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00:01This is a teaser trailer for the Chinese action film Born to Fly.
00:04Stay tuned after the trailer for more information about the movie.
00:25When Top Gun gets banned in your country,
00:27the next best thing to do is make your own version.
00:29An elite pilot, it's always an elite pilot, is chosen to become China's next head test pilot of a new fighter jet.
00:36Test flight after test flight ensues, until we all assume they wait for the call to go to war
00:41and blow up people in a country that just wants democracy.
00:44We made that part of the plot up, but rest assured there will be plenty of drama and tension in this movie
00:48to go along with all the CGI jet fighter scenes.
00:51Helming his first movie is Liu Xiaoxi, who is also the co-writer of the film and I assume is an avid fan of the original Top Gun.
00:58Before we get to the cast, the executive producer is Han Han,
01:02who was quite popular for his down-to-earth comedy movies like Pegasus and Duckweed,
01:06until he directed the Chinese New Year flop Only Fool's Rush In.
01:10Leading the way in the maverick role, or whatever they are going to call him, is Yibo Wang,
01:14who has mostly been in TV series like Legend of Faye, The Untamed and Love Actually.
01:19Gruff looking Hu Jun is looking particularly gruff in this film,
01:23last seen in The Battle at Lake Changjin and The Curse of Torando amongst other hits.
01:28And proving her versatility is Dong Yu Zhao from Better Days and the upcoming trending topic and Fire on the Plane.
01:35Did you also know that when she was 9, she was one of the voices in the Chinese dub of Spirited Away?
01:41Currently, no release date is set for this except a tentative 2022.
01:45Stay tuned for more trailers and news about upcoming films here on Asian Film Fans.
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