American Born Chinese (TV series)

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American Born Chinese
Genre Action-comedy
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Based on American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
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Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
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  • Destin Daniel Cretton
  • Asher Goldstein
  • Jake Kasdan
  • Melvin Mar
  • Gene Luen Yang
  • Charles Yu
  • Kelvin Yu
Production company(s) 20th Television
Release
Original network Disney+
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

American Born Chinese is an upcoming action-comedy television series based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang. Filming had begun in Los Angeles by February 2022. The series is set to premiere on Disney+.

Premise

Jin Wang, struggling with his school life and home life, meets the new foreign exchange student at his school, leading him to become involved in a battle between Gods of Chinese mythology.

Cast and characters

Production

Development

On October 4, 2021, it was announced that Disney+ had greenlit an adaptation of the Gene Luen Yang graphic novel and ordered it straight to series, with Destin Daniel Cretton directing and Charles Yu and Kelvin Yu writing the series.[1] On April 28, 2022, Asian-American fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim joined the series to work alongside costume designer Joy Cretton to create costumes.[2] Lucy Liu confirmed she is a director on the series.[3]

Casting

In February 2022, it was reported that Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, Jonathan Ke Quan, Jim Liu, and Sydney Taylor were cast in starring roles.[4] Stephanie Hsu joined the cast of the series in May, playing Shiji Niangniang,[5] with Poppy Liu added in June.[6]

Filming

Principal photography began in Los Angeles on February 8, 2022 and wrapped on July 6, 2022.[4][7][8]

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External links

  • American Born Chinese at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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