Monkey King: Hero Is Back (Chinese: ????????; pinyin: Xiyóu jì zhi dà shèng guilái; lit. 'Journey to the West: Return of the Great Sage') is a 2015 Chinese computer-animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Tian Xiaopeng in his directorial debut. The film was released on 10 July 2015 and became the highest-grossing animated film in China until it was surpassed by the 2016 films Zootopia and Kung Fu Panda 3. A prequel to the film titled Monkey King: Havoc in Heaven is currently in development.