The Ghost Bride (2019?) Netflix Chinese fantasy mini-series

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"Netflix is expanding its roster of Chinese-language original content.  Production is now underway in Malaysia on 'The Ghost Bride.'  The six-part series is adapted from a novel of the same name by Choo Yangsze... The show is being jointly directed by Malaysian directing duo Quek Shio Chuan ('Guang the Movie') and Ho Yuhang ('At the End of Daybreak,' 'Mrs K').  Production is by Ideate Media.  No air date has been announced.  The story is set in 1890s Colonial-era Malacca and sees a woman receive a proposal from a wealthy family to become the ghost bride of their recently deceased son.  The position is financially lucrative, but means she will be haunted for the rest of her life.  Her escape is even more complicated.  The cast is headed by Taiwan's Wu Kang Ren ('White Ant') in the lead male role and Huang Peijia ('Roseki,' 'Cha Cha for Twins') as the female lead.  Ludi Lin ('Power Rangers,' 'Aquaman') also joins as the third element of the love triangle.  The cast is rounded out by Malaysian Mandarin-language musical and theater artist Tian Tze Kuang."  The above info is from https://variety.com/2019/digital/asia/netflix-shooting-chinese-language-ghost-bride-1203123378/   

The Ghost Bride by Choo Yangsze, a coming-of-age novel that I read last year, was  published in 2013.  The mini-series may not exactly follow the plot of the novel, which is:  "Though ruled by British overlords, the Chinese of colonial Malaya still cling to ancient customs.  And in the sleepy port town of Malacca, ghosts and superstitions abound.

Li Lan, the daughter of a genteel by bankrupt family, has few prospects.  But fate intervenes when she receives an unusual proposal from the wealthy and powerful Lim family.  They want her to become a ghost bride for the family's only son, who recently died under mysterious circumstances.  Rarely practiced, a traditional ghost marriage is used to placate a restless spirit.  Such a union would guarantee Li Lan a home for the rest of her days, but at a terrible price.

After an ominous visit to the opulent Lim mansion, Li Lan finds herself haunted not only by her ghostly would-be suitor, but also by her desire for the Lim's handsome new heir, Tian Bai.  Night after night, she is drawn into the shadowy parallel world of the Chinese afterlife, with its ghost cities, paper funeral offerings, vengeful spirits and monstrous bureaucracy - including the mysterious Er Lang, a charming but unpredictable guardian spirit.  Li Lan must uncover the Lim family's darkest secrets - and the truth about her own family - before she is trapped in this ghostly world forever."  From https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16248223-the-ghost-bride