The Monkey King: The Legend Begins is the re-imagined version by Hollywood of the film The Monkey King: Havoc in Heavens Palace, the origin and birthplace of The Monkey King Story.

Told by an Old Sage, a Western monk who traveled from Europe to China in the 7th Century. He tells the tale to two children, one Chinese, the other from the West who come across the monk in a cave on a remote mountainside above the Eastern Ocean. The monk is the current keeper of a hundred painted scrolls, each describing an event in the Monkey King's life. The Legend Begins.—Global Star Productions

The tale told to two children, one Chinese, the other from the West who come across a monk in a cave on a remote mountainside above the Eastern Ocean. The monk is the current keeper of a hundred painted scrolls, each describing an event in the Monkey King's life, who's story is thus told.—mubi

Western monk Old Sage travels from Europe to China in the 7th-century and becomes the keeper of 100 painted scrolls. In a cave on a remote mountainside above the Eastern Ocean, he tells the tale of the Monkey King to two children, one who is Chinese and the other who is from the West.—rottentomatoes