand opening of a therapy center, Wong Cho-lam (王祖藍) announced that he will soon be returning to Hong Kong television screens for Inbound Troubles 3, which will begin production at the end of the year. Cho-lam will reprise his roles as helmer, screenwriter, and actor. The original cast members, such as Roger Kwok (郭晉安) and Joey Meng (萬綺雯), are expected to return.
“Inbound Troubles 3” to Star All Original Cast Members
Inbound Troubles <老表，你好嘢！>, a comedy that satirizes the growing tensions between people from Mainland China and Hong Kong, was conceptualized by Cho-lam in 2012. The drama was shot to immediate success after its debut in January 2013, prompting Cho-lam to write a second series, Come On, Cousin <老表，你好hea！>, a year later. Not only did the Inbound Troubles franchise kickstart Cho-lam’s creative career, it also re-introduced Joey Meng, Ivana Wong (王菀之), and Louis Cheung (張繼聰) to the Hong Kong audiences.
“It will feature the cast members from the first two shows,” revealed Cho-lam when he was asked about the cast for Inbound Troubles 3. “There’s going to be a lot of people to take care of!”
Ivana Wong, who married longtime boyfriend Eric So (蘇卓航) last year, was rumored to be pregnant, but they were later debunked. Commenting that these rumors might come true by the time Inbound Troubles 3 start production, Cho-lam said the script will accommodate Ivana’s condition.
“The best part of [Inbound Troubles 3] is that it will talk about our lives after marriage,” said Cho-lam. “So even if Ivana does get pregnant, I will find a way to work it into the script.”
Cho-lam Comments on TVB Marriages
At the news of Tavia Yeung (楊怡) and Him Law’s (羅仲謙) secret wedding in England, Cho-lam said with a laugh, “It’s been a very flourishing two years for the TV industry. Everyone [is getting married] one by one. Nowadays, staying underground doesn’t seem to be the thing anymore. Fans are becoming more accepting of their idols dating and getting married.”
With TVB fadans like Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣), and now Tavia Yeung getting married, it is said that there will be a shortages of fadans in the future. Cho-lam disagrees.
“There is still the younger generation, like Sisley Choi (蔡思貝) and Grace Chan (陳凱琳). They are quite exceptional. I’m sure a new generation is coming up. I don’t think they will get married anytime soon.” (That’s hard to say for Grace!) “You’re going to have to ask Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎) about that!”
Source: Oriental Daily
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
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@freedalas: You crack me up each time with your posts. And all that bantering (maybe too mild a word to use). Reading jaynestar really provides me with some comic relief in my otherwise mundane yet stressful job !!
UGH REALLY! i hated the second one! it was not funny just lame jokes! Too much! Now a 3?? And grace will never be fadan status in my eyes! Sisley might. (im such a hater lol)
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@freedalas
Hong Kong has always taken to silly comedy thats mostly unfunny. Films have consisted of this for decades and it has continued to be popular. his form of comedy won’t even work in a pub in countries from the West however. I doubt his career is numbered and he knows it.
@jimmyszeto I have to say i agree with you on that part. Its weird when i was watching come on cousin, i hated it but then it was receiving ‘good’ ratings LOL strange! Maybe HK humor is different to where im from
@yummiki24
In Hong Kong the studies,financial and job stress are greater than in the west. There is less time to enjoy television so when there is a free half hour to an hour daily, people would rather watch mindless slapstick comedy or Wong Cho Lam doing a stupid impersonation. Family dramas are also popular because they exude family warmth. Serious dramas will always be at a disadvantage in achieving ratings. In countries such as England and America, this type of comedy is very much behind the times. Only clever, well thought out comedy become popular. For example ‘family guy’.
Inbound troubles 1 was decent because it contained the fresh topic of showing the behaviour of Hong Kong and mainland residents. Inbound troubles was just random slapstick comedy that was unfunny and at times offensive.
@jimmyszeto Well put!
No Sisley and Grace!!!
Well Linda, Myolie and even Tavia are all around the same age.. 30 plus.. so since they already have success, why not get married as biological clock is ticking.
One was epic … 2nd he over did it … 3rd it’s going to be hard to top! Hope he got some fresh idea and all! I surely love the cast hope he doesn’t add too much of the n00bs! original always the best!
1 was a good series, but 2 was stupid and silly and wasn’t that funny. Now he is making no 3. He better make it good as no 1.
1st was great, 2nd was irritating.
Please no. Inbound Troubles was good because it was fresh and also different from what TVB was churning out at the time (no doubt that Wong Cho Lam was given a certain amount of freedom with the first installment, though within the reigns of what TVB would allow of course). The sequel Come On Cousin already did NOT retain the ‘freshness’ that Inbound Troubles had – worse yet, COC came off as a cheap, irreverent version of TVB’s traditional brainless slapstick comedies. As it is, the sequel was already torture to sit through (Ram Tseung and all the classic song references were pretty much the only 2 things that made the series even remotely watchable)….we don’t need a third installment with the same cast to torture us even more.
I thought he wasn’t going to produce IT3 like he said before in this article:
http://www.jaynestars.com/tv-dramas/wong-cho-lam-will-not-write-a-sequel-for-come-on-cousin/
Must be desperate to make another series
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@freedalas
You’ll be so disappointed to know that Wong will be in Milan co-starring in a movie with Andy Lau and Huang Xiaoming .
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@freedalas
Whatever…..he’s more successful than you will ever be. That’s why you’re obsessed with targeting him for your online bullying.
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I don’t think it’s the waning popularity that has caused him to create another sequel. It’s because he has put in every ounce of effort in the past year to maximise every Rmb he could grab from the Mainland,he now feels the need to do something in Hong Kong and TVB to keep that market. The easiest thing would be to do a sequel. Just get a bunch of writers to sort the script. Barely any work.Other projects will require too much of his time and prevent him from appearing on these reality shows where he can earn more in a month than a year in Hong Kong.
@freedalas Get your facts straight before you make another baseless comments out of your ignorance or your bias against Wong cho lam. You clearly had an axe to grind toward him! If not then what’s your point of dragging him up every single time into unrelated articles? You are indeed a stupid moron. It’s completely asinine and childish of you to repeatedly insults Wong cho lam for absolutely no valid reason at all, other than the fact that you dislike his physical appearance.
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@freedalas Are you avoiding my question because you know I’m right, or are you just that obtuse? Up until now you still haven’t answered my questions about why you hate Wong cho lam so much? What harm has he ever done to you? Aside from his appearance,do you have any reason for hating him? It’s completely asinine and childish of you to repeatedly insults Wong cho lam for absolutely no valid reason at all, other than the fact that you dislike his physical appearance.
I think I like the first one better than the second one. Good luck WCL!!
Lol, milking the first one as much as he can I see. Inbound Troubles was ok, but Come On, Cousin was terribad. I’m surprised TVB is letting him do a third one. He really should know when to stop before he runs the thing to the ground.
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His money is already locked up from all the mainland variety episodes equating to being to afford a mansion per few episodes. Even if his work stopped dead, Wong Cho Lam will still be rich. Leanne has also made millions from these shows. However if she wasn’t together with Wong Cho Lam, she would have been struggling at TVB on minimum pay for a few years before disappearing. She hasn’t got anything going for her in terms of acting nor being able to speak Cantonese clearly.
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He has been doing lazy work in China for the past year or 2. The money is going into his account quicker than its being printed. He can try his best but it would take an effort to throw it all away.
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