''Wished'' is a Chinese

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directed by

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, written by Justin Malen & Dayyan Eng. The film stars

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, Yan Ni, Pan Binglong and

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. It was released in China on June 30, 2017. Wished had the highest audience scores (averaging 8.0/10) across the top 4 ticketing platforms for local Chinese comedies released that crowded summer. As an indie-film on limited screens, Wished debuted in third place at the Chinese box office—behind Transformers 5 and a Chinese sci-fi action film. It went on to beat market expectations to gross RMB$70 million at the box office in two weeks. According to Entgroup Data, Wished was the most watched feature film online across all movie sites in China during its first week of online release, and racked up a total of 100,000,000+ paid viewings across three of the top movie sites in China after just over a fortnight. Wished was invited to the 2017

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and won several awards at the

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, Los Angeles Film Awards and New York Film Awards. In 2019, Wished was optioned by an American film company to be remade as an American film.

Synopsis

A 30-something salesman is disillusioned with his life after failing to achieve his career goals and breaking up with his girlfriend. He meets a magical celestial being who starts making his old wishes come true — including those from childhood.

Cast

* Yan Ni *

*Pan Binlong *

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Daniel Wu Daniel Ng Neh-Tsu (, born September 30, 1974) is an American actor, director and producer based in Hong Kong. He is known as a "flexible and distinctive" leading actor in the Chinese language film industry. Since his film debut in 1998, he has ...

(cameo) *

Wang Baoqiang Wang Baoqiang (; born 29 May 1984) is a Chinese actor, martial artist and director. His debut role was that of Yuan Fengming in the movie '' Blind Shaft'', for which he shared the Best New Performer prize at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards. Ear ...

(voice cameo) *

Bao Bei'er Bao Bei'er (; born 3 May 1984) is a Chinese actor. He is noted for his roles as Lu Maoku and Zhang Kai in the films ''Welcome to Shama Town'' and '' So Young'' respectively. Early life Bao was born and raised in Harbin, Heilongjiang, his pare ...

(cameo) *

Ning Jing Ning Jing (; born April 27, 1972) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is best known for playing Milan in ''In the Heat of the Sun'' (1994), Danzhu in '' Red River Valley'' (1997), Angel in '' Lover's Grief over the Yellow River'' (1999) and Emp ...

(cameo) *

Mike Sui Mike Sui () is a comedic actor and host in China who became famous for his "12 Beijingers" viral video released on April 27, 2012. Sui was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to a Chinese father and American mother, and grew up in Michigan and Beijing. ...

(cameo)

Awards

* WINNER - Golden Angel Award - 2017

* OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2017

* WINNER - Best Editing - 2017 London Independent Film Awards * WINNER - Best Picture - 2018 New York Film Awards * WINNER - Best Fantasy Film - 2018 New York Film Awards * WINNER - Best Actress - 2018 New York Film Awards * WINNER - Best Score - 2018 New York Film Awards * WINNER - Best Visual Effects - 2018 New York Film Awards * WINNER - Best Fantasy Film - 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards * WINNER - Best Director - 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards * WINNER - Best Cinematography - 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards * WINNER - Best Editing - 2018 Los Angeles Film Awards * WINNER - Best Director Diamond Award - 2018 NYC Indie Film Awards * WINNER - Best Actor Diamond Award - 2018 NYC Indie Film Awards * WINNER - Best VFX Diamond Award - 2018 NYC Indie Film Awards * WINNER - Best Feature Film Gold Award - 2018 NYC Indie Film Awards

References

External links

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Official "Wished" Site
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