Chinese AI video generator Vidu has signed an IP deal for 1999 animated series Journey To The West: Legends of the Monkey ...

The Monkey King (now on Netflix) isn’t just another talking-animal cartoon. No, it’s a Chinese legend dating back to the Ming Dynasty… that’s been adapted as another talking-animal cartoon.

Director Anthony Stacchi leaned into Monkey King's unlikability and turned his magical fighting stick into a throat-singing sidekick for the Netflix movie. For director Anthony Stacchi (“The Box ...

The 16th century literary classic Journey to the West is the mother of all Chinese fantasy ... comedy energy infuses Netflix’s The Monkey King, a children’s animated feature based on the ...

That year is also remembered as the start of the rise of Chinese animation, led by the dark horse hit Monkey King: Hero is Back. China Daily revisits some of the most acclaimed animated films in ...

At first glance, Netflix’s “Monkey King” seems like an example of a successful Chinese cultural export ... the trailer complained that the cartoon creature looked too “Western” and ...

So first, tell us about this original story, "The Monkey King". It actually tells the story of a Chinese ... There are numerous TV series, cartoons, Chinese opera, movies, and TV series made about it ...

Hero is Back” has generated more than $78 million in ticket sales, contributing to a record week for China’s box office and ...

How loose is Anthony Stacchi’s brash retelling of the adventures of Sun Wukong, the famed Monkey King from the 16th-century Chinese novel ... cacophonous kids’ cartoon asserts its lead ...

Chinese cartoons have come a long way since then ... Things changed in 2015 with “Monkey King: Hero is Back”, the first breakout success for Chinese animation at home. It was based on ...