reporter Shi Wenjing
Recently, the Chinese dubbing trailer for the Netflix animated film "The Monkey King", produced by Stephen Chow, has been exposed and will be launched on the Internet on August 18 this year. However, the image of Monkey King in the film was complained about being too ugly and a talkative monkey.
"The Monkey King" is adapted from the Chinese mythological epic "Journey to the West". Directed by Anthony Starkey and executive produced by Stephen Chow, "The Monkey King" tells the story of a charismatic monkey who takes his magical golden cudgel on an epic adventure.
Zhou Xingchi once said: "Sun Wukong has passed down generations with his unique character and spirit. I am very happy to participate in this cooperation and bring this joyful story to audiences all over the world." Stephen Chow will integrate his own comedy elements into this classic story, making "The Monkey King" a popular cartoon with international influence.
However, after the Chinese dubbing preview of "The Monkey King" was exposed, many netizens complained that the Monkey King is a bit too ugly, "like a horse, like a donkey, but not like a monkey", and is a "talkative monkey". Judging from the trailer, Monkey King in "The Monkey King" does have a hint of the character in Stephen Chow's classic film.
Western streaming platforms have been very interested in the theme of "Journey to the West" in the past two years. Not long ago, "Journey to the West ABC" was broadcast on Disney+. It was directed by Lucy Liu and Destin Cretton, starring Ben Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Wu, Kwan Jiwei, etc. The comic drama "Journey to the West" was adapted from the graphic novel "American Born Chinese", telling the story of a Chinese-American teenager's high school life and the story of an inadvertent collision with the world of oriental mythology.
"Journey to the West ABC" has gained a good reputation on the Western Film Critic Network, but for domestic audiences who are familiar with "Journey to the West", the show is full of fanciful magic changes, melt-in-the-mouth "Journey to the West", and the character modeling is very shocking.
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