Post-production for the film’s extensive visual effects took 15 months, involving industry giants Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Workshop to design the mythical Taotie monsters. Plot Summary

The film featured an international ensemble including Matt Damon , Jing Tian , Pedro Pascal , Willem Dafoe , and Andy Lau .

With a staggering production budget of $150 million , it was the most expensive film ever shot entirely in China.

Directed by Zhang Yimou, the acclaimed visual stylist behind Hero and House of Flying Daggers . This was his first English-language project.

Set during the , the film reimagines the Great Wall not as a defense against nomadic raiders, but as a fortress built to protect humanity from the Taotie —vicious, alien-like creatures that attack every 60 years.

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