A new 'Meteor Garden' TV series is in the making

(From left) Connor Leong (Meizuo), Dylan Wang (Daoming Si), creator of the original show Angie Chai, Shen Yue (Shancai), Darren Chen (Huazelei) and Caesar Wu (Ximen) at the press conference on Nov 9 for the 2018 reboot of 'Meteor Garden'. Photo: Weibo

A bunch of fresh faces have been announced to play the leads in the highly anticipated Meteor Garden TV drama reboot, 16 years after the original series premiered on Taiwanese television.

In the lead as strong-willed student Shancai is Chinese newbie actress Shen Yue, 20, while the actors taking on the roles as her school’s four richest and most popular boys – known collectively as F4 – will be Taipei native Darren Chen (playing Huazelei) as well as Chinese actors Dylan Wang (Daoming Si), Connor Leong (Meizuo), and Caesar Wu (Ximen). The hunks are all 21-years-old and stand tall at an average height of 1.85m.