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The Wandering Earth (2019)

Where The Wandering Earth says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Earth is on the road, but nearly every scene was built on sound stages in one Chinese studio town.

Scenes and places

Liu Peiqiang leaves for the space station

Liu Peiqiang leaves his son Qi with his father-in-law before he departs for his mission. Humanity is moving underground while the Earth Engines push the planet out of the Solar System.

Set in Navigation Platform International Space Station — The station in Earth orbit where Liu Peiqiang serves as an astronaut.

A fictional crewed station orbiting Earth; no real-world location.

Qi and Duoduo slip out of the underground city

Seventeen years on, Qi is an adult. He gets fake IDs and stolen thermal suits and uses his grandfather's pass to take his foster sister Han Duoduo up to the surface.

Set in Underground city — One of the underground cities where half of humanity lives; the plot does not name it.

The cities are built underground to shelter people from the freezing surface.

Filmed at Oriental Movie Metropolis, Qingdao — Most of the film was shot at this studio complex; the sources do not say which sound stage was used for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Arrested at the surface checkpoint

Qi and Duoduo are arrested and meet another prisoner, Tim. Their grandfather is arrested too while trying to bribe the guards, and a gravitation spike from Jupiter then starts devastating earthquakes.

Set in Surface checkpoint — A checkpoint on the surface where Qi and Duoduo are stopped.

A fictional checkpoint guarding access to the frozen surface.

Filmed at Oriental Movie Metropolis, Qingdao — Most of the film was shot at this studio complex; the sources do not say which sound stage was used for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The frozen ruins of Shanghai

The group's truck is requisitioned for a mission to carry a Lighter Core to restart an Earth Engine in Hangzhou. In the frozen ruins of Shanghai they lose their vehicle while hauling the component up the tower.

Set in Shanghai Tower ruins — The Shanghai Tower, shown frozen in ruins in the film's future. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Shanghai Tower is among the tallest buildings in the world.

Filmed at Oriental Movie Metropolis, Qingdao — Most of the film was shot at this studio complex; the sources do not say which sound stage was used for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A crashed cargo plane in the ice

After abandoning the mission, Qi, Tim and Duoduo find a crashed cargo plane with an intact vehicle. The surviving engineer, Li Yiyi, persuades them to carry another Lighter Core to Sulawesi.

Set in Crashed cargo plane site — The site where a cargo plane has come down on the frozen surface.

A fictional crash site in the frozen landscape.

Filmed at Oriental Movie Metropolis, Qingdao — Most of the film was shot at this studio complex; the sources do not say which sound stage was used for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Sulawesi Supply Depot

Qi's group arrives to find that most engines around the planet are running again. Yet the combined thrust is still not enough to turn Earth away from Jupiter.

Set in Sulawesi Supply Depot — A supply depot and Earth Engine site in Sulawesi, as named in the plot.

The depot's coordinates are not given in the sources; the engine site is fictional.

Filmed at Oriental Movie Metropolis, Qingdao — Most of the film was shot at this studio complex; the sources do not say which sound stage was used for this scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Liu Qi — A young man who sneaks to the surface with his foster sister and is drawn into a rescue mission.
• Han Duoduo — Qi's foster sister, who goes with him to see the surface.
• Liu Peiqiang — Qi's father, an astronaut aboard the Navigation Platform space station.