Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese depicts the intersection of Chinese mythology and family through three interwoven storylines. The show is expected to be more action-oriented than the original graphic novel, which told a grounded, careful storyline amid magic and identity. Cretton is the director and executive producer of the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
The Disney+ show will follow Jin Wang, who is struggling to balance his high school social life and the pressures he feels at home. On the first day of school, Jin runs into a Chinese exchange student, and their worlds collide as Jin becomes entangled in a battle of Chinese gods. According to Variety, identity, culture and family are themes.
The Daniels film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, has two other people in it, as well as the one who starred with Hsu. According to a Disney press release, Yeoh will play an auntie who helps her nephew navigate the challenges of American high school while maintaining her secret identity as the all-powerful. Freddy Wong is a fictional character from a popular sitcom. The Monkey King is the god of the Chinese epic Journey to the West, who enters our world in search of his son. American Born Chinese is one of the must-watch series when it does premiere.
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