The Wandering Earth

<p>On something of a locked down Planet Earth, we turn our attention to the massive science fiction hit film The Wandering Earth.</p> <p>Set in the far future, The Wandering Earth follows a group of astronauts and rescue workers guiding the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth'>Earth</a> away from an <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#After_core_hydrogen_exhaustion'>expanding Sun</a>, while attempting to prevent a collision with <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter'>Jupiter</a>. The film was theatrically released in China on 5 February 2019 (<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year'>Chinese New Year's Day</a>), by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Film_Group_Corporation'>China Film Group Corporation</a>, followed by North America and Australia on 8 February 2019.</p> <p>The film has  grossed $700 million worldwide. It is <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_China'>China's third highest-grossing film</a> of all time and the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_non-English_films'>third highest-grossing non-English film</a> to date. Now it's the subject of an episode of <a href='http://www.thecosmicshed.com'>The Cosmic Shed</a> podcast.</p> <p> The original poster for the Chinese Theatrical Release.</p> <p>The film is loosely based on the 2000 <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella'>novella</a> of the same name by multi-award-winning author <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu_Cixin'>Liu Cixin,</a> he of the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)'>Three-Body Problem</a>. It stars Qu Chuxiao, Li Guangjie, Ng Man-tat, Zhao Jinmai, Wu Jing and Qu Jingjing. </p> <p></p> <p><a href='https://twitter.com/astrondrew'>Andrew</a>, <a href='https://twitter.com/TimonSingh'>Ti</a>, <a href='https://twitter.com/tushna42'>Tushna</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/bullox'>Steve</a> gather in the virtual shed to discuss it and wonder just how plausible is takin