Not the legend you know

In the classic tale, the Eight Immortals are already divine — crossing the sea, each showing their own powers. The film rewinds to before any of that: eight flawed, funny, street-level mortals who bluff and scheme their way past the gods, and only then earn the name the world would remember.

The hook is not only "Chinese mythology movie," but “ordinary people becoming legends” — a fresh origin story that leads back into the older Eight Immortals mythology.

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Scores & platforms

Douban is the clearest current score — a direct public-page check on 2026-07-22 found 8.3 from 128,907 ratings. Other platforms have no meaningful rating yet.

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Release arc

From Chengdu setup to release-week buzz

Oriental DreamWorks' Chengdu base, project promotion, date announcement, previews, word of mouth, and the July 18 move-up.

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