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What are some adaptations of Sun Wukong in modern media?

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Sun Wukong has been widely adapted in modern media across multiple formats. He appears in films such as The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) and the Monkey King trilogy (2014, 2016, amd 2018), as well as television series such as The New Legends of Monkey (2018). In video games, he has gained renewed global attention through titles such as Black Myth: Wukong (2024).