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THAI BL COMING IN 2021 - Master Post

Alphabetical order.

Bad Buddy series - airing now

BL couple: new PatPran or PranPat

Actor couple: new OhmNanon or NanonOhm (like OhmSingto I wouldn’t expect this to ship, but then I thought Nanon would never do BL so.. shrug?)

Origin: Book (Behind the Scenes) adaptation, enemies-to-lovers

Status: promo content, full trailer. started workshopping in June 2021

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Seriously? Fine. Nanon in My Dear Loser+ like everything GMMTV not BL, Ohm in He’s Coming to Me, Make it Right, Dew the Movie, The Shipper + like EVERYTHING BL.

Side dishes: Drake (Mork in My Tee & P’Mil in 2gether) and Fiat (Pure in MGYG & Day in SOTUS S)

Rumours: It's from GMMTV with BL director Backaof attached (1000 Stars, He’s Coming to Me, Dark Blue Kiss, Still 2gether), so it's gonna happen. Apparent enemies (actually secret friends) to lovers in a Romeo & Romeo star-crossed story.

Predictions: Both actors and director have a history of picking quality projects with decent scripts, and production values are likely high. Should be excellent but low heat. Ohm will have his shirt off a lot.

Between Us - moved to 2022

BL couple: established WinTeam

Actor couple: established BounPrem, PremBoun

Origin: Until We Meet Again (from novel The Red Thread). Adaptation of spin off novel (Hemp Rope) turning secondary couple into mains, continuation of story arc.

Status: Hopefully July 2021 but probably later, promo content, not yet filming as of March 2020.

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Long Khong as KinNat or NatKin (+ You Never Eat Alone & Wabi Sabi’s 2021 Seven Project)

Side dishes: Fluke (Pharm) and Ohm (Dean) are expected to reprise their roles from UWMA.

Rumours: It's from WeTV with established (if inconsistent) BL director New (who did UWMA), so it's very likely to happen. Boun said in an interview that they don’t anticipate filming until early 2021 (depending on local politics & C19), so earliest release is mid 2021, but that’s optimistic.

Predictions: The book, Hemp Rope, tells WinTeam’s romance from the start, so we might get some recon reboot action (like LBC2). I expect this to be slightly higher heat than what we get from GMMTV.

Bite Me - COMPLETED

(full trailer) - Mark Siwat as a delivery boy who inspires a grumpy chef. It feels like we are in Oxygen territory and that was one of my favorites last year.

SO SLOW

Close Friend - COMPLETED

Actor couples: established multiples OhmFluke, JaFirst, KimCop, JimmyTommy, MaxNat, and YoonLay

Origin: 2Moons & Gen Y, Until We Meet Again, Why R U, TharnType 2, YYY

Type: six episode run featuring established BL couples, 1 ep each

Wait I've seen them do BL before? All of them, that would appear to be the point.

MIXED BAG

Call It What You Want 1 & 2 - COMPLETED

BL couple: TimeBenz

Actor couple: JamesAit (ship’em if you DARE)

Origin: Supposed to be partly an exposé about what happened on the set of 2m2. Yet another installment in the saga of the 2 Moons franchise being a hot mess. Dark underbelly, anyone?

Side dishes: Kaprao (TharnType & 2 Moons 2), Michael (Jay in Oxygen).

DNF

The Cupid Coach - COMPLETED

BL couple: LatteNight

Actor couple: TeePeace

Status: Jan 2021 air date - 10 eps, on Line TV

NOT RECOMMENDED

Golden Blood - COMPLETED

(teaser trailer)

Stars familiar side dish Gun Napat (Techno from LBC) as a rich kid who needs a bodyguard. The soft Thai version of Where Your Eyes Linger which is FINE. Contains ALL the tropes and 2021′s BEST side couple.

RECOMMENDED - REVIEW HERE

Y-Destiny - COMPLETED

(Formerly: Destiny)

BL couple: multiples

Actor couple: established YoonLay & PerthLay (this‘ll be fun) plus other established pairs

Type: Sampler box of meat cutes

Wait I’ve seen them do BL before? Lay + Yoon as NottPun in YYY, and Perth + Lay as RamKing in My Engineer. Max & Nat (DewBlue in Why R U), Korn (Wang in YYY), Peer (Ohm in YYY)

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS - REVIEW HERE

Don’t Say No - COMPLETED

BL couple: LeoFIat

Actor couple: JaFirst

Origin: MAME’s spin off from TharnType, TharnType 2, Love By Chance universe

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Ja was in Until We Meet Again as Pharm’s cousin Sin (that WIG) and First was in 2gether as Mil’s friend.

Rumours: Friends to lovers + a good boy/bad boy pairing on a sports romance foundation (basketball). Higher heat D/s dynamic already causing controversy, going to be a dumpster fire of misery or joy, probably both.

Predictions: It’s MAME. So, ya know, expect some slam dunk kidnapping, a light dribbling of rape, and me turning into a basketcase.

RECOMMENDED only if you’ve nothing better to do (episode by episode dumpster fire recap here)

Enchanté - now listed for 2022 but status unknown

BL couple: Theo+ unknown (see rumours)

Actor couple: Book+ unknown (see rumours)

Status: Confirmed for 2021, full trailer.

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Book is in Friend Forever as side character Tutor Kit. Fluke Gawin (Mork in Dark Blue Kiss), Fluke Pusit (Way in The Shipper).

Rumours: It's from GMMTV but no director is listed, so I put this in the likely to happen stack. Secret admirer romance with a touch of Cyrano de Bergerac and dose of Boys Over Flowers. Theo returns from France and starts a written flirtation inside a library book (!) at his new uni with the mysterious Enchante. His best friend Ak hunts for Enchante’s real identity, and 4 senior boys step forward - all intersted in dating Theo: a nerd (P’Phupha), a musician, an artist, and a jock. It’s confusing as Ak might also be in the running.

Predictions: New framework for Thai BL (although not for yaoi) and I’m intrigued. Low heat but very pretty.

Fish Upon The Sky - COMPLETED

BL couple: new MorkPi

Actor couple: new PondPhuwin

Origin: Book (same author as 2gether & Theory of Love) rivals/enemies-to-lovers + makeover

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Phuwin (Dark Blue Kiss & My Tee), Pond is new to BL. Neo (Na in Tonthon Chonlatee, Gord in My Tee), AJ (Non in Dark Blue Kiss), Mix (A Tale of a Thousand Stars)

Rumours: Dentist (!) Pi has a crush on this boy and he thinks Mork likes that boy too. Mork, of course, likes Pi. Engineering boys step in to give Pi a makeover and advise him on his love life.

Predictions: So many tropes in just the trailer: piggyback, floppy drunk, claiming, camping, wound tend, lap lie. Plus it’s rivals-to-lovers so I’m going to adore this one. Expect something in the 2gether style, sweet and low heat.

NOT RECOMMENDED

KinnPorsche - now listed for 2022

BL couple: new KinnPorsche

Actor couple: new MileApo

Origin: Book adaptation, mafia/bodyguard romance

Status: Probably second half of 2021, long teaser trailer, lots of promo content, reported issues with the author.

Wait I've seen them do BL before? The titular characters are played by actors new to BL - intentionally. Jeff & Gameplay (of Ingredients) playing Kinn’s younger brother and Prosche’s younger brother respectively, Tong (P’Thorn from TharnType also in Second Chance) plays Kinn’s older brother, Green (Suthee from 2 Moons 2), Us (Matt from I Am Your King) and Toto (My Engineer) play bodyguards. Perth (Ram in My Engineer) also shows up.

Rumours: Has been cast. Mafia kid, Kinn, is assaulted and flees into the arms of student Porsche. Porsche, a national judo champion, helps Kinn escape and Kinn blackmails him into becoming his bodyguard. They fall in love. In the book there is a surrounding cast of brothers and bodyguards also with BL romances. The series also includes a turf war.

Predictions: I would guess this one is the most likely on this whole list to go in a TharnType direction. The trailer indicates they took the smart move and went dark with high production values, since that’s a niche they could make their own - but Thailand is scared of dark BL, so we could end up with something inconsistent.

Lovely Writer - COMPLETED

BL couple: new NubsibGene

Actor couple: new KaoUp

Origin: Book Nubsib

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Kao (Korn in UWMA), Up is new to BL (Wave in The Gifted 2016). Kenji (Technic in TharnType etc.)

Rumours: It's from three studios with established BL director Tee (TharnType) attached, so it’ll happen. It’s about a BL writer who, in the process of casting and filming his first BL series, falls in love with the lead actor.

Predictions: I expect this to be low heat and high angst. Another one commenting on the BL industry, but without as much possible damage. It’s going to rest almost entirely on Up’s performance, so I hope he’s good. Expected tropes here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Nitiman - COMPLETED

BL couple: new BomJin

Actor couple: new NohJom

Origin: Book adaptation, university enemies to lovers

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Jom played Por the photographer in Tonhon Chonlatee, Noh is new to BL and acting. Kaownah as Song (Lhong from TharnType) + Turbo as Jay.

Rumours: Jin is the most sexy engineering moon to ever moon about campus, sadly he is mooning after a girl who broke his heart. He thinks his ex is now dating Bom, when in fact they are cousins, and Bom has had a crush on Jin. Jin feels guilty for misunderstanding Bom so befreinds him. Bome starts flirting hardcore but Jin is clueless. Seems a lot like 2gether meets Tonhon Chonlatee. [The story is supposed to have been written as slash fic for K-pop idols JB/Jinyoung of K-pop’s GOT7. Talk about crossing the streams.] Kaownah and Turbo were supposed to star in My Umbrella but that got cancelled. This is not the same story, although people keep confusing them online.

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS - REVIEW HERE

Not Me - delayed, now listed for 2022

BL couple: new SeanBlack

Actor couple: established OffGun

Origin: unknown

Status: Confirmed for 2021, probably end of the year, official trailer.

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Of course you have, in everything GMMTV.

Side dishes: Mond (Water Boyy), First (The Shipper), Fluke Gawin (Dark Blue Kiss), Puimek (SOTUS S), Gigie (2gether)

Rumours: For GMMTV with established queer award-winning director Anucha attached and starring OffGun! This is the dark, gritty gang-set BL series we all expected from Motorcycle (before it disappeared from the radar). They are having Gun play twins.

Predictions: This will happen or people will riot. Since it’s GMMTV + OffGun expect low heat but high drama.

My Boy the series - COMPLETED

University-set pulp airing on Line TV that looks like a pastiche, although the POV is out gay (v rare). Enemies to lovers meets secret romance + all the tropes. 7 minute trailer..

DNF

My Engineer 2 - delayed, now listed for 2022

BL Couple: RamKing, BohnDuen, TharaFong

Actor couple: PerthLay, CooperPoy, MDShane

Origin: My Engineer the series 2020. Second season, continuation of story arc, shifted focus to side couples.

Status: No release date, filming to start in April, so far just promo content.

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Yes, this is a spin off, most of the support cast (except Mek) are expected to reprise their rolls.

Rumours: Pulled from this truly adorable gossip and promo vid. My Engineer 2 will probably begin filming in April.

Predictions: It’s supposed to still release in 2021 so with post production my guess is for an October, but more likely November release.

Seven Project - COMPLETED

Studio Wabi Sabi’s answer to Y-Destiny (trailer) is a seven episode sampler pack 3 BL, 3 het, 1 GL. hinted at in UWMA’s late 2020 fan vids.

Includes:

BL Earth (In in UWMA) & Santa

Yacht (Pond in LBC1&2)

BL Boom & Peak (TeeFuse in MIR)

Plan (Can in LBC1&2)

GL Samantha (Manaow in UWMA + lots of other rolls) & Pineare (Del in UWMA, Yuri in Love Sick)

BL Boun & Prem (WinTeam in UWMA)

Perth (Ae LBC1&2)

NOT RECOMMENDED but the BoomPeak ep is okay.

1000 Stars AKA Tale of Thousand Stars - COMPLETED

(AKA A Tale of Thousand Stars)

BL Couple: new PhuphaTian

Actor couple: new EarthMix

Origin: Book

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Earth (in Water Boyy, ToL, LBC), this is Mix’s first BL. Khaotung (2gether), Drake (2gether, My Tee), Nammon (SOTUS S), White (Love Sick)

Rumours: It's from GMMTV with established BL director Backaof, so it's happening. Filming delayed due to C19. Location shooting is the suspected reason Earth was not in the ToL special. Originally slated for 2020.

Predictions: Earth and Mix are ship-friendly and do a ton of promo. GMMTV has spent bank on this one, I’d be surprised if they never aired it but clearly there are some serious production issues what with lack of air date and continued delays.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Top Secret Together - COMPLETED

Status: Airing May 2021, trailer, some promo material

Wait I've seen them do BL before? Newyear (YES! I am Your King), Aof (Make it Right), Yuuki (Oxygen)

Rumours: Studio Non Noi producing for Star Bangkok. Features 5 couples so it may be a bit of a soap opera, think Friend Zone but more gay. The most exciting thing is that anchor couple Newyear & Both are an ACTUAL couple. So is this Thailand’s first BL staring an out gay couple? The stories look like pretty standard tropes: hazing, enemies-to-lovers, internship office romance, friends-to-lovers, jock/nerd, homophobic father, and so forth.

RECOMMENDED WITH SERIOUS RESERVATIONS

The Yearbook - COMPLETED

Status: Airs July 2021, trailer on Line TV, 10 episodes

Rumours: Directed by Mean (Tin in LBC) and featuring Prem (Team in UWMA) but staring unknowns. It’s a reunion romance about high school bffs (sweethearts?) who parted badly and reunite years later because of a tragedy (?).

RECOMMENDED WITH SERIOUS RESERVATIONS

Love Area - on hiatus, moved to 2022

Restaurant set, stars Pak Chavitpong (the only good thing about Cupid Coach) and guest drop in from Jeff Satur (Ingredients). Thailand tackles love triangles pulp style.

My Mate Match - COMPLETED

cohabitation love triangle from Starhunter, stars Jet & Jame & Big (Jack & Koh & Pharawee from Gen Y) on LINE TV.

RECOMMENDED WITH RESERVATIONS

Peach of Time (technically K-BL) - COMPLETED

Status: Airs Aug 30 2021, 10 episodes, trailer, BTS

Crossover project between Korea & Thailand involving Mii2 AKA JimmyTommy AKA SaifahZon (publicity stills) and Choi Jae Hyun of Run On. This is not the first co-funded co-acted BL venture: Call It What You Want was a Thailand & Taiwan joint project (language: Thai), and Present Still Perfect was Thailand & Japan (language: Thai, Japanese, English). It looks like Peach is Korean set and support cast though, so I think we can expect high production values, short episodes, Korean language. (I really REALLY want a Japan/Taiwan co-project.) About a Thai boy, Peach (Jimmy), who travels to stay with his online Korean friend. There’s drama with the mother and a ghost.

RECOMMENDED ONLY IF YOU LIKE SAD

Completed but...

I Promised You the Moon - Follow up to I Told Sunset About You with the boys now at university.

DID NOT WATCH

The Best Story (mini series) and new YinWar vehicle.

NOT RECOMMENDED UNHAPPY ENDING

RUMORED 2021 BL PROJECTS & KILLS

2gether the movie (Thai trailer) - intended release April 2021 but postponed due to C19.

2 Moons 3 - not happening. Actor who played Wayo left, actor who played Pha on hiatus, actors playing Ming & Kit will not return, it’s known that the actor who plays Forth is also uncomfortable with continuing. If it does happen it will be all new cast... again.

Absolute Zero - adaptation of an alt-timeline story (think HIStory Obsessed) with New attached to direct. Wabi Sabi dropped teaser and moved to 2022 it looks like. Moved to 2022.

AcadeX - Harry Potter meets The Gifted, no listing in MDL for this one yet not sure how much BL it will be, but it is from Starhunter so we can expect *some* BL.

Bitter Sweet - stars the same actors as My Engineer. But revolves around the co-heirs (played by Cooper & Sean) of a fancy Hotel in Bangkok plus the head pâtissier (Ploy), and head chef (Inntouch). I think we can assume Cooper & Ploy are paired as per usual, which means Sean & Inntouch are playing off each other, might be fun. Perth and Lay are also supposed to put in appearances. Moved to 2022.

City of Stars - apparently Starhunter has acquired the rights to adapt this y-novel which I am excited about. Starhunter is notoriously terrible about story structure, so an adaptation is better for them. No cast yet. Moved to 2022.

Gen Y 2 - listed as coming out December 21, 2021 from Star Hunter. Moved to 2022 because it starts so late in the year.

Loveless Society - Thailand bringing us an office BL pulp with mature actors set in art & marketing worlds. Adult friendships, cheating and other mature darker themes. Think Friend Zone only gayer. Supposed to be coming to Line in November 2021 (trailer). Seems to be not particularly trope dependent and it feels a it like something from Vietnam. MDL has an extensive blurb, all the talent looks new to BL/acting.

Motorcycle the series - was supposed to release in 2019 and had a trailer, got bumped to 2020, and now? Who knows what’s up with this one. Dead I think. Moved to 2022.

My Ride - book adaptation, there was a trailer but... production issues. Slated for 2020 from LineTV but never dropped. Doctor meets motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” romance. Billed as sweet and innocent. Also features at least one BL side couple. The screenwriter is Fluke Teerapat (AKA Wad in SOTUS & Golf in My Bromance) the director is new, so that might account for delays or struggles in production. Stars actors new to BL. This one is on my hit list as likely to get killed before ever seeing daylight. If there is a breakout popular BL for Line at the beginning of 2021, they might activate this one, but the number of unknowns makes me nervous. Moved to 2022.

Paint With Love - Met is a wedding organizer who has hired Phap, a poor artist, to work on a painting for an upcoming wedding. Phap ruins something and has to work for Met to pay off his debt. Stars Singto (SOTUS) as the uke, and Tae (2 Moons original Forth) as the seme. Teaser trailer.

The Sweet Robot - has been cast but with predominantly unknowns, Sib from I am Your King is the only one i recognize. Supposed to have sf/f elements. Moved to 2022.

Secret Admirer - book adaptation (teaser) about an ordinary guy still in love with the older boy he lived next door to during university, starring Earth (who I think plays the older character) was Wayo in 2 Moons 2 opposite Fluk is seasoned but not done BL. Side characters include Art (was in What The Duck opposite Mew, which was v high heat BL). Yut was in I am Your King, What the Duck, and 3 Will Be Free. Anusorn Soisa-ngim is based in Thailand and was the director of 2 Moons 2 and is well known for LGBTQ+ rep and cross country projects (Present Perfect with Japan and Call It What You Want with Taiwan). I think he’s a good director I just don’t like his stories very much. Moved to 2022.

Secret Crush on You - co-produced by and featuring (but NOT staring) Saint and directed by Cheewin (sigh) with all fresh faces. (Previously known as Stalker the series.) It looks like pure pulp and I’m not wild about the plot (very similar to Secret Admirer) but could be better than expected as it’s adapted from a novel. Has a GL side couple! We are all very excited by this. Cheewin is an okay director when he has an actual story to follow, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Moved to 2022.

Something in My Room - horror BL start Nut (Oxygen). I’m in, I love Nut and I like how BL handles a ghost story (So Much in Love, Y-Destiny, He’s Coming to Me, Peach of Time). Moved to 2022.

That’s My Candy - new KimCop vehicle from Starhunter, about an LTR between a doctor and his boyfriend, that looks to be a “could be the future of MarkKit but we gonna pretend otherwise but they’re basically the same characters” just like Gen Y repackaged 2 Moons. Hey, whatever works for them, right? Already picked up by LINE TV as a 10 ep arc. Moved to 2022.

The Theory series (teaser trailer) - university set but a couple of mature themes and decent acting, kinda like what FUTS should have been only pulpy. I think it’s En of Love stye, so three separate but equally weighted love stories from within a cross over friendship group. Familiar faces include Dome (Beam in 2 Moons 2) opposite Benz (Praram/Pralak in En of Love: This is Love Story), and Ken (Tum in Lovely Writer who I LOVE). Moved to 2022.

Tell the World I Love You - so much for Perth (Ae from Love By Chance) never doing BL again. He’s opposite Bas (Wayo/Wayu 2 Moons, Gen Y) in this action movie which has completed filming and was supposed to release to theaters in April 2021. Established director Poj, support cast include Bank (Gen Y). About two teens falling in love caught up in the world of gagsters. Because of C19 it was never distributed to theaters. It looks like Starhunter is looking to cut a deal on wide release. Fingers crossed. I REALLY want to see this one. Moved to 2022.

The Tuxedo - stars Chap (from Y-Destiny & Lovely Writer) opposite Green (2 Moons 2 & Lovely Writer minor rolls) directed by Mike who did Golden Blood. Moved to 2022.

Unforgotten Night (adapted from the y-novel Mafia's Bad Love) - listed as in production. Office grunt Kim has been pining after his senior for a long time. To forget about him, he decides to have one night stand with a random stranger. That stranger becomes obsessed with him. Mafia man Kamol is kinky and (I’m assuming a Dom) and no one is able to satisfy him until Kim. This has the feel of a KinnPorsche knock off (like Gen Y was for 2 Moons), but hey if that doesn’t get made who are we to look down on the Golden Bloods of the BL world? However, it features a gay poly triad and a GL sub plot with Wabi Sabi’s Sammy.

Stars Yoon (YYY) as the mafia Dom and Ton (Y-Destiny, he was opposite the boy who time-slipped) as the sub. Familiar faces include Atom (who was one of Dean’s business friends who teased Pharm in UWMA) and T was Kay in Oxygen,

Honestly, the poster makes me think this might all be a joke. Moved to 2022.

What Zabb Man! - from Starhunter a large cast foodie romance that looks a little bit like their next Gen Y without KimCop anchoring it. Moved to 2022.

Final Thoughts

Most anticipated? Between Us or Bad Buddy

Most important to the industry? Seven Project

Most angsty? Not Me

Most precious? Lovely Writer

Most challenging? Call it What You Want

Most intriguing framework? Enchanté

Funniest? Y-Destiny

Trends?

It’s really nice to see a lot of “yep, he’s gay.” Now that the coming out hurdle is gone, let’s see what OTHER romance plots we can come up with. Mmm’k?

I noticed we have little to no High School set stuff for 2021. Since Love Sick, Make it Right, and YA tropes are favorites of mine I’m a little sad, but also happy to see them move away from casting minors, so... shrug, I guess?

My personal 2021 ranking predictions (I’m notoriously bad at this and I like to know how wrong I was at the beginning of the year from when I do best ofs at the end):

Between Us - purely on the strength of UWMA’s script + WinTeam

Bad Buddy series - because Nanon in BL + Ohm!

Fish Upon The Sky - all my favorite tropes

Enchanté - Thai BL trying on some Japanese yaoi + traditional romance tropes

Lovely Writer - interesting concept + Kao

KinnPorsche - we need a good mafia BL + Jeff & Gameplay

Love Mechanics the series - it’s VeeMark & I love my hot messes

Not Me - OffGun but very dark, not sure my heart can take it

Y-Destiny - PerthLay but YYY was too much for me, so not sure

A Tale of Thousand Stars - so many delays, I’m worried

Top Secret Together - concerned about the lack of publicity but excited by the out queer rep

My Ride - worried about the lack of publicity + unknown cast & crew

The Cupid Coach - same as above, since Friend Forever, I’m scared

Call It What You Want - I just don’t want to know how bad the BL world is

Do you remember when all we got was Love Sick, SOTUS, and Make it Right?

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