Viy 2: Journey to China (is a 2019 Russian-Chinese fantasy adventure film. It is the sequel to Viy, the 2014 cinema hit loosely based on the Nikolai Gogol story Viy. The movie is produced by Gleb Fetisov, Alexey A. Petrukhin and Sergey Sozanovskiy. The film is directed by Oleg Stepchenko. The film stars Jason Flemyng (who reprises his role from the first film), Rutger Hauer (in one of his final films before his death), Charles Dance (who reprises his role from the first film), Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
On April 5, 2015, a press conference was held in Moscow with producers Alexey Petrukhin and Sergei Selyanov, actors Jason Flemyng, Rutger Hauer, and Anna Yo. During the conference, it was confirmed that the filming of the sequel, titled Viy 2: Journey to China, has been started. It was also revealed that members of the Jackie Chan Stunt Team would be helping out in choreographing the fights for the film. Major film stars were planned to appear in the sequel. Initial reports had Jackie Chan, Jason Statham, and Steven Seagal as appearing in the film. In November 2016, it was confirmed that Chan would co-star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Viy 2: Journey to China was released in China on 16 August 2019 by Universal Pictures. The film is being released in the United States and United Kingdom under the title The Iron Mask on April 10, 2020.
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