Remake of Meteor Garden on ABS-CBN, Plus Local Adaptation of Boys Over Flowers on GMA and Premiere of Meteor Shower on IBC 13

November 10, 2017

Three series based on the manga ‘Hana Yori Dango’ will return to the Philippine small screen soon.

A remake of the hit Taiwanese series Meteor Garden will air on ABS-CBN next year, the network announced this week. The new Meteor Garden, slated to air in Taiwan in 2018, will star Darren Cheng, Dylan Wang, Connor Leong, and Caesar Wu as F4 while Shen Yue will play the role of Shan Cai.

(the new F4 of Meteor Garden, photo courtesy: Kapamilyanovelas (Official))

The original version of Meteor Garden, starring Barbie Hsu and the original F4 (Jerry Yan, Van Ness Wu, Vic Chou and Ken Chu), was aired on ABS-CBN in 2003 to popular acclaim and has been rebroadcast numerous times since. Meteor Garden also aired on GMA in 2007, but with a different dub that was not well-received by fans.

Many loyal fans of Meteor Garden have long clamored for a Filipino remake of the hit series. However, ABS-CBN has yet to announce any plans to adapt the story to suit Filipino tastes.

Speaking of GMA, they announced that the Korean series Boys Over Flowers will have a local adaptation coming soon. The network recently signed an agreement with JU Entertainment Movie and Drama Inc. for the rights to produce the local version of Boys Over Flowers.

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Like Meteor Garden, Boys Over Flowers is based on the manga Hana Yori Dango. The original series was not aired on GMA however, as ABS-CBN picked up the rights to air Boys Over Flowers in 2009.

The original Boys Over Flowers starred Lee Min-Ho, Kim Hyun-Joong, Kim Bum, Kim Joon and Koo Hye-Sun as Korea’s version of F4. Hye-Sun likewise reprised the role of Shan Cai as Jan Di.

IBC-13, on the other end, is set to premiere the Chinese series Meteor Shower starting November 13.

The series starred Zheng Shuang, Hans Zhang, Yu Haoming, Vision Wei and Zhu Zixiao as Chinese’s version of F4. Shuang regained the role of Shan Chai as Chu Yuxun.

Even though a local remake of Meteor Garden will not come to fruition anytime soon, loyal fans can at least feel some solace that Boys Over Flowers will be adapted locally in the near future and Meteor Shower. That said, anticipation for both series should only grow higher once their respective premiere dates (which will be announced soon) draw near.