''Invasion'', also known as ''Attraction 2'' (), is a 2020 Russian

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directed and produced by

Fyodor Bondarchuk Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk ( ; born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director, actor, producer and TV host. He is also the founder of Art Pictures Studio, a production company. He specializes in action movies, war movies, and science fiction ...

's company - Art Pictures Studio and Vodorod pictures. The film is a sequel to '' Attraction'' (2017), and its plot directly continues the events from the previous film. The film stars

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, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov, Yuri Borisov, Oleg Menshikov, and

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. ''Invasion'' is Bondarchuk’s fifth feature length film and the eighth Russian film shot in

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format. It premiered in preview at the end of December 26, 2019. A wide distribution of the film took place in Russia on January 1, 2020, by WDSSPR. It was the final film distributed by WDSSPR before its dissolution between Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing.

Cast

as Yulia 'Yulya' Lebedeva (English: Julia) * Rinal Mukhametov as Hekon / Khariton (English: Hakon) * Alexander Petrov as Artyom Tkachyov, Yulya's former boyfriend * Yuri Borisov as Captain Ivan 'Vanya' Korobanov * Oleg Menshikov as General-major Valentin Lebedev *

as vice-premier * Yevgeny Mikheev as Gleb Karakhanov "Google", a classmate and friend of Yulya, an employee of the company "

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" * Daniil Kolzenov as a technician * Sergey Troyev as TV channel technician * Igor Kosterin as VSK Adjutant (major) * Andrey Nazimov as IT Department Manager

Production

Development

In March 2017, the project director

officially confirmed the continuation of the ''Attraction'' series, announcing the proposed sequel. The budget for the second installation of the series (as yet un-named) was planned for 645 million rubles. The pre-production continued for a year and a half.

Filming

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began on July 24, 2018. The film was shot in

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, as well as

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and

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Music

The soundtrack was written by composer Igor Vdovin. The film's

trailer features the song "Universe Has No End" from Imagine Music's 2018 album Supreme II.

Release

''Invasion'' was released in the

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on January 1, 2020 by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).

Marketing

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2019 was held in

for the sixth time from October 3 to 6 at the Crocus Expo Pavilion No.1. Simultaneously with the festival, the fourteenth annual exhibition of interactive entertainment "

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" was held. Trailer 48 aired on May 23, 2019, and the

trailer was released on December 12, 2019. The trailers were presented in the original Russian version with English subtitles.

Home media

''Invasion'' is the third film directed by

, released in IMAX format after ''

Stalingrad (2013 film) ''Stalingrad'' () is a 2013 Russian war film directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. It was the first Russian movie released in IMAX. The film was released in September 2013 in Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad) and October in Russia before its international ...

'' and ''Attraction'' (2017 film). The film was released in Russia on

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and

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on March 3, 2020.

References

External links

Official website
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