Triumph in the Skies II

Triumph in the Skies II

Triumph in the Skies II Promotional poster
Written by Sharon Au
Lo Mei-wan
Starring Francis Ng
Julian Cheung
Fala Chen
Myolie Wu
Ron Ng
Kenneth Ma
Nancy Wu
Elena Kong
Him Law
Theme music composer George Lam
Opening theme Triumph in the Skies (衝上雲霄) by George Lam
Ending theme

Aerial Lovers (空中戀人) by Mag Lam

On My Way by Raymond Lam
Country of origin Hong Kong
Original language(s) Cantonese
No. of episodes 43
Production
Executive producer(s) Tommy Leung
Producer(s) Sharon Au
Joe Chan
Location(s) Hong Kong
Sanya, Hainan
Qingdao, China
Paris, France
Bath, Somerset
Kenting National Park
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Production company(s) TVB
Release
Original network Jade
HD Jade
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 15 July 2013 (2013-07-15) – 8 September 2013 (2013-09-08)
Chronology
Preceded by Triumph in the Skies (2003)
Related shows Triumph in the Skies (film) (2015)
External links
Website
Triumph in the Skies II
Traditional Chinese 衝上雲宵II
Simplified Chinese 冲上云宵II
Literal meaning "soar into the skies"

Triumph in the Skies II (Chinese: 衝上雲宵II) is television drama produced by TVB under executive producer Tommy Leung. It is a sequel to TVB's 2003 blockbuster television drama Triumph in the Skies.

The film adaption Triumph in the Skies started production on August 6, 2014.[1]

Plot

Samuel Tong (Francis Ng) resided in the UK to spend a long vacation following his wife's death. After encountering Holiday Ho (Fala Chen), a wanderer whose boyfriend died in an aviation accident, he ends his vacation early after finally making the cake that he made for his deceased wife, Zoe, he returns to Hong Kong, and joins Skylette Airlines as a pilot to fly again. He meets Captain Jayden "Captain Cool" Koo (Julian Cheung), and the two exhibit two distinct personalities, with Sam being reserved and Jayden being a man who likes to attract attention.

Respectively, the two get emotionally entangled with Holiday, who arrives in Hong Kong to apply for pilot training (PPP — Pre-pilot Project). Moreover, Sam becomes a training captain to assess Jayden, leading to a competition between the two for both career and love.

Jayden's younger sister Summer Koo (Myolie Wu) is an aircraft maintenance technician, and she bears grudges against her brother due to an unhappy experience during her childhood. Samuel's younger brother Issac (Ron Ng), due to Summer physically resembling his sister-in-law Zoe, is unable to turn a blind eye on it and helps settle the dispute between Summer and her brother. Summer has a crush on Issac, yet Issac restrains himself from taking another step forward in order to avoid evoking Sam's grief.

In the end, the misunderstanding causes Summer to think that she was only treated like Zoe (Sam's deceased wife) in Issac's eyes. First Officer Roy Ko (Kenneth Ma) has two girlfriends and cannot make up his mind as he does not bear to hurt anyone. After sharing his secret with Heather Fong (Elena Kong), a senior purser, Roy and she become close associates, and the two even have a one-night stand.

Jim Jim (Him Law), who used to represent Hong Kong in swimming, plans to retire and enrol in flight training, where he falls in love with CoCo Ling (Nancy Wu), who is to be a surrogate mother for her friend.

With the planes taking-off and landing, stories of sorrow, parting, joyfulness and re-encounters have been constituted.

Production

Development

In May 2011 Tommy Leung, deputy chief director of TVB's drama department, announced their plans to develop a sequel to Triumph in the Skies with intentions to begin filming in September of that year.[2] Leung added that a theatrical film sequel would be made in the beginning of 2012, in hopes of boosting TVB artistes to become film stars.[2]

In June 2011, it was reported at a TVB press conference that Michael Miu, Raymond Lam, Fala Chen, and Kate Tsui were in negotiations to join, with original cast members Ron Ng, Myolie Wu, Bosco Wong, Kenneth Ma, and Nancy Wu slated to return.[3] Jessica Hsuan, at the time, submitted her name to be part of this series to work with Francis Ng and Chilam Cheung; but it did not work out as her contract with TVB had ended.

In July 2011, Ron Ng, Myolie Wu, Kenneth Ma, Nancy Wu, Fala Chen, and Kate Tsui were confirmed to film the sequel. Following the announcement, TVB pushed back the filming schedule from September 2011 to December 2011 due to negotiation problems with Triumph II's previous airline sponsor Cathay Pacific, which caused some of the newly signed cast members to withdraw, including Michael Miu.[4]

To accommodate the schedules of Ron Ng and Kenneth Ma, whom were booked to film television drama Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles from November 2011 to March 2012, TVB postponed Triumph II's filming to May 2012.[5] In September 2011, it was reported that Hong Kong Airlines replaced Cathay Pacific as the drama's main sponsorship.[6]

In December 2011, TVB aired a sales promotional trailer for Triumph II to attract more sponsors, which included a surprise appearance by original cast member Francis Ng at the end of the trailer. Julian Cheung, who replaced Michael Miu's role in the trailer, was reportedly hired by TVB for 80,000 HKD per episode,[7][8] and later confirmed his involvement in April 2012.[9] Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong also appeared in the footage, but both backed out due to conflicting schedules.[10] Rebecca Zhu was later confirmed to join the cast.[11]

On 21 December 2011, it was reported that Francis Ng was in negotiations to return.[12] To accommodate Ng's schedule, filming was postponed again to September 2012,[13] and then moved forward to July 2012.

In May 2012, Kate Tsui revealed in an interview done in Australia that she had been pulled out of the cast to film a mainland Chinese drama instead.[14] Following her announcement, Elena Kong and Kelly Fu were cast. On 23 May 2012, Next Magazine reported that Sammul Chan was in negotiations to return for a HK$25,000 per episode deal.[15] Chan expressed an interest, but ultimately had to reject the offer due to a schedule clash.

A press conference was held on 18 July 2012.[16]

Season 2 premiered on July 15, 2013.

Cast

Airport filming locations

Some scenes are filmed at or near airports that Skylette flies to:

Pilot training scenes are from Aeros Flight Training at Coventry Airport.

Aircraft

Hong Kong Airlines A330-200 (leased from Hainan Airlines) B-LNJ were featured in some close-up shots.

Most cabin scenes are filmed at TVB sets and most cockpit scenes are either on board the A330 or the A330 simulator.

Awards and nominations

TVB Awards Presentation 2013

Viewership ratings

WeekEpisodesDateAverage PointsPeaking Points
101－05July 15-July 19, 20133135
206－10July 22-July 26, 20133034
311－15July 29-August 2, 20133032
416－20August 5-August 9, 201329
521－25August 12-August 16, 20133132
626－30August 19-August 23, 20133031
731－35August 26-August 30, 20133133
836－41September 2-September 6, 20133133
842－43September 8, 20133841

References

  1. ↑ "Triumph in the Skies feature starts production". Film Business Asia. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  2. 1 2 "TVB to film Triumph in the Skies sequel with original cast, Raymond Lam rumoured to join". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  3. ↑ "TVB Power Press Conference". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  4. ↑ "Triumph II suddenly postpones production". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  5. ↑ "40-episode long drama 'The Prominent Family'". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  6. ↑ "Cathay Pacific not sponsoring Triumph II". IHKTV (in Chinese). Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  7. ↑ "Julian Cheung to film Triumph II". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  8. ↑ "Julian Cheung willing to be TVB's godson". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  9. ↑ "2012-04-03 Video Clip". TVB Entertainment News via IHKTV (in Chinese). 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  10. ↑ "Raymond Lam and Bosco Wong will not act in Triumph in the Skies 2". Jayne Stars. 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  11. ↑ "Chilam rejected offer to avoid Francs Ng". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  12. ↑ "Francis Ng will return to film Triumph II". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  13. ↑ "Triumph in the Skies II filming postponed to September". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2012-04-05.
  14. ↑ "IHKTV's Official Weibo". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
  15. ↑ "Shell King invites Sammul Chan to return for Triumph in the Skies II". Next Magazine via IHKTV (in Chinese). 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  16. ↑ "Triumph in the Skies II press conference". IHKTV (in Chinese). 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-07-18.

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