Global action icon Wu Jing is back in the highly anticipated prequel “The Wandering Earth II”

Action icon Wu Jing has been very busy. 

This month, the prolific Chinese actor, director and martial artist (“Wolf Warrior” films, “Shaolin”) will be seen in “The Wandering Earth II,” prequel to the 2019 futuristic blockbuster “The Wandering Earth.” Given the fate of Jing’s character in the first movie, it would have been impossible to include him in a second movie but fortunately, director Frant Gwo came up with the perfect solution. “Wu provided us with a lot of selfless help in the first installment,” said Gwo in an interview with China.org.cn. “I wanted to show gratitude to him, but I didn't want to write some unconvincing plot about his resurrection. So, I said, let’s do a prequel.”

Watch the trailer for “The Wandering Earth II”: https://youtu.be/ZCuE5HntgeM

Warner Bros. Pictures to release “The Wandering Earth II” exclusively in cinemas in the Philippines

Four years after the worldwide box-office success of the 2019 futuristic blockbuster “The Wandering Earth” comes the prequel “The Wandering Earth II,” to be released by Warner Bros. Pictures exclusively in cinemas in the Philippines on May 31. 

Watch the prequel’s trailer here: https://youtu.be/ZCuE5HntgeM

“The Wandering Earth II,” released in China and the U.S. in January in time for the Chinese New Year, has earned USD 604 million, making it so far the third highest-grossing movie of the year in terms of box-office numbers.