Raman Hui’s 2015 action comedy adventure, Monster Hunt was a delightful CG hybrid affair to catch. Its sequel, Monster Hunt 2 is ways away from its release in early 2018 while it has now been confirmed for Chinese New Year day-and-date releases with distribution in North America and the U.K. following its acquisition this week by Lionsgate at Cannes.
via Screendaily:
“I’m thrilled to partner with Patrick Wachsberger, Wendy Reeds and the rest of the Lionsgate team,” said Kong. “Lionsgate is a powerful creative force and has demonstrated its marketing and distribution prowess across a broad range of blockbuster films.”
The film sees the return of actor Jing Boran and actress Fay Bai along with newly added Tony Leung Chiu-Wai following the events of the first film, in which a reluctant village mayor ends up pregnant and in the care of a fugitive monster baby named Wuba, setting the two along with an aspiring monster hunter on a journey that will determine the fate of the peace between the monster and human realms. The film became a record-setting hit at the time with $400 million dollars in China, beating out James Wan’s Furious Seven.