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The Wandering Earth 2 (Chinese: 流浪地球2) is a 2023 Chinese science fiction action-adventure film directed and co-written by Frant Gwo, and starring Wu Jing, Andy Lau, and Li Xuejian. The film is a prequel to the 2019 film The Wandering Earth , which is based on the short story of the same name by Liu Cixin , who serves as the film's producer.
In 2012, China Film Group bought the rights to three of Liu Cixin's best-known science fiction novels, The Wandering Earth, Supernova Era and The Micro-Age. [9] The plan to turn The Wandering Earth into a film was first announced at China Film Group's 2014 film project promotion conference, which estimated the production cost would be $50 ...
The Wandering Earth is a collection of ten science-fiction short stories by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, published by Head of Zeus in 2016 and Tor Books in 2017. [1] [2] It includes the eponymous novella The Wandering Earth, which was adapted in the movie The Wandering Earth in 2019 and expanded with the prequel The Wandering Earth 2 in 2023.
Details are trickling out about the sequel to China’s first true sci-fi blockbuster, director Guo Fan’s “The Wandering Earth.” Registration records on the National Film Bureau’s website ...
The brand will be launching with a host of new films including Cui Rui and Liu Xiang’s box office smash “Lost In The Stars,” Larry Yang’s action comedy “Ride On,” starring Jackie Chan ...
Gwo has cited Western sci-fi movies including Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, and James Cameron's Terminator 2 as major inspirations for his career as a sci-fi movie director and particularly in his work on The Wandering Earth. When making The Wandering Earth, Gwo kept the Chinese audience in mind ...
The Wandering Earth is a science fiction novella by Chinese writer Cixin Liu.The novella focuses on humanity's efforts to move the Earth in order to avoid a supernova.It was first published in 2000 by Beijing Guomi and won the 2000 China Galaxy Science Fiction Award of the Year.
In 2019, Qu starred in China's first interstellar science fiction film The Wandering Earth, playing the lead role. [12] The film was a major success and became the fifth highest-grossing film of all time in China. [13] Forbes China listed Qu under their 30 Under 30 Asia 2019 list. [14]