'''''The New Legends of Monkey''''' is a television series inspired by ''[[Monkey (TV series)|Monkey]]'', a Japanese production from the 1970s and 1980s which garnered a cult following in New Zealand, Australia, the U.K. and South Africa. The Japanese production was based on the 16th-century Chinese novel ''[[Journey to the West]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/04/see-saw-films-jump-film-and-v-legend-of-the-monkey-abc-australia-netflix-1202072873/|title=See-Saw & Jump Team On 'Legend Of The Monkey' For ABC Australia, Netflix|last=Lodderhouse|first=Diana|website=Deadline.com|date=20 April 2017|access-date=20 April 2017|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420155724/http://deadline.com/2017/04/see-saw-films-jump-film-and-v-legend-of-the-monkey-abc-australia-netflix-1202072873/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series is an [[international co-production]] between the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], New Zealand's [[TVNZ]] and [[Netflix]].
