Can I watch Yabai in the cinema now?

Yes.

"Eight Hundred" is produced by Huayi Brothers Film Co., Ltd. and Beijing Seven Impressions Culture Media Co., Ltd., Tencent Pictures Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing Guangguang Film Co., Ltd. and Alibaba Pictures (Beijing) ) Co., Ltd., directed by director Guan Hu, and starring Huang Zhizhong, Ou Hao, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Wu, Zhang Yi, Du Chun, Wei Chen, Li Chen, Yu Haoming and others.

The film is based on the 1937 Songhu Battle. It tells the story of a reinforced battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the Third Theater of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, known as the "Eight Hundred Warriors" in history, who defended the Sihang Warehouse on the banks of the Suzhou River. , the story of blocking the Japanese army.

The film will be released in mainland China on August 21, 2020.

The crew of the film built a building covering an area of ??200 acres brick by brick. Not only did they manually dig out a new Suzhou River, they also built 1:1 real scenes of the buildings on both sides of the river. During the filming, the demolition plot in Baisha, Ningbo was designated as the location for the Songhu Battle scene.

In order to pursue reality, the crew spent a year and a half designing and building a 200-acre real-life set with 68 buildings at the Huayi Brothers Movie World (Suzhou) shooting base, and dug the 200-meter-long Suzhou River. , restoring the "hell" where the war is raging on both sides of the river and the "heaven" where the colors and sounds are neon.

300 flares were used in the entire movie to recreate the lighting effects on the battlefield of the Battle of Songhu. More than 300 kilograms of smoke oil and nearly 5 tons of old newspapers were burned to create a smoke-filled scene. , a real battlefield filled with artillery fire. In order to present the best visual effects and ensure the realism of the picture while highlighting the aesthetic value, the director of photography Cao Yu set up more than 2,000 desk lamps on the set to match different lenses.