Disney announced more guest stars to join an already amazing star-studded, international cast to the upcoming series American Born Chinese, a genre-hopping action-comedy based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen-Yang.
American Born Chinese
Introducing audiences to a pantheon of iconic Chinese mythical characters are guest stars Ronny Chieng as unconventional monk, Ji Gong; Jimmy O. Yang as Dragon King, Ao Guang; James Hong as Jade Emperor; Leonard Wu as Niu Mowang/Bull Demon. They now join previously announced guest stars Academy® Award nominee Stephanie Hsu as Shiji Niangniang, the Goddess of Stones; and Poppy Liu as Princess Iron Fan. The series also welcomes Lisa Luas, soon-to-be retired acupuncturist Ni Yang, and Rosalie Chiang as student activist Suzy Nakamura.
The previously announced principal cast to this coming-of-age adventure includes Academy® Award-Nominees and Golden Globe winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Ben Wang(“Chang Can Dunk”), two-time International Emmy® Award nominee Yeo Yann Yann (“Wet Season”), Chin Han (“Mortal Kombat”), Daniel Wu (“Reminiscence”), former Taekwondo champion Jimmy Liu and Sydney Taylor (“Just Add Magic”).
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In the teaser, titled, “Locker Reveal,” lead character Jin Wang (played by Ben Wang) walks through a school hallway that appears to be succumbed by some mysterious forces. Jin Wang finds a new mystical world after opening up a locker.
The yet to be released series will feature Emmy® Award-winning writer/producer Kelvin Yu (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Central Park”) who serves as executive producer and showrunner. Destin Daniel Cretton (Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Short Term 12”) is set to direct and serves as executive producer, alongside Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan (both of “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and “Jumanji: The Next Level”), Erin O’Malley (“Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.”), Asher Goldstein (“Short Term 12,” “Just Mercy”) and Gene Luen Yang.
The upcoming Disney series has no official release date, but it is set to be released this Spring on the Disney+ streaming service.
