New animated film from studio behind 'White Snake' eyes 2020 release

New Gods: Nezha Reborn, a new animated film from Light Chaser Animation, the same production company behind the 2019 critically acclaimed animated movie White Snake, is eyeing a 2020 release.

The announcement, made via the new production's official social media account, came along with a promotional video specially made for this month's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, one of the world's biggest animation events.

New Gods: Nezha Reborn revolves around the boy-god Nezha, who returns as an ordinary man to find his path toward becoming a true hero, some 3,000 years after he conquers the Dragon King and then disappears in mythological times.

White Snake scored 7.9 points out of 10 based on more than 536,000 reviews on review platform Douban. It generated a box office revenue of more than 450 million yuan (about $64 million) on the Chinese mainland.