On November 3, the official Weibo of the movie "The Wandering Earth" announced that "The Wandering Earth 3" is officially scheduled to be released on New Year's Day in 2027. On that day, "The Wandering Earth 3" held a "Forward Three Press Conference". At the press conference, Director Guo Fan said, "It hasn't been filmed yet, so... Anyway, we will try to control the duration."

According to reports, the director of "The Wandering Earth 3" is still Guo Fan, and the screenwriters are Guo Fan, Yang Zhixue, and Gong Geer. At the same time, most of the leading actors of "The Wandering Earth" and "The Wandering Earth 2" were present. Wu Jing, Andy Lau and Li Xuejian also attended the press conference of "The Wandering Earth 3".

"The Wandering Earth 3" poster

The general plot of "The Wandering Earth 3" is: The sun is about to be destroyed, and humans build huge thrusters on the surface of the earth to find a new home. However, the road to the universe is full of dangers. In order to save the earth, young people from the wandering earth era stepped forward for the third time and started a life-and-death battle against time...

"The Wandering Earth", which was released on New Year's Day in 2019, has a cumulative box office of 4.688 billion yuan and a Douban score of 7.9.

"The Wandering Earth 2", which will be released on New Year's Day in 2023, has a cumulative box office of 4.029 billion yuan and a Douban score of 8.3. In addition, the film has represented mainland China in the 96th Oscar for Best International Film.