My Date with a Vampire

Fong Tin-yau was a Chinese guerrilla fighter during the Second Sino–Japanese War. In 1938, he was duelling with Yamamoto Kazuo, an Imperial Japanese Army officer, when they were interrupted by Tseung-san, an ancient vampire. The two men and a boy, Fuksang, were bitten by Tseung-san and have become vampires. In the present-day (1998), Fong has found a new life as a policeman in Hong Kong while Fusheng pretends to be his son. During this time, Fong encounters Ma Siu-ling, the heiress to a sorcerer clan dedicated to ridding the world of evil supernatural beings. He soon gets entangled in a love triangle with Ma and her close friend, Wong Zanzan. Meanwhile, Yamamoto has become an influential businessman in Hong Kong. Planning to turn every human into a vampire, Yamamoto sends his vampire followers to attack people and spread the "vampire gene". Chaos break out in Hong Kong as vampires multiply and roam the streets freely. Fong teams up with Ma and their allies to stop Yamamoto and destroy him. Shortly after, a sorcerer called Rahu resurrects Yamamoto and controls him to do his bidding. Rahu perform a ritual during a blood moon to dominate the world. Once again, Fong, Ma and their allies combine forces to confront Rahu and stop him. == Cast ==

• Eric Wan as Fong Tin-yau • Joey Meng as Ma Siu-ling / Ma Danna • Kristy Yang as Wong Zanzan / Yamamoto Yuki • Kenneth Chan as Yamamoto Kazuo • Chapman To as Kam Tseng-zung • Pinky Cheung as Yamamoto Mirai • Berg Ng as Ken / Domoto Shingo • Cheung Kwok-kuen as Fuksang • Wong Shee-tong as Ho Yingkiu • Kam San as Tseung-san • Sin Ho-ying as Master Peacock • Ching Tung as Lo Hoiping • Chan Lai-wun as Lo Hoiping's mother • Mak King-ting as Bak Sousou • Wong Mei-fan as Siu-tsing • Philip Keung as Gou Bou • Chung Yeung as Peter • Lisa Lui as Auyong Ga-ga • Lau Kwok-shing as Kam Sau-tsang • Ng Wan-yee as Kam Tseng-zung's mother • Wai Lit as Rahu • Alice Chan as Miusin • Raymond Tsang as Lau Hoi • Yeung Ka-nok as Lam Kok-dong • Leung Bik-tze as Bik-ga • Lee Yung as Herman • Lau Shek-yin as Vairocana == Production ==

The script for My Date with a Vampire was written by Leung Lap-yan in 1997. Leung attempted to market the script to Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) but was rejected, so he went to Asia Television (ATV) instead. Chan Sap-sam, who wrote the script for the two sequels, revealed that Lam Ching-ying, a prominent cast member in the Mr. Vampire franchise, was their original choice for the lead actor, and that Joey Meng did not have a place in their initial cast list. However, after they finalised the script, they were unable to contact Lam, who was critically ill. Besides, ATV's top management was not pleased with the script because they felt that it did not fit people's impressions of how vampires should be like. ATV's top management wanted to cancel the project after Lam died of liver cancer in 1997. Faced with these problems, Chan decided to make bold changes to the script and create a new character – Ma Siu-ling, a female ghostbuster wearing high heels and a miniskirt who is greedy for money. Sin Chi-wai, the producer for the series, recommended Joey Meng to play Ma Siu-ling. When Eric Wan was offered to play the male lead character in the series, he wanted to turn down the offer because he felt exhausted, but eventually agreed as he became more interested in the story. == Future development ==

According to Netease Report, Fox Networks Group will remake the series. Cora Yim, the head of Fox Networks Group Asia, claimed that one-third of ATV's inventory had been acquired by Fox Networks Group, including 28 television series; My Date with a Vampire is one of the 28. == See also ==