Featuring an ensemble cast, including actors Hu Xianxu and Feng Shaofeng and actress Vanda Li, the film was released in domestic theaters on July 26.

Dressed in a black T-shirt featuring the film's shining Chinese characters on the chest, the talkative director shares with China Daily his attraction to directing the new movie adapted from comic artist Mi Er's bestselling work The Outcast.

It was a summer day in 2020 when Wuershan's producer handed him the comic books recommended by Tencent Animation and Comics, a website of the internet giant that serialized The Outcast beginning in 2015.