More Monkey action from Gorillaz close friends Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett... check it out...

Monkey Bee, a short film directed by Jamie Hewlett is premiering on Youtube
now

A live action short film for Monkey Bee - the first single from OJourney to
the West', will have its premiere today. Created and directed by Jamie
Hewlett, Monkey Bee is a mixture of Chinese 1970's spaghetti western, meets
Korean horror movie, meets much beloved 1980's Monkey tv seriesS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y90ONojCc6Q



Fans of Hewlett's numerous Gorillaz videos should enjoy his first live
action outing. Conjuring up images of legendary battles and adversity, we
find Monkey trying to cross the volcano fields of Princess Iron Fan. Monkey
needs her magic fan in order to cool the hot molten fields but the Princess
refuses and an epic battle ensues, throwing first trained assassins and then
a colossal army of volcano soldiers his way in a desperate attempt to thwart
his journey.

The film was shot in London on 35mm film, using members of the Journey to
the West cast. A team of modellers, animators, compositors and vfx artists
have since worked for 8 weeks to put all the live action and special effects
together and deliver the first Monkey film.

Monkey Bee will premiere on youtube from Tuesday 28th October, and will
appear on Channel 4 in the UK at 00.05 on Thursday 30th October.
The Monkey Bee video is also available for you to own from the 30th October
on I-tunes.
http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/the-album/buy-monkey-bee-video/

Monkey takes over Youtube
To celebrate the release of this new short film, Monkey has taken over
Youtube for 24 hours. Head over there now to catch the world premiere of
Monkey Bee; the making of Monkey Bee; Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's
youtube takeover and curatorial introduction; Damon & Jamie's Excellent
Adventure and other clips hand-picked by Damon and Jamie which tell the
story of what shaped the unique musical and visual aesthetic of Journey to
the West.
http://www.youtube.com/monkeyjttw/

The album is based -on the opera Monkey: Journey to the West
http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/the-opera/

MAKE YOUR OWN MONKEY BEE VIDEO

Think you could create a live action, 70's Chinese spaghetti western
inspired action film? Go on then - we're giving you a trove of clips, green
screens and visuals straight from the editor's suite allowing you to make
your own version of the Monkey Bee film.

Once you've created your Monkey masterpiece, just upload it to this
contest-specific Youtube channel where it will be judged by Damon Albarn and
Jamie Hewlett: http://www.youtube.com/group/monkeybee

The winner will receive a signed copy of the limited edition, deluxe vinyl
version of the Monkey: Journey to the West album, and 5 additional winners
will get two tickets to see the Monkey: Journey to the West opera at the O2
in December.

http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/video-remix/


Buy Links ­

 Album

Digital:

iTunes -
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=286583805&s=143444
(worldwide version)

Physical:

UK-
HMV -
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=842946

Amazon -
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Monkey-Journey-West-Damon-Albarn/dp/B001CVCBEO/beggarsgroup-21

XL Recordings Shop -
http://shop.xlrecordings.com/release/~journey-to-the-west-cd/

US-
Beggars Shop - http://www.beggarsgroupusa.com/releases/journey-to-the-west/


Monkey at the 02 buy ticket link
http://www.monkeyjourneytothewest.com/the-opera/dates-tickets/