The series will star Michelle Yeoh (Shang-Chi) as Guanyin, Ben Wang (MacGyver) as Jin Wang, Yeo Yann Yann (Wet Season) as Christine Wang, Chin Han (Mortal Kombat) as Simon Wang, Daniel Wu (Reminiscence) as Sun Wukong, Ke Huy Quan (The Goonies) as Freddy Wong, former Taekwondo champion Jim Liu as Wei-Chen and Sydney Taylor (Just Add Magic) as Amelia.
This adaptation will officially reunite her with Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, after recently starring together in the acclaimed A24 film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
American Born Chinese will be executive produced by Cretton, the Yu Brothers, Gene Luen Yang, Erin O’Malley, Melvin Mar, Jake Kasdan, and Asher Goldstein.
“It tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life,” reads the synopsis.