Yimou Zhang’s historical epic monster movie The Great Wall has just released a new trailer and it clearly wants to emphasize the “monster” part of its story. Packed with action on a grand, epic scale, this movie looks like it’s going to be a wild and damn fun ride!
“‘The Great Wall’ tells the story of an elite force making a valiant stand for humanity on the world’s most iconic structure.”
Talking with EW, Zhang explained:
This is a Hollywood monster movie and needs to be made in that style. The film takes place about 1,000 years ago. At its core, it is a period piece and an action film. The fantasy element does play a major role because of the monsters. But, what makes our film unique is that these are ancient Chinese monsters. Even though it’s a fantasy movie, we filmed it in a very realistic way. We want it to feel like the events actually happened. Other than the monster, all aspects of this film are backed by either scientific or historical research.
The Great Wall stars Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang, Zheng Kai, Cheney Chen, Xuan Huang and Andy Lau. The story comes from Max Brooks and Edward Zwick & Marshall Herskovitz with the screenplay by Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro and Tony Gilroy.
The Great Wall comes out February 17th, 2017.
