The New Legends of Monkey (2018) 新猴王传奇
Director: Gérard Johnstone / Craig Owen / Peter Andkidis
Screenwriter: Craig Owen / Jacqueline Peach / Christiaan Van Vuuren
Starring: Chai Henson / Lucian Buchanan / Josh Thomson / Emily Cockrell / Josh McKenzie / Jordan Mooney / Jared Blakiston / Fasitua Amosa / Michelle Hong / Jim Cawthorn / Samson Chan-Boon
Genre: Fantasy / Action / Comedy / Adventure
Country/Region of Production: Australia / New Zealand
Language: English
Date: 2018-01-28 (Australia)
Number of seasons: 2
Number of episodes: 20
Single episode length: 25 minutes
Also known as: Legend of the Monkey King / Journey to the West / 新美猴王传奇 / 猴王传奇 / 西方西游记
IMDb: tt6807662
Adaptation: Alternative Universe
Summary:
The Monkey King was imprisoned under a mountain 500 years ago by his enemies in Heaven. Five hundred years later, the Earthly realm is overrun, and its humans are oppressed, by demons. The gods and immortals are in hiding or oppressed by demons as well. A scholar secretly concocts a plan to bring together a few warriors and a monk, named Tripitaka, to undertake a quest to resurrect the Monkey King and find the Heavenly scrolls that were stolen by Monkey 500 years ago and hidden away secretly on Earth. Anyone who finds the scrolls will gain unlimited power. However, the night the group is about to start on their quest, a demon attacks the scholar’s home and kills everyone inside except for the scholar’s adopted daughter, taking the golden crown necessary to revive the Monkey King. In his last moments, the scholar entrusts his daughter with the quest. She takes on the identity of Tripitaka and ventures out into the world, narrowly escaping death herself.
In a town she gives charity to a monk and ends up forced to work for a tavern owner, thus gaining a job and a room to sleep in. When the same demon that killed her adoptive father shows up, she secretly steals the magical crown and makes a run for it. When demons begin searching the town for her and the magic crown, she is disguised as a monk by the same monk she helped and successfully makes her way out of the city. In an opening along the side of a mountain, she finds the stony visage of the Monkey King’s face and puts the crown on his head. Finally, the Monkey King is free but he soon discovers that the crown is repressing most of his godly abilities. The pair return to the town and join up with Pigsy and Sandy, who are also gods, and the four of them begin their quest to find the lost scrolls and gain enough power to overthrow all the demons.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Legends_of_Monkey
