CJ7 (Chinese: 長江七號 Chang Jiang qi hao) is an upcoming 2008 science fiction/comedy film written, produced and directed by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the film.
In August 2007 the film was given the title CJ7, a play on China's successful Shenzhou manned space missions - Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6. It was previously been known by a series of working titles - Alien, Yangtze River VII, Long River 7 and most notably, A Hope.
It was filmed in Ningbo, in the Zhejiang province. According to IMDb, filming is now complete and is scheduled to release on January 31, 2008.
Official Trailer: http://cj7movie.com
Plot and production information
* As with the title CJ7, the earlier working titles, Yangtze River VII and Long River 7, referred to the Chinese manned space program. The mission of Shenzhou 6 was completed in 2006 and the real Shenzhou 7 is set to launch in September 2008.
* The film will have a budget of $20 million US, and will be heavy on CG effects.
* Chow plays a man who lives in a partly demolished house. He takes in a homeless boy (who is actually played by a girl, Xu Jiao). Whether the semi-demolished house and the homeless boy are on Earth, or on the alien planet is not clear. As Chow's character can't afford to buy a toy for the child, he finds a makeshift toy in the garbage and brings it back to his "son". The toy is actually an alien and the aliens are desperate to get it back. Some rumours state that it is a "pet" rather than a "toy".
* The reason Chow's character can't afford to buy the child a toy is because he is fired without pay from his part-time job as a construction worker. His boss is a contractor played by Lam Chi Chung.
* Chow plays an astronaut who crashes his spacecraft on another planet. He befriends an android translator (played by Kitty Zhang) who can communicate with aliens.
* Scenes include Chow's character being taken to hospital after seemingly plunging to his death; the adopted child crying, whilst Kitty Zhang's android character plays teacher; a birthday party for the child.
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