Will The New Legends Of Monkey get a third season or has the show been cancelled? Family-friendly adventure series The New Legends Of Monkey chronicles the journey of a young woman (Luciane Buchanan) who takes on the identity of her monk father Tripitaka and sets out on a quest to rid the world of the oppressive demons that killed him. To do so, Tripitaka must resurrect godly being the Monkey King (Chai Hansen) and team with his fellow gods Pigsy (Josh Thomson) and Sandy (Emilie Cocquerel) to locate seven sacred scrolls that grant their finder the unlimited power needed to defeat the demon overlords.

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If the plot of The New Legends Of Monkey sounds familiar, that’s because it’s a reboot of the Japanese TV show Monkey (AKA Monkey Magic) that aired for two seasons in the late 1970s and early 1980s and gained a cult following across the globe. Monkey itself was based on Journey To The West, a classic 16th-century Chinese novel penned by Wu Cheng’en that has also inspired other works including the Digimon and Dragon Ball franchises.

The New Legends Of Monkey is a co-production between Netflix, the Australian Broadcasting Company and New Zealand’s TVNZ and aired its first season internationally on Netflix in 2018. The second season followed in 2020, but will a third season of The New Legends Of Monkey happen any time soon? Here’s what we know.

Netflix Hasn’t Renewed The New Legends Of Monkey

The New Legends Of Monkey has yet to be renewed by Netflix, NZTV or the Australian Broadcasting Company. However, considering there was a two-year gap between the show’s first season in 2018 and its sophomore season in 2020, it’s likely that if The New Legends Of Monkey season 3 does happen it wouldn’t arrive until 2022 at the earliest.

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Many shows are suffering delays thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic too, so the fact The New Legends Of Monkey hasn’t been renewed for a third season yet doesn’t necessarily mean the show’s future is in jeopardy.

The New Legends Of Monkey Season 2 Ended On A Cliffhanger

The New Legends Of Monkey season 2 delivered an action-packed finale that saw the Monkey King face off against Shadow Monkey – an evil version of himself created using a corrupted scroll. Monkey succeeded in defeating Shadow Monkey but to do so he had to fly into the sun with said corrupted scroll. Though the finale revealed Monkey was reborn after his selfless sacrifice, his pals Tripitaka, Pigsy and Sandy all assumed he had died.

That wasn’t the only problem facing the gang either as the end of the episode saw the return of Monkey’s old enemy the Demon Queen Hakuru (Rachel House). Ending the season with those kinds of cliffhangers suggests the show’s writers have faith that The New Legends Of Monkey will be renewed for a third season.

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