A Date with the Future


A Date with the Future is a 2023 Chinese television series based on the novel Shi Guang Ru Yue by Xiao Lu, starring William Chan and Zhang Ruonan. The series started filming on November 19, 2021, at Shenzhen and finished in April 2022.
The series premiered on June 2, 2023 on Jiangsu TV and Tencent Video in mainland China. It was also aired on the same day on Viu, WeTV, Starhub, Astro, Viki and various other platforms in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Europe and USA.

Synopsis

During an earthquake rescue mission, firefighter Jin Shichuan made a 10-year promise to Xu Lai in order to calm her down. Ten years later, Xu Lai returns as a journalist who is also a search dog trainer. Together with Jin Shichuan, who is now a fire station captain, they work together to fulfill that promise.

Cast

ActorCharacterIntroduction
William ChanJin ShichuanFire station captain
Zhang RuonanXu LaiNews journalist
Ren HaoLu FangqiFirefighter
Ci ShaHuo YanzongCompany CEO
Luo QiuyunZang QiuDoctor
Jia NaiYu ShishiActress
Li JianyiJin XueyiJin Shichuan's grandfather
Jiang HongpoLin QuanXu Lai's mother
Huo QingXu ChengyunXu Lai's father
Zheng XiaoningWen QingguoFire station chief
Zhou ShuaiLiu XuFirefighter
Yuan MingzeZhang YangFirefighter
Wang YuqinShi LeiFirefighter
Zhao RuiTao ZiFirefighter
Li ChengyuDa PengFirefighter
Qiu HenanHan FangXu Lai and Huo Yanzong's friend
Mao XuewenJiang XinNews journalist
Li JunhaoXiao ZhouIntern journalist
Dai XiangyuQin YeTV station news department team leader
Wang ZiruiFang HuaiFirefighter, Jin Shichuan's friend
Xu RongzhenMs LuTV station deputy head

Production

Due to controversies surrounding 2 of the actors in this drama, their faces were digitally replaced using artificial intelligence during post production. Originally, the characters of Qin Ye and Fang Huai were played by actors Wang Qiang and Xu Kaicheng respectively.