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.

据《综艺》杂志披露，斯坦•李将和流动漫画公司的莎拉德•德瓦拉贾联手进行这一项目，此前斯坦曾与莎拉德合作创造了漫画《无敌查克拉》中的印度超级英雄。查克拉被拍成了一部65分钟的动画电影，在印度的卡通频道播放，而猴王项目的目标则定得更高：有了来自中国闪亮影业公司和印度Graphic影业公司的支持，斯坦•李和德瓦拉贾计划拍出一部世界级的英语大片。

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.”

斯坦•李在声明中说：“我一直被中国和印度文化深深吸引着，这两种文化都富含哲学内涵，而且拥有丰富的传统和伦理思想。猴王的独特之处在于它将把中国和印度的神话糅合在一起，凭借高超的武术技能和无止境的超能力征服世界各地的粉丝。”

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.”

德瓦拉贾补充说：“故事将发生在古代和现代的中国和印度，这个为两国文化所熟知的猴王将从神话中走出来，化身为现代世界的超级英雄。”

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

据制片人透露，目前尚未聘请演职人员，不过导演可能将由西方人来担任，电影拍摄预计将于2017年底开始。

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

猴王项目宣布前不久，有消息传出将由20世纪福克斯公司拍摄斯坦•李的传记电影，据悉该片的基调将类似于《王牌特工》，影片背景设定在上世纪70年代。