American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese

(2023)

1 Seasons

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Streaming charts last updated: 13:22:47, 24/04/2024

American Born Chinese is 1447 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The TV show has moved up the charts by 387 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Nighty Night but less popular than Top of the Lake.

Synopsis

When Jin befriends a new exchange student, he is thrown into the world of the gods and goddesses of Chinese mythology 

Jin Wang is an average American high-school teen figuring out his school and social life, in addition to his Chinese-American identity. But when he meets Wei-Chen, an exchange student from China, his reality becomes an exciting multidimensional adventure fused with Chinese mythology.

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What to know

The award-winning cast of Everything, Everywhere, All At Once reunite in Disney’s American Born Chinese 

American Born Chinese is a fantasy action series produced by 20th Television for Disney+. The series is based on a graphic novel of the same title by ​​Gene Luen Yang. The screenplay is written by Kelvin Yu, while Destin Daniel Cretton directs and executive produces. Lucy Liu and Peng Zhang are also confirmed as guest directors on the series. Top Asian-American fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Phillip Lim collaborate with costume designer Joy Cretton to create the stunning costumes featured in the series. 

Ben Wang plays Jin Wang, the teen caught in mythological battles at the heart of the story. Cast members from Everything, Everywhere, All At Once reunite for American Born Chinese, including Academy award-winner Michelle Yeoh as the mythical Goddess Guanyin; Academy award-winner Ke Huy Quan as the fictional ‘90s sitcom character Freddy Wong; and Academy-award nominee Stephanie Hsu as another goddess figure, Shiji Niangniang. Daniel Wu plays an all-powerful god named Sun Wukong (aka ‘The Monkey King’). Yeo Yann Yann and Chin Han play Jin’s parents, Christine and Simon Wang, while Jim Liu takes on the role of the adventurous exchange student Wei-Chen. Sydney Taylor rounds out the cast as Amelia, Jin’s schoolmate and crush. 

Production News

  • October 4, 2021
    • Disney+ orders a series adaptation of the graphic novel American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Kelvin Yu is confirmed as the script writer, and Destin Daniel Cretton as the main director. (Source: Deadline
  • February 7, 2022
    • Michelle Yeoh, Chin Han, Yeo Yann Yann, and Daniel Wu are confirmed to be playing roles in American Born Chinese. (Source: Deadline
  • February 8, 2022
    • Filming begins in Los Angeles, CA, USA. (Source: Instagram
  • April 28, 2022
    • Asian-American fashion designers Prabal Gurung and Philip Lim join the costume design team. (Source: Deadline
  • May 10, 2022
    • Stephanie Hsu is cast in the series to play the goddess Shiji Niangniang. (Source: Variety
  • July 6, 2022
    • Filming wraps on the series. (Source: Instagram
  • September 10, 2022
    • At the D23 Expo, a featurette is released, giving more information about the production. (Source: Collider
  • February 11, 2023
    • A teaser is released, giving a first glimpse at the mythical world created for the series and putting the impressive cast on display. (Source: Collider
  • March 13, 2023
    • A 30-second teaser confirms May 24, 2023 as the release date. (Source: Collider)
  • April 21, 2023
    • A trailer for the series is released, showing Jin meeting Wei-Chen, and giving glimpses of their adventures in another realm together. (Source: YouTube)
  • May 24, 2023
    • American Born Chinese premieres on Disney+.

Streaming Charts

The JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts are calculated by user activity within the last 24 hours. This includes clicking on a streaming offer, adding a title to a watchlist, and marking a title as 'seen'. This includes data from ~1.3 million movie & TV show fans per day.

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1447.

+387

Rating

IMDB 7.0 (6k)

Genres

Action & Adventure, Comedy, Science-Fiction, Fantasy

Runtime

34min

Production country

United States

Cast

Ben Wang
Jin Wang
Yeo Yann Yann
Christine Wang
Chin Han
Simon Wang
Ke Huy Quan
Jamie Yao / Freddy Wong
Jimmy Liu
Wei-Chen
Sydney Taylor
Amelia Taylor
Daniel Wu
Sun Wukong / The Monkey King
Michelle Yeoh
Guanyin