Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago.
Production
Built an entire training camp for actors — real muscles, no rubber suits.
Visual Effects
The fox demon design walks the line of beautiful and deeply wrong.
Direction
Wuershan balances national epic sincerity with gleeful monster-movie excess.
Director
Wuershan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 30 young actors underwent six months of combat training, horse riding, and ancient Chinese etiquette classes in a military-style camp — the studio literally built an army.
Fengshenyanyi has over 100 film and TV adaptations, but this is the first to receive blockbuster budget treatment — it's essentially China's decades-in-the-making answer to Marvel's Thor.
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