Donnie Yen Soars Online In The New Teaser For THE MONKEY KING

Not considerably has been mentioned about international action star Donnie Yen's new 3D kung fu adventure, The Monkey King, except for a couple of teaser trailers right here and here, and what's been mentioned in recent interviews this year. Nowadays, Lastly, that all adjustments with a brand new teaser with no dialogue, but it does feature Yen in costume.

The film is Yen's most current project with director Pou-Soi Cheang just before entering their next project, The Master, 1 of two films slated for production under Yen's banner, Superhero Films. The film is the newest of many film, Tv and book adaptations based on the classic writings of Ming dynasty novelist and poet, Wu Cheng'en.

Written by Edmond Wong and the late Kam-Yun Szeto, the film stars Yen along with Chow Yun-Fat, Xia Zi Tong, Aaron Kwok, Joe Chan, Zilin Zhang, Peter Ho, Gigi Leung and Kelly Chen.

The film is at present slated for a Valentines Day 3D release in 2014.





SYNOPSIS:

Sun Wukong, (The Monkey King) is a monkey born from a heavenly stone who acquires supernatural powers. After rebelling against heaven and getting imprisoned below a mountain for 500 years, he later accompanies the monk Xuanzang on a journey to India. As a result, according to legend, Buddhism is brought to ancient China. This considerably beloved story, is as much a portion of Asian culture as The Iliad and The Odyssey or The Wizard of Oz are to the West. This very first installment in a trilogy of live action three-D movies is actually a prequel to The Journey To The West, the considerably told story of the Monkey Kings adventures on the road to India. The Monkey King: Havoc In The Heavenly Palace will be released in the U.S. as The Monkey King. The 1st movie is the origins story -- starting with the birth of Sun Wukong and ending with his imprisonment for his crimes below the 5-Peaked Mountain. Along the way he acquires incredible powers, battling the armies of the gods and the armies of the demons to discover his rightful place in the Heavens. It is a classic story of the scorned underdog who acquires great skills but utilizes them recklessly and eventually must pay a massive cost to locate redemption. The Monkey King captures the drama, beauty, humor and great action of the folk legend and brings it to the screen in a way never ever just before possible.

Donnie Yen Soars Online In The New Teaser For THE MONKEY KING
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