‘Shang-Chi’s Michelle Yeoh & Destin Daniel Cretton Reunite For Disney+ Series ‘American Born Chinese;’ Chin Han, Yeo Yann Yann & Daniel Wu Also Star
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: After teaming in the Disney/Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Michelle Yeoh is set to top an international cast for the Destin Daniel Cretton-directed Disney+ fantastical series American Born Chinese.
She will star alongside Ben Wang (MacGyver), Yeo Yann Yann (Wet Season), Chin Han (Mortal Kombat), Daniel Wu (Reminiscence), Ke Huy Quan (Finding Ohana), former Taekwondo champion Jim Liu and Sydney Taylor (Just Add Magic).Produced by 20th Television for Disney Branded Television, American Born Chinese will begin production later this month in Los Angeles.
The genre-hopping action comedy is adapted from Gene Luen Yang’s graphic novel by Emmy winning writer/producer Kelvin Yu (Bob’s Burgers & Central Park) who is EP and showrunner.
Cretton directs and is also EP alongside Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan, Erin O’Malley, Asher Goldstein and Gene Luen Yang.Yeoh, whose film work includes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
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