Disney has officially released the teaser for Michelle Yeoh's American Born Chinese. Most recently, Yeoh has been winning awards for her role as Evelyn Wang in Everything Everywhere All At Once. As the heavy favorite to win Best Actress at the Academy Awards, she's presently enjoying the best success of her long career and is more than ready to contribute to her own Disney+ show.
Now, shortly before the Academy Awards and after months of anticipation, Disney has finally released the American Born Chinese trailer on YouTube. Check out the video below:
American Born Chinese introduces characters from Chinese mythology, and the teaser shows Jin Wang (Ben Wang) discovering supernatural abilities as the gate to Heaven is beginning to open. Yeoh will appear Guanyin and act as his guide on this surreal new adventure.
Everything We Know About American Born Chinese
With Chinese projects becoming more popular in Hollywood, American Born Chinese offers some additional representation for Chinese Americans. Joining Wang and Yeoh are her EEAAO co-stars, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, as well as Yeo Yann Yann (Being Human), Chin Han (The Dark Knight), Daniel Wu (Westworld), and many other stars. Filming wrapped in July, and the project is set to release on May 24.
Based on the American Born Chinese comic, the adaptation features the coming-of-age story of Jin Wang. With Jin struggling to reconcile his cultural background with American society, he is completely listless. Yet, after befriending his fellow student Wei-Chen (Jim Liu), Jin is drawn into a complex mythological conflict that could see the whole of the world in danger.
As yet, there has not been any information about how many episodes there will be, nor if there could be a second season. American Born Chinese is being run by the director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and promises to be massive in scope.
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