A long, long time ago, there was news in China that China and the United States were about to co-produce a big-budget movie "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" adapted from "Journey to the West", and the starring role was determined to be Liu Xiaolingtong, the actor of Sun Wukong in the 86 CCTV version of the classic TV series "Journey to the West".
Soon after, the upcoming Sino-US co-production of "Dare to Ask Where the Road Is" was renamed "The True and False Monkey King", and the starring candidate is still a six-year-old child.
But many years have passed, and there has been no news of the start of filming of this "True and False Monkey King" starring Liu Xiaolingtong, a Sino-US co-production, and even except for Liu Xiaolingtong, the cast of other characters has not been determined, let alone announced. In this way, domestic audiences think that this film has died and will not meet us in the future.
However, I never thought that not long ago, an animated film called "Journey to the West: True and False Monkey King" was officially announced, and the pilot poster was preempted, and a documentary was also released at the same time. And this animated film is the blockbuster that once claimed to be co-produced by China and the United States.
The animated film "Journey to the West: The True and False Monkey King" (hereinafter referred to as "The True and False Monkey King") is co-directed by Zhao Ji and Zhang Ke, the famous animation directors of Chasing Light Animation, and co-starring Liu Xiaolingtong and Ma Dehua, to do motion capture for the characters in the film. It mainly tells the story of five hundred years ago, when the hairy monkey was rescued and gradually grew into the Monkey King to worship Tang Seng as a teacher. The four masters and apprentices passed by Shenshu Ridge, and the six-eared macaque became an obstacle between the master and apprentice.
In the minds of domestic audiences, Liu Xiaolingtong is the best actor in the role of Monkey King in "Journey to the West". In the 86 CCTV version of "Journey to the West", the Monkey King played by him can be said to have become a household name.
Now, he and his old partner Ma Dehua will star in "Journey to the West" again, creating classic characters again, which should be an exciting thing, but many people say that they are not very interested in "True and False Monkey King".
There are two main reasons why the audience is not interested in "The True and False Monkey King" starring Liu Xiaolingtong.
One is that in recent years, the image of the six-year-old child in the minds of the audience has become worse and worse, and the other is that in recent years, the domestic market has given birth to many film and television dramas adapted from "Journey to the West". The audience has long felt aesthetic fatigue for the film and television dramas adapted from "Journey to the West", and even has a certain degree of disgust.
Therefore, even if "The True and False Monkey King" comes out, it may not be able to win the hearts of the audience, nor will it necessarily be able to create a relatively considerable box office result.