“Wu Kong” Releases New Teaser Trailer for July Release
Adapted from the short novel of the same name, which is also a retelling of Journey to the West <西游记>, Wu Kong <悟空传> has released a new trailer to welcome its upcoming nationwide release on July 13, 2017. Starring Eddie Peng (彭于晏) as the Monkey King, the film costars Ni Ni (倪妮), Oho (欧豪), Shawn Yue (余文乐), Zheng Shuang (郑爽), Qiao Shan (乔杉), and Yang Di (杨迪). It is directed by Derek Kwok (郭子健) and produced by Huang Jianxin (黄建新).
The new teaser introduces Eddie as Sun Wukong, a young monkey demigod who wants to go against the gods to defy his fate. The rebellious monkey pulls out his iconic Jingu Bang—or the magical golden staff—out of his ear and enchants it to grow bigger, defeating his enemies.
Wu Kong is a novel originally written by Jin Hezai (今何在), who first posted the 20-chaptered novel on the online forum, the Jin Yong Inn Stories. It was first released in 2000. The novel is told in three separate narratives by Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, and Tang Sanzang, each who go on a journey to defend their destinies.
The film will be released in China on July 13, 2017.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTIMRhGiNjg
Source: Sohu
This article is written by Addy for JayneStars.com.
So wait, how can Jin Hezai (今何在) just rewrite Journey to the West (though he titled something different)??? It’s basically the same story, isn’t it? It’s like saying me turning Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from a play into novel, calling it Two Stupid Lovers, and then getting credit as the writer of orignal story of R&J…
And my gawd, can’t they have new stories? This dead horse (monkey in this case lol) is beaten to death for decades now!
@jjwong
you might be interested to know that Australia is producing their own version of the Chinese monkey king movie.
@msxie0714 Oh, how funny! I know Japan did an anime adapation of Journey to the West a while back.
@jjwong The Japanese also did a couple of critically-acclaimed Shakespeare adaptations: MacBeth which was titled “Sword of Blood” and King Lear titled “Ran”.
They were excellently done by famed director Kurasawa as he transposed the story lines to Feudal Japan.
At least its not the whitewashed version that Netflix is pushing out soon.