Warriors of Future

Warriors of Future
Official film poster
Traditional Chinese明日戰記
Simplified Chinese明日战记
Hanyu PinyinMíng Rì Zhàn Jì
JyutpingMing4 Jat6 Zin3 Gei3
Directed byNg Yuen-fai
Screenplay by
  • Lau Ho-leung
  • Mak Tin-shu
Produced byTang Wai-but
Starring
CinematographyNg Man-ching
Edited by
  • Wong Hoi
  • Luk Chi-ho
Music byChan Kwong-wing
Production
companies
  • One Cool Film Production
  • Media Asia Film Production
  • World Universe Culture
  • iQiyi Motion Pictures (Beijing)
  • Beijing Unimedia Television Culture
  • Tianjin Maoyan Weying Media
  • Shenzhen Film Studio
  • Shanghai CMC Pictures
  • Beijing Gutian Film and Television Production
    Shenzhen Film & Television Co.
  • Beijing Le Art Media & Culture Co.
  • Lok Tin Films Production
Distributed by
  • One Cool Pictures (Hong Kong, Worldwide)
  • Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK)
  • Netflix (Worldwide)
Release dates
  • 15 August 2022 (2022-08-15) (HKIFF)
  • 25 August 2022 (2022-08-25) (Hong Kong)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguageCantonese
Budget$56 million[1]
Box office$111.2 million[a]

Warriors of Future (Chinese: 明日戰記; lit. 'Tomorrow's War'), previously known as Virtus (Chinese: 矛盾戰爭), is a 2022 Hong Kong military science fiction action film directed by visual effects artist Ng Yuen-fai in his directorial debut and starring Louis Koo, Sean Lau, and Carina Lau. Koo also serves as the film's executive producer, with the film being funded and distributed by his production company, One Cool Group Limited.

Having been in development for three years, the film began production on 12 February 2017[2] and was originally set for release in 2019.[3][4] After a long delay, the film opened the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival on 15 August 2022[5] and released theatrically on 25 August 2022 in Hong Kong.[6]

The film became the No. 1 highest-grossing Chinese film in Hong Kong, The box office record was then broken by A Guilty Conscience in February 2023. [7]

  1. ^ Chu, Karen (18 March 2018). "Filmart: Louis Koo to Produce and Star in $56M Sci-Fi Epic 'Warriors of Future' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ "【 Movie6 新聞 】耗資過3億港製科幻片《 明日戰記 》正式開鏡 古天樂、劉青雲聯手打外星怪物拯救地球". 14 February 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ^ "港產科幻片《明日戰記》投資3.5億 古天樂劉青雲裝甲上陣". Cosmopolitan. 13 March 2017. Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "港產科幻片《明日戰記》投資3.5億古天樂劉青雲裝甲上陣". Yahoo! News. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Warriors of Future - HKIFF". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  6. ^ Bona, JJ (1 August 2022). "Watch the New Trailer for the long-awaited sci-fi actioner 'Warriors of Future' starring Louis Koo and Lau Ching Wan". Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  7. ^ "《毒舌大狀》刷新香港華語影片最高票房紀錄" (PDF). 香港票房有限公司. 10 February 2023.


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