The Disney+ adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’sAmerican Born Chineseseemed intend to have eyes on it the second it addedMichelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quanto its cast . Though the casting came before the pair co - lead 2022 ’s Everything Everywhere All at Once , the continued winner of that movie has added some extra dominance to the show , particularly after it was announced that film’sscene stealer Stephanie Hsuwould also come to the show for a guest appearance .
Now the show is basically officiate as an entirely reunion for the Wang family , as James Hong will also be on the serial in the role of the Jade Emperor . Disney broke the news with a teaser trailer that ends with a break down of Edgar Guest stars that ’ll join the series . In gain to Hong and Hsu , fellow Edgar Guest include Ronny Chieng ( M3GAN ) , Jimmy O. Yang ( Silicon Valley ) , Rosalie Chiang ( Turning Red ) , and Leonard Wu ( Ghost of Tsushima ) . According to the poke , there ’s more Edgar Albert Guest stars wait in the wing to be announced .
In the series , high schooler Jin Wang ( played by Ben Wang ) is an modal child of Chinese immigrants who crosses paths with his school ’s newest exchange student Amelia Harris ( Sydney Taylor ) . From there , he gets charm up in a state of war between the gods of Taiwanese mythology , and rubs shoulder with his finish ’s authoritative mythological design like Sun Wukong ( Daniel Wu ) and Princess Iron Fan ( Poppy Liu ) from Journey to the West . Yang ’s 2006 graphic novel that the show is based on won or was constitute for several literary awards , admit the 2007 Best Comic of the Year award from Publishers Weekly and Time Magazine ’s Top Comic for that special year .
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Also starring Chin Han and Yeo Yann Yann , and directed by Shang - Chi ’s Daniel Destini Cretton , American Born Chinese is expected to release on Disney+ sometime in the spring .
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