The King Makers is the temporary title of an upcoming Hong Kong historical-fiction television drama produced under the development of executive producer Leung Choi-yuen and Television Broadcasts Limited

Television Broadcasts Limited

Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...

 (TVB). The drama chronicles the struggles of two men who each want to have their favoured prince to win the throne of China

Emperor of China

The Emperor of China refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning between the founding of Qin Dynasty of China, united by the King of Qin in 221 BCE, and the fall of Yuan Shikai's Empire of China in 1916. When referred to as the Son of Heaven , a title that predates the Qin unification, the...

. Filming began mid-August 2011 following the press conference and costume fitting on 16 August 2011. A blessing ceremony was later held on 21 September 2011.

Cast

Kent Cheng

Kent Cheng

Kent Cheng Jak-si is a Hong Kong film and television actor. He has won twice the best actor award in the Hong Kong Film Awards.-Biography:...

 and Wayne Lai

Wayne Lai

Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Biography:Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles...

 are confirmed to portray the princes' mentors, both Best Actor winners for HKFA

Hong Kong Film Awards

The Hong Kong Film Awards , founded in 1982, are the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong and among the most respected in mainland China and Taiwan. Award ceremonies are held annually, typically in April. The Awards recognize achievement in all aspects of filmmaking, such as directing,...

 and TVB Anniversary Awards

TVB Anniversary Awards

TVB Anniversary Awards is an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming. It is the Hong Kong equivalent of the Emmy Awards....

 respectively. Cheng turned down two mainland Chinese dramas in order to film The King Makers. Florence Kwok

Florence Kwok

Florence Kwok Siu-Wan, born 25 August 1970 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong film and voice actress. She entered TVB after participating in Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1992....

 and Kingdom Yuen

Kingdom Yuen

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 will portray two empresses, while Pierre Ngo and Lai Lok-yi are cast to portray the two potential crown princes. The rest of the cast includes:

• Patrick Tang
  Patrick Tang
  Patrick Tang is a Hong Kong singer, actor, and TV show host who has been involved in numerous drama and movie productions. He was born 6 May 1974 in Hong Kong. He has three sisters. He started his career with TVB, where he has been from 2000 to the present day.-Television:-Film:-External links:* *...
  
   will play a eunuch. He is Wayne's younger brother. When he was young, he was deceived into becoming a eunuch.
• Eric Li
  Eric Li (actor)
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• Kristal Tin will play a triad boss.
• Natalie Tong
  Natalie Tong
  Natalie Tong Si Wing is a TVB actress. Before becoming an actress, Natalie was once a model. Natalie once studied in Methodist College.-Films:-TV series:-Awards and nominations:Awards...
  
   will play Ngo Ka Nin's wife. She is Wayne's younger sister. She lives a vagabond life, and is unruly and wayward. Her character not only has to fight, but also must enter the palace and become a consort.
• Elaine Yiu
  Elaine Yiu
  Elaine Yiu Tse-ling is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter.-Career:Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing a management and filming contract with TVB. From 2002 to 2004, Yiu hosted Mandarin-language television...
  
   will play Tung Yuk Kiu (董玉喬), Kent's daughter and Eric Li's elder sister. Wayne is her first love. She and Wayne were at the point of discussing marriage; however, her father is a bad guy who used schemes to cause her to end up marrying Lee Kwok Lun, thereby becoming his second wife. She will go from being very pure and obedient to slightly neurotic and evil. In between, she and Kristal will fight for Wayne.
• Vivien Yeo
  Vivien Yeo
  Vivien Yeo , born 20 July 1984 in Johor Bahru, Malaysia is a Malaysian born Chinese actress currently under contract to the TVB in Hong Kong.-TV series:-Film:-Awards:...
  
   will play a consort. She is Ngo Ka Nin's wife.
• Yvonne Ho Yee Wan
• Rachel Kan
• Janet Chow
• Oceane Zhu
  Oceane Zhu
  Oceane Zhu Guang-Xuan, is a Chinese-born actress from Hong Kong. In 2008, Zhu represented Paris to participate in Miss Chinese International Pageant and got first in place in the contest. In the same year, she gained the Hong Kong residential identity and started to practice Cantonese...
  
  
• Jack Wu
  Jack Wu
  Jack Wu is a television actor, and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB.-TV series:-External links:*...
  
  
• Samuel Kwok will play an emperor.
• Joseph Lee will play Yeung Chi San (楊次山), an imperial tutor.
• Shek Sau
• Shum Chun-hin
• Cheung Kwok-keung
• Chan Wing-chun
• Sammy Shum
• Angel Chiang
• Henry Lee
• King Kong
• Tsui Wing
  Tsui Wing
  Tsui Wing is a Hong Kong actor from TVB.-Television series:-Reference:...
  
  
• Otto Chan