(Observer Network) On September 10, local time, Disney streaming media Disney+ released the first production special of the new drama "American Born Chinese " (American Born Chinese ), which once again attracted attention.
In this special, the audience was able to see the episode clip for the first time. Among them, the highly-watched "Guanyin" style played by Michelle Yeoh was exposed, and "Sun Wukong" played by Daniel Wu also appeared in the audience's sight for the first time.
Screenshot of Hollywood media Deadline report
"The Beauty of Chinese" is adapted from the comic work of the same name by American cartoonist Yang Jinlun. The comic was published in the United States in 2006 and released in China in 2008. The book was shortlisted for the National Book Award , and in 2007, the American Michael Prinz Honorary Book Award for commending young people's literary works was listed on the "Hyper Times " "Top Ten Comic Book ".
comics revolve around three story lines: the first line draws on the myth of "The Monkey King makes a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace", depicting an American version with practice, revenge, challenge, failure and redemption; the second line protagonist is a Chinese-American teenager. After listening to his mother telling the story of "Meng's Mother Three Moving", he followed his parents' experience after moving from San Francisco Chinatown to a pure white community; the third line revolves around Americans' stereotypes of Chinese people . At the end of the
comic, these three seemingly unrelated stories are merged together and become a modern fable, exploring the exploration of self-identity and identification with family and culture by Chinese Americans.
drama version "The Chinese" is produced by Disney's 20th Television (combined by the merger of 20th Century Fox TV and 20th Century TV). It started filming in Los Angeles, USA in February this year. After the production is completed, it will be released on Disney streaming Disney+.
The play is positioned as an action comedy and adapts the original work, telling the story of the Chinese-American teenager Wang Jin (played by Ben Wang) who strives to adapt to his high school life and immigrant family life. When he meets a new classmate and foreign exchange student Wei-Chen (played by Liu Jing) on the first day of the new school year, more worlds collide. Wei-Chen's true identity makes him involved in a battle of "gods and immortals" in Chinese mythology.
It is worth noting that the main creative lineup of the show. In addition to the Chinese American actor Ben Wang and Taiwanese actor Liu Jing, the drama also brings together Chinese actors such as Michelle Yeoh, Daniel Wu, Kwan Jiwei, , Hsu Weilun, and other Chinese actors who have been active in Hollywood in recent years. In June this year, the drama also became a hot search on Weibo for "all Chinese-American dramas starring in American dramas".
In addition, the drama is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, an Asian director of " Shangqi and Ten Rings Legend ". The invited directors include Chinese directors Zhang Peng , who directed " Asura " and " City Game ", and Hollywood Chinese representative actress Liu Yuling .
In addition, in order to create this TV series that "all-Chinese starring" and tells the story of Chinese Americans, Disney not only invited representative actors from the Hollywood Chinese circle, but also invited Nepali American fashion designer Prabal Gurung (Prabal Gurung) and well-known Chinese designer Phillip Lim to join the creative team. They will cooperate with the costume director of the movie "Shangqi and Ten Rings Legend".
According to the American "Entertainment Weekly" and Hollywood media Deadline on September 11, on September 10 local time, Disney shared the production special of the show at the D23 Expo (official Disney Fan Conference), allowing viewers to see the episode clip for the first time.
includes the campus life of "Wang Jin" played by Ben Wang and the exchange student "Wei-Chen" played by Liu Jing ↓↓↓
Ben Wang (left) and Liu Jing
The shape of "Gods" in Chinese mythology↓↓↓
The fighting scenes of the characters in the play↓↓↓
and the highly-watched "Guanyin Bodhisattva" played by Michelle Yeoh and the image of "Sun Wukong" played by Daniel Wu: In the play, Michelle Yeoh plays the aunt of "Wang Jin"'s friend "Wei-Chen", helping his nephew "Wei-Chen" through the difficulties in high school. She usually doesn't show off her mountains or reveals herself, but her real body is actually Guanyin .
According to the plot of the comic, "Monkey King Sun Wukong" played by Daniel Wu is the father of "Wei-Chen".
Michelle Yeoh was also interviewed in this nearly 2-minute special, teasing the content of the series: "This drama is very interesting, with a lot of spells, a lot of bad guys, and action scenes."
Kelvin Yu, the executive producer of the drama, said that they want the drama to become "our own version of the American story." "We are at Disney+, and it's like the home of these epic folk tales, from Cinderella to Little Mermaid to Monkey King, this Chinese myth is another example of this."
At present, Disney+ has not announced the premiere date of "The Beautiful Chinese", but the show is expected to be released in 2023.
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