1, "The Wandering Earth"

A poster of "The Wandering Earth" [Image courtesy of Beijing Culture]

The interstellar sci-fi spectacular "The Wandering Earth," directed by Frant Gwo, could set a milestone on the path when China is developing its own science fiction blockbusters. The film is based on a story by China's Hugo Award-winning author Liu Cixin about how the human race build giant planet thrusters to move the Earth out of its current orbit and into a new star system in a 2,500-year odyssey journey as the Sun is dying and about to explode. For the first time, the film shows the Chinese people's feelings toward their homeland as well as their emotion for family on a galactic scale, and the audience should easily be able to feel the charm of Chinese science fiction and the grandeur of this film. For a sci-fi production of this scale, the visual effects are of a high quality alongside those of Hollywood, thanks to the work of many top domestic and international special effects companies, including Weta Workshop, Base FX and More VFX. To make this film work, Gwo and his team spent four years shaping an imagined timeline of events as well as drawing 3,000 pages of conceptual designs, 8,000 pages of storyboard designs and making over 10,000 props. Around 7,000 people joined the crew including four scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as consultants, and Wu Jing, the renowned director and actor whose "Wolf Warrior 2" remains the highest grossing Chinese film of all time. "The Wandering Earth" had advanced screenings before its official release for the Spring Festival and received rave reviews.  

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