Title: Monster Hunt - Wikipedia
Headings: Monster Hunt
Monster Hunt
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Contents
Plot
Cast
Themes
Production
Development
Filming
Post production
Music
Release
Marketing
Reception
Box office
Controversy over box office performance
Critical reception
Awards and nominations
Sequels
Notes
References
External links

Content: Cast
Bai Baihe as Huo Xiaolan
Jing Boran as Song Tianyin
Jiang Wu as Luo Gang
Elaine Jin
Wallace Chung as Ge Qianhu
Eric Tsang
Sandra Ng
Tang Wei
Yao Chen
Yan Ni
Bao Jianfeng
Wang Yuexin
Guo Xiaodong
Li Jingjing
Cindy Tian
Zhang Yuexuan
Themes
The main theme in Monster Hunt, according to Hui is acceptance (similar to the Shrek series which Hui was involved in). The message in the film is to understand and accept differences, to see the world through others' perspective and to foster more understanding between people and groups. Production
Development
Raman Hui directed film which is his first live action directorial debut
Hui had long wanted to produce a movie in China. In an interview with the South China Morning Post he said that while overseeing sequences for the Gingerbread Man character in Shrek, he daydreamed about animating a character from a Hong Kong bakery, a Pineapple Bun Man. The idea for the film began in 2005 when Hui—who was living in Hollywood at that time—approached producer Bill Kong on the possibility of making an animated movie in China. But Kong who had no experience with animated film turned the proposal down. The two, who had known each other for 20 years, met as Kong used to distribute movies for DreamWorks Animation in China. But about three years later in 2008, Kong, while visiting Hollywood, invited Hui out for drinks on Sunset Boulevard and asked him if he could make a live-action film with computer graphics for him. Hui, who hadn't done any live-action movies simply said, "Sure, I'll give it a try." Kong introduced Hui to Hong Kong writer Alan Yuen to see what they could come up with.