The Miracle of Teddy Bear - Thai series

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This is an upcoming Thai series (yes another one ). I think this one is based on a book. BLDramaGalore posted some pictures from the casting announcement on tumblr and a synopsis (quoted below the images):

The cast will consist of In Sarin and Job Tuchapon and the show will be produced by channel 3 which is the biggest channel in Thailand.

The show will tell the story of Taohu (played by In Sarin), a teddy bear that magical got turned into a human. Unfortunately, he has no memories of why or how that happened, all he knows is that his job is to love and make his owner, P'Nat (played by Job Tuchapon), happy. But, in his quest to discover what happened to him, he discovers that his transformation might be linked to the dark past of his master's family.

[dmagiclight]

this should be Interesting

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This has now been renamed as "The Miracle of Teddy Bear" and has had it's first teaser released:

The official synopsis goes: "Taohu is a giant white teddy bear and has been Nat's companion for ten years. And this teddy bear and has the ability to communicate with other objects in the house. One day, unbeknown to Nat, the teddy bear is miraculously turned into a young man - but that young man can't remember anything about himself. Taohu tries to find his own background, but everything gets complicated when he finds out that his background is connected to dark secrets of his owner's family. He has to hurry because his time as a human is ticking - and he wants so much to be close to the person he loves. Will Taohu be able to find the answers to his questions and reveal all the secrets? And will there be another miracle that will allow him to fulfil his wish?"



* I've searched high and low for the official teaser video but can't find it. I linked to this one for simplicity as it on YT and because the quality was good.

According to the director of the series this will have movie length episodes, up to two hours depending on the edit. There is likely to be two versions - the standard one to be shown on Channel 3 and another uncut version to be shown on a different platform (possibly Mello) for the rerun. However, there was no mention as to whether this version will be available with English subtitles for inter fans. 

[kevvoi]

I updated the title - thanks for the updates on this show I had forgotten about it.

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Here's a version of the teaser with English subs:

From twitter courtesy of JayBL

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Another announcement of a shut down with shooting of the series being suspended until further notice.

According to the makers, production is now at 60% completion but is still likely to be pushed into the last quarter of the year due to the extra time needed to complete and edit special effects.

On a more positive note, it has now been confirmed that CH3 plans to broadcast the series 'in many countries in Asia and make it available online for everyone around the world'.

[dmagiclight]

A sliver lining here in the Us will get to watch It

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* New main poster and also the second couple Song and Ganesit

I found this old thread way back near the bottom of page 8 and as you can see, the last comment before this one was from nearly a year ago. I'm not sure if any of the detail in those earlier posts can be relied upon now!

The good news is that this show is finally on its way to being released after numerous shut-downs over the months due to the pandemic. Although around 60% of the show had been filmed during the early months of last year, there were apparently still a lot of BTS problems (including cast availability and filming permit restrictions) that kept pushing its completion date back. The production even had another Blessing Ceremony as it was thought too much time had passed since the original one.

There's a new trailer out but some of the footage is actually from the earlier one above. The official release trailer doesn't have English subs but here's a fan-subbed version from twitter.

Official version (no subs):


The show is now scheduled to get its domestic release on Sunday 27th March on Channel 3HD with an online release on Netflix Asia. Currently there is no information about an international release and Channel 3HD have made a point of saying that the Netflix deal only covers Asian territories.

The new format is said to consist of 16 episodes with each episode having a 1hr 30min run-time. I remember the director originally said the episodes would be feature length but 16 episodes of that duration sounds like an awful lot to me. Incidentally MDL also have the episodes as 1hr 30mins but only have the series down for 15 episodes. I've also seen the episode number quoted as 12 and 24 on other sites, so it's probably best to wait for the official press release nearer the time.

Here's the MyDramaList page


Cast ensemble:

[mizuryuu]

would love a longer show, but I doubt it. Wonder if there will be Eng Sub on Netflix. If so, time to break out the VPN

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Two more newly released posters:

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Second teaser for the series launch on 27th March (no subs):

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New 20 second teaser (no subs):

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And another new teaser (no subs):

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Looks like the international release of this show is going to follow the model they used for "Something In My Room" with the episodes being released on the 3Plus website first with a delayed release on YouTube - but this will only be for the first five episodes.

From Episode 6 onwards it will be available exclusively on the 3Plus app and the website. I suspect it will also be put behind the paywall like the longer versions of the 'Something In My Room' episodes were.

Netflix hold the rights for 25 countries across Asia but apparently don't have any plans to provide English subs.

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Episode 1 (There are currently no subs):

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8

[mizuryuu]

That is one long episode

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Trailer for Episode 2 (no subs):

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Episode 2: (There are currently no subs):

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Episode 3 (There are currently no subs):

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Episode 4 (There are currently no subs):

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[gidi]

I wish we had English translation to the novel

[lexmoon]

Apr 6, 2022 7:46:04 GMT -5 gidi said:

I wish we had English translation to the novek

there is english sub on KissAsian .  Tho some of the subs are out of syn

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Episode 5 (There are currently no subs):

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8

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Episode 6 (There are currently no subs):

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Episode 7 (There are currently no subs):

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