
The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace (2014)
Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 59min
- Action, Adventure
- 08 Feb 2016 (USA)
- Movie
A monkey born from heavenly stone acquires supernatural powers and must battle the armies of both gods and demons to find his place in the heavens.
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Awards:
- 1 win & 6 nominations.
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Donnie Yen | ... |
Sun Wukong / Monkey King
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Chow Yun-Fat | ... |
Jade Emperor
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Aaron Kwok | ... |
Buffalo Demon King
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Yitian Hai | ... |
Master Puti
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Peter Ho | ... |
Erlangshen
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Gigi Leung | ... |
Chang'E
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Joe Chen | ... |
Princess Iron Fan
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Zitong Xia | ... |
Ruxue
(as Xia Zitong)
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Kelly Chen | ... |
Goddess of Mercy / Guanyin
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Calvin Ka-Sing Cheng | ... |
Nezha
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Eddie Cheung | ... |
Heavenly King
(as Siu-Fai Cheung)
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Him Law | ... |
Muzha
(as Chung Him Law)
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Cathy Yue-Yan Leung | ... |
Caixia Fairy
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Jing Li | ... |
Green Monkey
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Hua Liu | ... |
Dragon King of the East Sea
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Irene Wang | ... |
Caiyun Fairy
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Hua Yan | ... |
One of Jade Warlord's guards
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Zilin Zhang | ... |
Goddess Nu Wa
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Directed by
Soi Cheang | ... | (as Pou-Soi Cheang) |
Written by
Tai-Lee Chan | ... | () (as Tai-Li Chan) |
Kam-Yuen Szeto | ... | () |
Edmond Wong | ... | () |
Produced by
David Ebner | ... | associate producer |
Clarence Fok | ... | executive producer |
Robert Harris | ... | executive producer / producer |
Kiefer Liu | ... | executive producer (as Agan) |
Tom Russo | ... | associate producer |
Maggie Wang | ... | associate producer |
Michael Wehrhahn | ... | executive producer / producer |
Music by
Christopher Young |
Cinematography by
Man-Po Cheung | ... | director of photography |
Tao Yang | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Ka-Fai Cheung |
Editorial Department
Shaurya Chadha | ... | promo editor |
Trevin Matcek | ... | previs editor: The Third Floor |
Art Direction by
Daniel Dong Fu |
Costume Design by
William Chang | ||
Pik Kwan Lee | ||
Guo Pei | ||
Chung-Man Yee |
Makeup Department
Crist Ballas | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Patrick Baxter | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Glen Eisner | ... | special makeup effects: sculptor: Smith FX |
Earl Ellis | ... | special makeup effects sculptor: Smith FX |
Mark Garbarino | ... | key special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Nori Honda | ... | special makeup effects: Sculptor: Smith FX |
Marina Huang | ... | special makeup effects artist |
James Kagel | ... | special makeup effects: sculptor: Smith FX |
Ralis Kahn | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Sean Kenney | ... | contact lens technician: Smith FX |
Mae Lee | ... | makeup department assistant: Smith FX |
Gil Liberto | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX (as Gilbert Liberto) |
Eddie Liu | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Clayton Martinez | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Joseph C. Pepe | ... | conceptual artist: Smith FX |
Marco Perna | ... | special makeup effects: hair |
James Rohland | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Katia Sisto | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Shaun Smith | ... | creature & special makeup effects supervisor |
Caroline Tang | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Erick de la Vega | ... | special makeup effects artist: Smith FX |
Jin Xiao | ... | special makeup effects artist |
Sean Kenney | ... | lens technician (uncredited) |
Production Management
Jason Pomerantz | ... | production manager: IMAX Version |
Lei Tsao | ... | production supervisor |
Maggie Wang | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Lai | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Su Chen | ... | concept artist |
Chandra Free | ... | storyboard artist |
Andrew Gaska | ... | storyboard artist |
Lei Jin | ... | concept artist (as Raymond Lei Jin) |
Ed Lee | ... | matte painter |
Roel Robles | ... | concept artist |
Lixin Yin | ... | concept artist - uncredited |
Sound Department
James Ashton | ... | sound designer |
Steve Burgess | ... | re-recording mixer / sound designer |
Chris Goodes | ... | re-recording mixer |
Robert Mackenzie | ... | sound designer |
Dukar Tserang | ... | sound recordist |
Jay Yin | ... | sound supervisor |
Special Effects by
Tony Acosta Jr. | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Roland Blancaflor | ... | special effects technician: Smith FX |
Evan Brainard | ... | key mechanical designer: Smith FX |
Connie Cadwell | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Nik E. Carey | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Val Crawford | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Mitch C. Duran | ... | special effects technician (as Mitch Cornel) |
Terri Fluker | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Julian Ledger | ... | creature painter: Smith FX |
Aina O'Kane | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Christine Papalexis | ... | creature fabricator: Smith FX |
Desiree Soto Vaughn | ... | fabrication supervisor: Smith FX |
'Carl' Nai Peng Wang | ... | special effects makeup |
Fan Yang | ... | special effects assistant |
Visual Effects by
Peter Ahn | ... | visual effects producer: Dexter Studios (as Peter Jaemin Ahn) |
Warner Barnes | ... | visual effects |
Loganathan Boopathy | ... | visual effects artist |
Chloe Bostian | ... | matte painter: Crafty Apes |
Adrian Chan | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Ching-Chung Daniel Chen | ... | motion capture producer |
Phil Chen | ... | post-production supervisor |
Hyein Cho | ... | matchmover |
Jong Hun Choi | ... | lighting artist |
Wanho Choi | ... | r&d supervisor: Dexter Studios |
David Ebner | ... | senior visual effects supervisor |
Christopher Edwards | ... | previs creative director: The Third Floor |
Thomas Furukawa | ... | visual effects artist |
Orin Green | ... | compositing supervisor |
Steven Hahn | ... | visual effects consultant: Korea unit |
Dongho Han | ... | lead fx |
Donghoon Han | ... | compositor / visual effects artist |
Trevor Harder | ... | visual effects artist |
Roger Ho | ... | stereoscopic conversion coordinator |
Barry Howell | ... | previs supervisor: The Third Floor |
Jeong Jae-hoon | ... | fx supervisor |
Youngho Je | ... | visual effects producer |
Seung Ryong Jeon | ... | digital compositor |
Deokmun Jeong | ... | visual effects |
Zhongwei Jin | ... | visual effects artist |
Jin Jong-hyun | ... | visual effects supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Choi Jonghun | ... | senior lighting artist |
Hwan Chul Jung | ... | lookdev artist |
Kim Junhoi | ... | matte painter |
Yining Kang | ... | compositing supervisor |
Yun Geuk Kang | ... | cg supervisor |
Sam Khorshid | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Byunghoon Kim | ... | stereoscopic paint artist |
Chan-Jin Chris Kim | ... | visual effects producer: Dexter Studios |
Chansoo Kim | ... | cg supervisor: Digital Idea |
Dongsoo Kim | ... | compositing supervisor: Dexter Studio |
Erin Eunsung Kim | ... | vfx production manager |
Jongkyu Kim | ... | concept art supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Jung-hoon Kim | ... | visual effects supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Sanghun Kim | ... | lighting supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Sangki Kim | ... | Groom/CFX TD: Dexter Studios |
Seon-ku Kim | ... | pipeline director: Dexter Studios |
Wook Kim | ... | visual effects supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Claver Knovick | ... | previs production coordinator: The Third Floor |
Bill Kroyer | ... | consulting visual effects producer |
Thuy Le | ... | digital compositor |
Chris LeDoux | ... | visual effects supervisor: Crafty Apes |
Mark LeDoux | ... | digital compositor |
Minwon Lee | ... | lead lighting technical director |
Danwen Lei | ... | visual effects coordinator |
Yu Lei | ... | compositor |
Bongkyu Lim | ... | compositor |
Martin Ma | ... | animation lead |
Richard Ivan Mann | ... | visual effects producer |
Natanya Marks | ... | previs production manager: the third floor |
Sung Oh Moon | ... | animation supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Kim Namsik | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Geuk Tae Noh | ... | cg supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Desi Ortiz | ... | visual effects editor |
Keun-Pyo Park | ... | animation supervisor |
Minwoo Park | ... | Previs artist (as Park Minwoo) |
Sangmyeon Park | ... | digital modeler |
Ellen Poon | ... | on set visual effects supervisor |
Kevin Rafferty | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Jason Sanford | ... | visual effects producer: Crafty Apes |
Doohyoung Seo | ... | visual effects artist |
Kerry Shea | ... | previs producer: The Third Floor |
Yonggu Song | ... | previsual supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Lin Songqing | ... | cg supervisor |
Budi Sotyawan | ... | lead roto and paint artist (2014) |
Joshua D. Stevens | ... | compositor |
Winnie Su | ... | stereoscopic supervisor |
Steve HyunSuk Suh | ... | texture artist |
Daniel L. Symmes | ... | stereoscopic supervisor |
Hong Yane Wang | ... | visual effects data wrangler on set |
Taekyung Yoo | ... | asset supervisor: Dexter Studios |
Muhua Yu | ... | visual effects artist |
Junshik-Raul Yun | ... | visual effects producer: Dexter Studios |
Billy Zhuang | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Sreyans Bardia | ... | visual effects head of production: BOTVFX (uncredited) |
Hetal Jain | ... | visual effects producer: BOT VFX (uncredited) |
Jinhee Kim | ... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) |
Daniel Chunghwan Lee | ... | compositor (uncredited) |
Prakash Pathak | ... | production and technical support: BOTVFX (uncredited) |
Sung-min Alvin Yun | ... | compositor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Kenji Sato | ... | stunt performer |
Kensuke Sonomura | ... | stunts |
Quanjun Su | ... | stunt rigger |
Kenji Tanigaki | ... | action choreographer |
Hua Yan | ... | action choreographer |
Donnie Yen | ... | action director |
Hiroyuki Yoshida | ... | stunts |
Kang Yu | ... | action choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Collea | ... | stereographer |
Marc Ehrenbold | ... | steadicam |
Stan Paik | ... | digital imaging technician |
Hao Wang | ... | lighting designer gaffer |
Animation Department
James Straus | ... | animation director |
Suzan Su | ... | surfacing and lighting |
Casting Department
Sun Yan | ... | casting assistant |
Music Department
Jared Banta | ... | scoring assistant |
Peter Bateman | ... | orchestrator |
Sebastian C. Besquet | ... | orchestrator/lead scoring assistant |
Max Blomgren | ... | synth programmer |
Lasse Elkjær | ... | orchestrator |
Isabelle Engman-Bredvik | ... | additional orchestrator |
Peter Fuchs | ... | scoring mixer |
M.B. Gordy | ... | musician: percussion |
Alexis Grapsas | ... | music programmer |
Stephen Gunter | ... | assistant score coordinator |
Karen Han | ... | Soloist: Erhu |
Greg Hayes | ... | additional mixing |
Min He | ... | score programmer |
Markus Illko | ... | music programmer (as Marko Illko) |
Emma Joleen | ... | vocal coach / vocal contractor |
Pantawit Kiangsiri | ... | orchestrator / scoring assistant |
Frank Lead | ... | orchestrator (as Francesco De Chirico) |
Deon Lee | ... | score coordinator |
Silke Matzpohl | ... | score coordinator |
Sean McMahon | ... | orchestrator |
Thomas Parisch | ... | orchestrator |
Joohyun Park | ... | orchestrator |
Luigi Pulcini | ... | score engineer |
Martin Roller | ... | assistant scoring engineer |
Patrick Russ | ... | orchestrator |
Megumi Sasano | ... | orchestrator |
Ben Schor | ... | music editor |
Murat Selçuk | ... | score programmer |
David Shephard | ... | orchestrator |
Ilya Truskovsky | ... | additional orchestration (as Ilya Truskovskiy) |
Vivita Zheng | ... | orchestrator (as Wei Ying Zheng) |
Laurent Ziliani | ... | orchestrator |
Additional Crew
Doug Lefler | ... | us post production director |
Schuyler Moore | ... | legal (as Schuyler M. Moore) |
Todd Morelli | ... | legal consultant |
Innes Smolansky | ... | legal |
Production Companies
- Global Star Productions
- Filmko Pictures
- Beijing Wen Hua Dong Run Investment Co.
- Freight Train Art Studios
- Mandarin Films Distribution
- Film Workshop
- China Film Group Corporation (CFGC)
Distributors
- Global Star Productions (2013) (United States) (theatrical)
- China Film Group Corporation (CFGC) (2014) (China) (theatrical)
- Magnum Films (2014) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Newport Entertainment (2014) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Shaw Organisation (2014) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Westec Media Limited (2014) (Cambodia) (theatrical)
- GEM Entertainment (2014) (Non-US) (multi-territory)
- Handmade Distribution (2014) (Thailand)
- Universe Digital Entertainment (2014) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
- Universe Digital Entertainment (2014) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Waylen Group (2014) (Taiwan) (video)
- Twin Co. Ltd. (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
Special Effects
- Global Star Productions
- BOT VFX (additional visual effects)
- CafeFX
- Dexter Digital (visual effects)
- Dexter Studios (visual effects)
- Macrograph (visual effects)
- Real D Square (stereoscopic 3D conversion)
- SoulPower 3D Films (stereoscopic 3D conversion)
- The Third Floor (previsualization)
- The White Rabbit Entertainment (stereoscopic 3D conversion)
Other Companies
- Soundfirm (post-production sound services)
- Soundscape Media (music provider)
- Stereotec - Stereoscopic Technologies (stereoscopic rigs)
- TNG Visual Effects (Visual Effects) (3D Scanning)
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Box Office
Budget | $100,000,000 (estimated) |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $181,900,000 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Producer Michael Wehrhahn approached Hollywood actor Harrison Ford for a role in "The Monkey King" The Legend Begin's Chapter. See more » |
Movie Connections | Edited into The Monkey King: The Legend Begins (2022). See more » |