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Estimated: filming began at the end of April 2025 and wrapped in Xinjiang on 26 September 2025. Mango's slate places the drama in the fourth quarter of 2026 on Hunan TV and Mango TV, and entertainment reports name 25 October 2026, which neither platform has confirmed. Dylan Wang's last big fantasy tentpole, Guardians of the Dafeng, premiered about 12.5 months after wrapping (12 December 2023 to 28 December 2024); the same gap from 26 September 2025 lands in mid-October 2026, so the reported 25 October date is used. Re-date when Hunan TV or Mango TV announces the date.
Gives the English title Live Long and Prosper, the novel's author 重關暗渡, the directors, the producing companies and the Hengdian and Xinjiang locations.[1]
Dylan Wang's Guardians of the Dafeng began filming on 19 July 2023, wrapped on 12 December 2023 and premiered on 28 December 2024; this roughly 12.5-month gap is the basis for the estimate.[1]
English report on the first trailer released in late May 2026, with the posters used here.[1]
China Daily's[6] report of the 26 September 2025 wrap in Xinjiang, with the cast, crew, Hunan TV and Mango TV as platforms, and the story.
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