All Wishes
Come True

All Wishes Come True is the international English release title of the 2026 summer animated film Ba Xian! (《八仙！》), produced by Pearl Studio (Oriental DreamWorks). Instead of the literal “The Eight Immortals,” the distributors chose All Wishes Come True — a name that tells overseas audiences, in four words, exactly what these gods mean to Chinese folklore.

In Chinese tradition the Eight Immortals are the most down-to-earth deities of all: they roam the mortal world, help the poor and answer people’s prayers. So All Wishes Come True captures both the lucky, festive meaning of “make a wish and it comes true” and the film’s comic twist — a band of ordinary mortals who pose as immortals and accidentally end up granting everyone’s wishes.

In short: the Chinese title is Ba Xian! — loud and playful; the English title is All Wishes Come True — bright and cheerful. One film, two names, the same eight troublemakers.

Everyone in China knows the old saying “the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each revealing their own divine powers” (八仙过海，各显神通). But Ba Xian! rewinds the legend to a time before any of them were gods — when they were just eight ordinary, flat-broke mortals with zero magic between them.

A great heavenly calamity is coming, and only the fabled island of Penglai can offer shelter. A young disciple named Lü Dongbin sneaks in to find the Jade Void Glazed Lantern — the one relic that can protect humankind. The catch: it's locked inside the treasure vault of the Three Stars of Fortune, Prosperity and Longevity (Fu Lu Shou), alongside more gold than ten lifetimes could spend.

So Lü rounds up a ragtag crew — Zhongli Quan, He Xiangu, Tieguai Li and the rest — and they do the only thing broke mortals can do: they pretend to be immortals, set up a fake temple, and try to con their way to the loot. To their horror, the act works too well. Real worshippers show up, the “immortals” become famous overnight, and a genuine conspiracy closes in around them. In the end, eight powerless humans choose to face down real gods in the flesh — and are remembered by the world as the Eight Immortals.

The clever twist: the film swaps the classic idiom “cross the sea” for another one from the Thirty-Six Stratagems — “deceive the heavens to cross the sea” (瞒天过海) — the art of hiding a huge scheme in plain sight. Director Mou Zhengyang's takeaway: “Being an immortal was never a title — it's a choice. Whoever carries the world in their heart is the real immortal.”