“American Born Chinese” Graphic Novel
Hong Kong stars Michelle Yeoh (Boss Level, Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy, Yes, Madam) and Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire, The Last Supper) are teaming up with director Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) for the Disney + series, American Born Chinese.
The upcoming series also stars Ben Wang (Chang Can Dunk), Yeo Yann Yann (Rubbers), Chin Han (Mortal Kombat reboot), Ke Huy Quan (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Jimmy Liu (Ip Man 4: The Finale) and Sydney Taylor (Just Add Magic: Mystery City).
American Born Chinese is a genre-hopping action comedy adapted from Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel of the same name, which tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang (Wang), who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King (Wu), subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable (via Amazon).
American Born Chinese begins production this month in Los Angeles (via Deadline). For now, we leave you with the classic Tai Seng English Trailer for Michelle Yeoh 1986 actioner, Royal Warriors:
I thought this was going to be the story of Eileen Gu.