Monkey King Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Dec. 4, 2012

Monkey King

Release Date: Monday, February 8, 2016 Limited

Donnie Yen, Peter Ho, Chow Yun-Fat, Aaron Kwok, Kelly Chen, Gigi Leung, Pou-Soi Cheang, Daniel Symmes

N/A Adventure N/A

3.7

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57% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

Tells the story of a Buddhist monk's pilgrimage to India to collect religious texts.

Adventure 3D Foreign Shot-In-3D Adaptation

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Monkey King.

A
Aaron Kwok
... Buffalo Demon King

The White Storm 3: Heaven or Hell , Empire of Silver
Chow Yun-Fat
... Jade Emperor

Shanghai, Dragonball Evolution
D
Donnie Yen
The Prosecutor, John Wick: Chapter 4
K
Kelly Chen
G
Gigi Leung
P
Peter Ho

Crew Behind the Film

The Monkey King behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

Director: Pou-Soi Cheang
Screenwriters: —

Studios: —
Production Companies: —

Additional Information

MPA Rating: N/A Not available
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official Monkey King movie trailers and clips.

Adventure

Monkey King Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the Monkey King movie production.

Key Facts

Based on the classic Chinese novel The Journey to the West. To create the 3D effects needed for Monkey King, the film's producers have employed a Hollywood team including David Ebner, who worked on Alice in Wonderland and Spider-Man 3.

Production Updates

Mar 2016

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Dec 2011

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Dec 2010

Production

The film was tagged as Production.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Monkey King was released in limited movie theaters on Monday, February 8, 2016. As a limited release, Monkey King was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

United States

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