There’s no more cheekier monkey than the coke-snorting, sex-addict monkey that we find in the movie.” Williams added, “We care for animals more than we care for humans, most of us.

China-U.S. coproduction ‘Shimmy: The First Monkey King’ is picked up for sales, starting at the Berlin EFM, by Odin’s Eye Animation.

Robbie Williams hopes being depicted as another species will help audiences see his humanity. “What’s more cheeky than a cheeky monkey?” he said to the Associated Press. “I’ve been a ...