Marvel¹ Comics great Stan Lee is to enter the Chinese film market by co-creating a new superhero movie character, Monkey Master.

 

美国漫威之父斯坦·李宣布将合作打造新超级英雄猴王，以此进军中国电影市场。

 

According to Variety, Lee will work on the project with Liquid Comics' Sharad Devarajan, with whom he created Indian superhero Chakra: The Invincible². While Chakra emerged as a 65-minute animated³ film on Cartoon Network India, Monkey Master is aiming higher: with backing from China's Shinework Pictures and Graphic⁴ India, Lee and Devarajan are planning an international English-language blockbuster.

 

Lee said in a statement: "I have always been fascinated by the Chinese and Indian cultures which are so philosophical⁵ and rich in tradition and morality. Monkey Master will be unique in how it interweaves Chinese and Indian myth to create a hero that will entertain fans across the world with his martial⁶ arts skills and unstoppable superpowers."

 

Devarajan added: "The story will take place between ancient and modern-day China and India as the myth of monkey warriors⁷, known to both cultures, come together in the creation of a modern-day superhero."

 

According to producers, no cast has yet been hired, but a "western director" is likely, with a shoot starting at the end of 2017.

 

The Monkey Master project follows the announcement that a "Kingsman-style" 70s-set biopic of Lee is being developed at 20th Century Fox.

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