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The Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven's Palace ()

Xi you ji: Da nao tian gong (original title)
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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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Sun Wukong / Monkey King
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Jade Emperor
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Buffalo Demon King
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Master Puti
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Erlangshen
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Chang'E
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Princess Iron Fan
Zitong Xia ...
Ruxue (as Xia Zitong)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
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Goddess of Mercy / Guanyin
Calvin Ka-Sing Cheng ...
Nezha
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Heavenly King (as Siu-Fai Cheung)
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Muzha (as Chung Him Law)
Cathy Yue-Yan Leung ...
Caixia Fairy
Jing Li ...
Green Monkey
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Dragon King of the East Sea
Irene Wang ...
Caiyun Fairy
Hua Yan ...
One of Jade Warlord's guards
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Goddess Nu Wa

Directed by

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Soi Cheang ... (as Pou-Soi Cheang)

Written by

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Tai-Lee Chan ... () (as Tai-Li Chan)
 
Kam-Yuen Szeto ... ()
 
Edmond Wong ... ()

Produced by

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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

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Christopher Young

Cinematography by

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Man-Po Cheung ... director of photography
Tao Yang ... director of photography

Editing by

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Ka-Fai Cheung

Editorial Department

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Shaurya Chadha ... promo editor
Trevin Matcek ... previs editor: The Third Floor

Art Direction by

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Daniel Dong Fu

Costume Design by

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William Chang
Pik Kwan Lee
Guo Pei
Chung-Man Yee

Makeup Department

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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

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Jason Pomerantz ... production manager: IMAX Version
Lei Tsao ... production supervisor
Maggie Wang ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jack Lai ... second assistant director

Art Department

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Keith Collea ... stereographer
Marc Ehrenbold ... steadicam
Stan Paik ... digital imaging technician
Hao Wang ... lighting designer gaffer

Animation Department

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James Straus ... animation director
Suzan Su ... surfacing and lighting

Casting Department

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Sun Yan ... casting assistant

Music Department

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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

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Doug Lefler ... us post production director
Schuyler Moore ... legal (as Schuyler M. Moore)
Todd Morelli ... legal consultant
Innes Smolansky ... legal
Crew believed to be complete

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Storyline

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Also Known As
  • 西游记之大闹天宫 (China, Mandarin title)
  • 西遊記之大鬧天宮 (Hong Kong, Mandarin title)
  • Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven (Hong Kong, English title)
  • The Monkey King (Philippines, English title)
  • Monkey Magic: The Birth of Sun Wukong (Japan, English title)
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Runtime
  • 119 min
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Box Office

Budget $100,000,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $181,900,000

Did You Know?

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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 »

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