Together with a band of mythological misfits, their job is to protect the ancient phoenix from Vatten and the Clan of Nine who wish to use its powers for evil.

[1] Tom, a young Chinese American boy, has grown up under the care of his eccentric grandmother, Mrs. Lee, in San Francisco.

28) Mr. Hu guides Tom to Goblin Square, a hidden market for the magical inhabitants of San Francisco's Chinatown.

Monkey, who was cursed for challenging Heaven and who stole his magic staff from the Dragon Kingdom, has also come at Mr. Hu's call to protect the phoenix.

Sidney is locked up for a spy and the four leave, Mr. Hu, Monkey and Mistral in their human forms, to find the phoenix.

The spy's trail leads them to a run-down house near the ocean where Tom finds Räv tied up and injured.

As they try to rescue Räv, the floor turns into a pack of red-scaled, blue-bristled dogs, Hsieh, which overwhelm the would-be-rescuers.

Though the tiger's and dragon's strength cannot break the walls, Tom reminds Mr. Hu his grandmother's final lesson, "use your wits, not your claws".

Räv and the Hsieh are rescued and trapped in a pebble, but not before she reveals that Vatten plans to force the phoenix to hatch early.

Sidney, who has escaped his prison, has found that Vatten has been hiding the phoenix under a hill in the middle of Stow Lake.

139) Tom, now determined to live up to his grandmother's legacy, deliberately springs a trap so Mr. Hu can retrieve the phoenix.

In March 2019, Paramount Pictures announced an animated film adaptation,[4] with Carlos Baena as director and Magee and Harry Cripps writing the script.

[5] Paramount Animation and Mikros Image Europe are the studios for the film, making it the second collaboration since Sherlock Gnomes.

[6] Michelle Yeoh, Sandra Oh, Brandon Soo Hoo, Bowen Yang and Henry Golding were cast in September 2020, with Lucy Liu joining later in July 2022.