Crazy Alien

Crazy Alien is a 2019 Chinese science-fiction comedy film directed by Ning Hao and written by Liu Cixin, Sun Xiaohang, Wu Nan, Dong Runnian, Liu Xiaodan and Pan Yiran. The film stars Huang Bo, Shen Teng, Matthew Morrison, and Tom Pelphrey. It was released in China on February 5, 2019, the Chinese New Year.

Cast

 * Huang Bo as Geng HAO
 * Shen Teng as Da Fei
 * Matthew Morrison as Captain Zach Andrews
 * Tom Pelphrey as John Stockton
 * Kat Ann Nelson as CIA Officer
 * Xu Zheng as Alien
 * Mekael Turner as Agent A
 * David Rayden as AA Meeting Host
 * Nathaniel Boyd as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
 * Mathieu Jaquet as Bodyguard
 * Michael J. Gralapp as NASA Commander
 * Anthony Gavard as Nasa Scientist
 * Dan Darin-Zanco as Chief NASA Administrator
 * Randall Lowell as National Security Council Member
 * Scotty Bob Cox as Scientist
 * Fei Deng as Director Ma

Production
Ning Hao stated that Crazy Alien is partly influenced by The Country Teacher writen by Liu Cixin. He spent five years writing a script. Crazy Alien is the final installment in Ning Hao's black comedy trilogy. It began in 2006 with Crazy Stone, continuing with 2009's Crazy Racer.

Shooting began in Qingdao, Shandong on July 26, 2017 and ended on December 9 of that same year. Filming locations included Qingdao, Changsha, Russia and France.

Release
Crazy Alien was released in China on February 5, 2019.

Box office
The film earned a total of 1,000 million yuan in its first 3 days of release, grossing 1,500 million yuan on its opening weekend. It has grossed nearly 2,000 million yuan.