'The Bad Guys' ready to steal the hearts of Chinese audiences

With the annual Labor Day holiday around the corner, The Bad Guys — produced by DreamWorks and distributed by Universal Pictures — will open across the Chinese mainland on April 29, the only such Hollywood blockbuster premiering during the five-day vacation.

On Tuesday, the film held a virtual premiere on multiple platforms, featuring actor Qin Hao and actress Ji Jiahe, known better by her stage name Chuinalisha, who voice a wolf and shark in the Mandarin-dubbed version tailored for domestic audiences.

Set in a city where humans and anthropomorphic animals coexist, the titular characters are a gang of notorious criminal animals who pretend to become model citizens after being caught during a heist.