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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.
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.
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 ...
Registration records on the National Film Bureau’s website revealed this week that censors have approved “The Wandering Earth 2” for production. It plans to shoot in Qingdao and Haikou, the ...
Wu Jing (Chinese: 吴京; pinyin: Wú Jīng; born 3 April 1974), also known as Jacky Wu, is a Chinese actor, martial artist and director of Manchu descent. [3] He is best known for his roles in various martial arts films such as Tai Chi Boxer, Fatal Contact, the Sha Po Lang films, and as Leng Feng in Wolf Warrior, its sequel Wolf Warrior 2, and most recently The Battle at Lake Changjin. [4]
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 was adapted by Frant Gwo into a 2019 live-action film of the same name. The film was produced by the China Film Group Corporation and starred Wu Jing . [ 10 ] It was released on 5 February 2019, and performed well commercially and critically in China and abroad. [ 11 ]
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