Big New Trailer for China’s Fantasy Epic Sequel ‘A Writer’s Odyssey 2’

Big New Trailer for China’s Fantasy Epic Sequel ‘A Writer’s Odyssey 2’

by Alex Billington
September 19, 2025
Source: YouTube

“Be the first one to find God, and you can rewrite your fate.” CMC Pictures in China has revealed the main official trailer for a gigantic action fantasy sequel called A Writer’s Odyssey 2, the follow-up to the hit movie A Writer’s Odyssey from 2021. “Reality is being overwritten by fiction…” Can he stop it? The writer is back again for another epic story. “Before you step into the theater, make sure you’re not his next character. The story isn’t finished yet… but the NPCs are already off-script! Plot is spiraling out of control—return to reality while you still can.” Struggling novelist Lu Kongwen gives in to a powerful temptation, plunging himself and his fictional characters into an inescapable crisis. Through rediscovering his purpose, he joins forces with his creations to heroically resolve the dual-world catastrophe. The movie stars Deng Chao, Dong Zijian, Lei Jiayin, Wang Shengdi, and Ding Chengxin. Just like the first movie, this looks like a crazy action-packed, CGI-filled adventure with tons of creatures and characters and fights and everything else. Have fun.

Here’s the official trailer (+ posters) for Yang Lu’s action sequel A Writer’s Odyssey 2, from YouTube:

A struggling novelist named Lu Kongwen (Zijian Dong) finds himself in the depths of a life crisis when he is drawn by an irresistible temptation, leading both himself and characters in his book into an irreversible catastrophe. In the novel’s world, the protagonist Kongwen embarks on a journey of resistance to defy his predetermined fate. In the end, the novelist confronts his own shadowy side, regains his faith, and joins forces with his characters to save both worlds from impending doom. A Writer’s Odyssey 2, also known as 刺杀小说家2 or Ci Sha Xiao shuo jia 2, is once again directed by Chinese filmmaker Yang Lu, director of the films My Spectacular Theatre, Brotherhood of Blades 1 & 2, The Sacrifice, and the first A Writer’s Odyssey, plus the series “The Wind Blows from Longxi” & “The Mutations”. The screenplay is by Zelin Li. Exec produced by Hongwei Wang. The film opens first in China starting in early October this year. CMC Pictures will also release A Writer’s Odyssey in select US theaters starting on October 3rd, 2025 coming up. Who’s down?

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