Invasion is
Bondarchuk’s third film and the eighth Russian film shot in
IMAX format, the film premiered in preview from the end of December 26, 2019. A wide distribution of the film was released in Russia on January 1, 2020 by WDSSPR. It was the final film distributed by WDSSPR before its dissolution between
Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing. Sony will continue to produce and distribute their films in Russia.
Yevgeny Mikheev as Gleb Karakhanov "Google", a classmate and friend of Yulya, an employee of the company "
Rostelecom"
Daniil Kolzenov as a technician
Sergey Troyev as TV channel technician
Igor Kosterin as VSK Adjutant (major)
Andrey Nazimov as IT Department Manager
Production
Development
In March 2017, the project director
Fyodor Bondarchuk officially confirmed the continuation of the Attraction series, announcing the proposed sequel[8]. The budget for the second installation of the series (as yet un-named) was planned in the amount of 645 million rubles.[9] The preparatory process continued for a year and a half.[10]
Unlike the first film, Invasion's events do not take place in the Moscow district of
Chertanovo, but in central Moscow, including the territory of
Moscow State University and beyond. As in the first part, the shooting used modern equipment from the
Russian Armed Forces, including the sedan-version of the
Aurus Senat car, which was created as part of the Cortege project.
The composer Igor Vdovin wrote the soundtrack for this film.
The film's
IMAX trailer features the song "Universe Has No End" from the Imagine Music's Supreme II album. Another trailer contains a remix, also from Imagine Music, of
Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
Comic-Con Russia 2019 was held in Moscow for the sixth time from October 3 to 6 at the Crocus Expo Pavilion No.1. Simultaneously with the festival, the fourteenth annual exhibition of interactive entertainment "
IgroMir" will be held.
Trailer 48 aired on May 23, 2019. Meanwhile, the
IMAX trailer was released on December 12, 2019.
At the moment, the trailers were presented in the original Russian version with English subtitles.
Home media
Invasion is the third film of
Fyodor Bondarchuk, released in IMAX format after Stalingrad (2013 film) and Attraction (2017 film).
The film was released in Russia in
DVD,
Blu-ray and
iTunes on March 3, 2020.