The film also famous Chinese stars, such as Canto-pop star and actor Andy Lau and former K-pop boy band member Lu Han. Testing a growing industryĪlong with being the largest U.S.-China co-production, 'The Great Wall' is the most expensive film shot entirely in China, and brings together an internationally-acclaimed director (this is Zhang's first English-language film and his first 3D film, as well as his most expensive film to date) with a popular American movie star (Damon's 'The Martian' and 'Bourne' franchise were hits in China). 'To watch him kind of choreograph that with a thousand extras in battle armor, and then choreograph the camera movements, it was just really awesome to watch,' Damon said.

'Half our crew was Chinese, and half our crew was international, and so we had 100 translators working between the production office and on set,' Damon said, adding that a major draw for him to the film was the opportunity to witness Zhang, whose grand scale productions have also included the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening and closing ceremonies, direct such a massive project.

Two years later the alchemy of converting concrete eyesore into community treasure began. Baca about the possibility of creating a mural in the flood control channel as part of a beautification project that included a minipark and bicycle path. That theme of collaboration has also been very much a part of the conversation about 'The Great Wall, from inception to production to release. In 1974, the Army Corps of Engineers contacted Judith F. Their journey takes them to the Great Wall, where an army of warriors stands ready to fight off an invasion by mythical creatures called the Tao Tei. Damon and co-star Pedro Pascal (best known for his roles in Netflix's 'Narcos' and HBO's 'Game of Thrones') play mercenary soldiers in search of a coveted weapon in the form of explosive powder. Though originally appearing as somewhat of a historical drama, 'The Great Wall' (which was produced by Legendary Pictures and is distributed by Universal Pictures, a sister company of NBC News), is actually a fantasy and monster film set against the backdrop of an iconic landmark. Since the film's release in China in December, early reviews have suggested that the accusations of a 'white savior' storyline were premature: it's not a great film, critics say (the feedback from audiences in China have also been mixed), but it's not the film some may have thought it was either. In ancient China, a group of European mercenaries encounters a secret army that maintains and defends the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures. The Great Wall of China (traditional Chinese: simplified Chinese: pinyin: Wnl Chngchng) is a series of fortifications that were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection against various nomadic groups from the Eurasian Steppe. 'I think people saw 'The Great Wall,' and then they saw my face and my name, and went, like, 'What the hell is this?'' With Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau. 'It was really based on the one sheet,' Damon told NBC News.

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