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Disney+ is not moving forward with a second season of the Disney Branded Television/20th Television fantasy action series American born Chinesewhich stars Academy Award winners Ki Hui Kwan and Michelle Yeoh.
The decision comes more than seven months after the release of the eight-episode first season on May 24. It also comes after staff options expired yesterday, I hear. 20th TV still plans to sell the series elsewhere.
Created by Kelvin Yu based on Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel, American born Chinese Its timing was perfect, launching on the heels of the 2023 awards season that saw Yeoh and Kwan win trophy after trophy for their film. Everything everywhere at onceculminating with both receiving Oscars in March.
Although Hollywood's “it” duo Yeoh and Quan are currently premiering to strong reviews, American born Chinese It was unable to attract a large enough audience and did not crack Nielsen's weekly top 10 streaming rankings. Two recent Disney-branded television series have made the Nielsen Top 10, The scream of terror And the second season of Santa Clausewaiting for word about their future with… Percy Jackson and the Olympianswhich debuted as the best Disney-branded television show of all time.
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Except for High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, The Disney+ series from Disney Branded Television has so far only run for one or two seasons.
American born Chinese It tells the story of Jin Wang (Ben Wang), an ordinary teenager who juggles his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, more worlds collide as Jin inadvertently becomes embroiled in a battle between Chinese mythological gods.
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Yeoh plays Guanyin, Quan plays Freddy Wong, and the main cast also includes Yeo Yann Yann as Christine Wang, Chin Han as Simon Wang, Jimmy Liu as Wei-Chen, and Sydney Taylor as Amelia with Daniel Wu as Sun Wukong “The Monkey King”. “. Everything everywhere at onceStephanie Hsu was among the season's guests.
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Yu served as executive producer and showrunner. Destin Daniel Creighton (Shang Qi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) directed the season premiere and finale and served as executive producer alongside Melvin Marr, Jake Kasdan, Erin O'Malley, Asher Goldstein, and Gene Luen Yang.