

Shortly after the first trailer debuted this summer, Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu was one of many who criticized the movie for " whitewashing," in regards to the casting of Matt Damon.

This trailer comes as the movie is embroiled in controversy over the casting of Matt Damon. While the trailer kicks off with footage centering on Matt Damon's character, the rest of this epic video focuses on the rest of this diverse international cast. Regardless, there is no shortage of new footage from these epic battle scenes, with thousands of soldiers battling immense Chinese monsters. This trailer debuted on YouTube, and it seems to be a number of smaller trailers focusing on each character, cut together into one huge nine-minute trailer. While you'll need to be fluent in Chinese to understand the narration and to read the title cards, there is still plenty of action-packed new footage that we haven't seen before. To get Chinese fans ready for The Great Wall, an action-packed 9-minute trailer has debuted, featuring plenty of new footage, introducing several of the main characters, including Matt Damon's William Garin. still have a few more months before Universal's The Great Wall hits theaters, Chinese audiences will be the first to see this epic adventure when it hits theaters in the Middle Kingdom on December 16. It is as "realistic" as possible, for a monster movie set in China, but with American screenwriters and a Chinese director blending East and West elements.While fans in the U.S. Other than the monster, all aspects of this film are backed by either scientific or historical research." We want it to feel like the events actually happened. Even though it's a fantasy movie, we filmed it in a very realistic way. But, what makes our film unique is that these are ancient Chinese monsters. The fantasy element does play a major role because of the monsters.

Zhang explained to EW, "At its core, it is a period piece and an action film. As EW noted, if you're expecting a historical epic about the building of the wall, think again. Entertainment Weekly shared the first photos from the movie, and Legendary Pictures and Universal posted the first full trailer. The film, from "House of Flying Daggers" director Zhang Yimou, is set about 1,000 years ago, starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Andy Lau, Jing Tian, Luhan, and Willem Dafoe. "The Great Wall" is the most expensive Chinese movie of all time, and you can see where the money went in this epic first trailer.
