{{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=April 2023}} {{cleanup MOS|date=April 2023}} }} {{Infobox film | name = Invasion | image = Invasion 2020 poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Fyodor Bondarchuk | producer = {{Plainlist| * Fyodor Bondarchuk * Dmitriy Rudovskiy * Mikhail Vrubel * Aleksandr Andryushchenko * Anton Zlatopolskiy (ru) * Elena Nelidova * Mikhail Kitaev }} | writer = | screenplay = {{Plainlist| * Oleg Malovichko * Andrey Zolotarev }} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Irina Starshenbaum * Rinal Mukhametov * Alexander Petrov * Yuri Borisov * Oleg Menshikov * Sergei Garmash * Pavel Kizhuk }} | music = Igor Vdovin | cinematography = Vladislav Opelyants | editing = {{Plainlist| * Aleksandr Andryushchenko * Aleksandr Puzyryov }} | studio = {{Plainlist| * Columbia Pictures * Art Pictures Studio * Vodorod * Cinema Foundation * Russia-1 * National Media Group Studio }} | distributor = WDSSPR | released = {{film date|2020|01|01}} | runtime = 129 minutes | country = Russia | language = Russian, English | budget = $14.8 million<br>(₽944 million) | gross = $15.8 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8060328/?ref_=bo_se_r_2|title=Invasion (2020)|website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> <br> (₽960 million)<ref>[http://ekinobilet.fond-kino.ru/films/detail/111022519/ Box Office], Russian Cinema Fund</ref> }}
'''''Invasion''''', also known as '''''Attraction 2''''' ({{langx|ru|Вторжение|translit=Vtorzhenie}}), is a 2020 Russian science fiction action film directed and produced by Fyodor Bondarchuk's company - Art Pictures Studio and Vodorod pictures.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://klops.ru/news/ekonomika/172517-fond-kino-profinansiruet-novye-filmy-bondarchuka-mihalkova-i-uchitelya |title=Фонд кино профинансирует новые фильмы Бондарчука, Михалкова и Учителя |language=Russian |trans-title=Cinema Fund will finance new films of Fyodor Bondarchuk, Nikita Mikhalkov and Alexei Uchitel |last= |first= |date=April 6, 2018 |publisher=Klops.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kultura/5102627 |title=Фонд кино определил 17 кинопроектов, которым выделят господдержку |language=Russian |trans-title=Cinema Foundation has identified 17 film projects that will allocate state support |last= |first= |date=April 6, 2018 |publisher=TASS |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://regnum.ru/news/2418092.html |title=Made in Russia: итоги каннского кинорынка Marche du Film |language=Russian |trans-title=Made in Russia: results of the Cannes film market Marche du Film |last= |first= |date=May 21, 2018 |publisher=REGNUM News Agency |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/news/y2018/6-7/15258/ |title=Федор Бондарчук будет делать продолжение "Притяжения" за счет частных инвестиций |language=Russian |trans-title=Fyodor Bondarchuk will continue the ''Attraction'' through private investment |last= |first= |date=June 7, 2018 |publisher=Kino-teatr.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name=InterMedia>{{cite web |url=http://www.intermedia.ru/news/324017 |title=Фёдор Бондарчук запустил онлайн-платформу для инвестиций в кино |language=Russian |trans-title=Fyodor Bondarchuk launched an online platform for investment in cinema |last= |first= |date=June 8, 2018 |publisher=InterMedia (agency) |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> The film is a sequel to ''Attraction'' (2017), and its plot directly continues the events from the previous film. The film stars Irina Starshenbaum, Rinal Mukhametov, Alexander Petrov, Yuri Borisov, Oleg Menshikov, and Sergei Garmash.
''Invasion'' is Bondarchuk's fifth feature-length film and the eighth Russian film shot in IMAX format.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Films directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk |url=https://letterboxd.com/director/fyodor-bondarchuk-1/ |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=letterboxd.com |language=en}}</ref> It premiered in preview at the end of December 26, 2019. A wide distribution of the film took place in Russia on January 1, 2020, by WDSSPR. It was the final film distributed by WDSSPR before its dissolution between Walt Disney Studios and Sony Pictures Releasing.
== Cast == * Irina Starshenbaum as Yulia 'Yulya' Lebedeva (English: Julia) * Rinal Mukhametov as Hekon / Khariton (English: Hakon) * Alexander Petrov as Artyom Tkachyov, Yulya's former boyfriend * Yuri Borisov as Captain Ivan 'Vanya' Korobanov * Oleg Menshikov as General-major Valentin Lebedev * Sergei Garmash as vice-premier * 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 * Pavel Kizhuk as IT Manager Oleg
== Production == === Development === In March 2017, the project director Fyodor Bondarchuk officially confirmed the continuation of the ''Attraction'' series, announcing the proposed sequel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rg.ru/2017/03/01/fedor-bondarchuk-oficialno-podtverdil-sikvel-pritiazheniia.html |title=Федор Бондарчук официально подтвердил сиквел "Притяжения" |language=Russian |trans-title=Fyodor Bondarchuk officially confirmed the sequel ''Attraction'' |last=Uskov |first=Oleg |date=March 1, 2017 |publisher=Rossiyskaya Gazeta // rg.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> The budget for the second installation of the series (as yet unnamed) was planned for 645 million rubles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kino.mail.ru/news/48565_bondarchuk_poprosil_u_gosudarstva_polmilliarda_na_dva_filma/ |title=Бондарчук попросил у государства полмиллиарда на два фильма |trans-title=Fyodor Bondarchuk asked the state for half a billion for two films |last= |first= |date=June 2, 2017 |publisher=Kino.mail.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> The pre-production continued for a year and a half.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/news/3226585/ |title=Стартовали съемки фильма "Притяжение 2" Федора Бондарчука |trans-title=We started shooting the film ''Invasion'' by Fyodor Bondarchuk |last= |first= |date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=KinoPoisk |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>
===Filming=== Principal photography began on July 24, 2018. The film was shot in Moscow,<ref name=TASS>{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kultura/5402225 |title=В Москве начались съемки фильма Федора Бондарчука "Притяжение-2" |language=Russian |trans-title=In Moscow, began shooting the film Fedor Bondarchuk ''Attraction 2'' / ''Invasion'' |last=Smityuk |first=Yuriy |date=Jul 25, 2018 |publisher=TASS |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Izvestia>{{cite web |url=https://iz.ru/770632/2018-07-25/v-moskve-nachalis-semki-prodolzheniia-pritiazheniia |title=В Москве начались съемки продолжения "Притяжения" |language=Russian |trans-title=In Moscow, began shooting the continuation of ''Attraction'' |last= |first= |work=Известия |date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=Izvestia // iz.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Vesti>{{cite web |url=https://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=3042022 |title=Десант инопланетян высадится в Подмосковье: Бондарчук снимает "Притяжение-2" |language=Russian |trans-title=Alien landing party will land in the Moscow Oblast: Bondarchuk removes ''Attraction 2'' / ''Invasion'' |last=Pakshin |first=Oleg |date=July 25, 2018 |publisher=Vesti.ru |access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> as well as Kaliningrad, Kamchatka Peninsula and Hungary.
==Music== The soundtrack was written by composer Igor Vdovin.
The film's IMAX trailer features the song "Universe Has No End" from Imagine Music's 2018 album Supreme II.
==Release== ''Invasion'' was released in the Russian Federation on January 1, 2020, by Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).
===Marketing=== 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" was held.
Trailer 48 aired on May 23, 2019, and the IMAX trailer was released on December 12, 2019. The trailers were presented in the original Russian version with English subtitles.
===Home media=== ''Invasion'' is the third film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, released in IMAX format after ''Stalingrad (2013 film)'' and ''Attraction'' (2017 film).
The film was released in Russia on DVD, Blu-ray and iTunes on March 3, 2020.
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== External links == * [http://studio.art-pictures.ru/en/proekty/attraction-2.html Official website] at the Art Pictures Studio {{in lang|en}} * {{IMDb title|id=8060328}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|attraction_2_invasion}}
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