Disney+ creates "American Born Chinese" with Daniel Wu playing the Monkey King and Michelle Yeoh playing Guanyin

Disney+ has created the Chinese-themed series "American Born Chinese", and released the first poster for the Disney D23 exhibition venue - the Monkey King played by Daniel Wu, Guanyin played by Michelle Yeoh, Wang Jin played by Ben Wang, and exchange student Wei Chen played by Liu Jing made their first appearance.

It was previously confirmed that Lucy Liu and Shang-Chi director Destin Cretton would be the directors of individual episodes, and the cast also included Yeo Yann Yeung (Wet Weather), Chin Han Huang (Ghost in the Shell), Kwan Kei-wai, Hsu Wei-lun, and Liu Jing, etc. Among them, Michelle Yeoh, Kwan Kei-wai and Hsu Wei-lun played a family of three in Mom's Multiverse, and now they are reunited in the new work.

The drama is based on the best-selling comic novel of the same name by Chin-lun Yang. The original story revolves around three clues: The Monkey King (Daniel Wu) makes a scene in the Heavenly Palace, which is a well-known myth in China. The novel presents a fresh American version, with training, revenge, challenge, failure and redemption: The Monkey King has an innate kingly spirit, is proficient in mysterious kung fu and magic, is revered by all monkeys and grandchildren, and is the greatest monkey in the world. But he is unwilling to be a monkey, so he makes a scene in the Heavenly Palace, wanting to become a god worshipped by people.

After listening to his mother's story of the ancient Chinese story of "Mencius' Mother Moved Three Times", Chinese American teenager Wang Jin moved with his parents from San Francisco's Chinatown, where they had lived for nine years, to a purely white community. He found himself the only Chinese in school, and was bullied and had almost no friends. To make matters worse, he fell in love with a white girl...

Chinxi is a stereotypical Chinese in the eyes of Americans, smart but vulgar and annoying. He visits his cousin Danny from China every year to disrupt his life. Danny is a basketball player and a popular figure in the school. He has to transfer schools every year to escape the shame brought by Chinxi. This year, the situation is even worse... In the end, the three seemingly unrelated clues are magically integrated into a modern fable that integrates Chinese Kung Fu and campus turmoil.

Michelle Yeoh plays Guanyin, a humble aunt who helps her nephew Wei Chen navigate the challenges of an American high school while maintaining her secret identity as the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Tiffany Hsu plays Shiji Niangniang, who works in a jewelry store with her magical dog. And Stephen Kwan plays Freddy Wong, a fictional 1990s sitcom star.