Lu Yang, the director of "Blade of the Assassins", uses Unreal Engine 4 in his new film: Looking forward to Unreal Engine 5

Last night, Epic released the first demo of Unreal Engine 5, which immediately became one of the hottest topics in the world. Of course, everyone knows that the previous hit drama "Star Wars: The Mandalorian" used Unreal Engine 4 to produce special effects. This time, Lu Yang, a domestic film and television director who has directed two "Blade of the Assassin" films, said that his new film used Unreal Engine 4 to produce special effects and he is looking forward to Unreal Engine 5.

Lu Yang, a domestic director who has directed two "Blade of the Assassin" films, reposted a demo video of the Unreal 5 engine on Weibo and wrote: "The Assassination of Novelist" was produced using the Unreal 4 engine, and I look forward to using Unreal 5 in the next movie.

Lu Yang's new film "Assassination of Novelist" tells the story of a father who takes on the task of assassinating a novelist in order to find his abducted daughter. At the same time, in the fantasy world created by the novelist, a boy also begins his own journey of revenge. Starring Lei Jiayin, Yang Mi, Dong Zijian, Yu Hewei, Guo Jingfei and others, it will be released in China on February 12, 2021.

The Unreal Engine 5 will release a preview version in early 2021 and a full version in late 2021. It will support next-generation consoles, current-generation consoles, PC, Mac, iOS, and Android platforms.