One of this year’s most anticipated original series, is “American Born Chinese”, which is based on the genre-hopping graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, “American Born Chinese” tells the story of Jin Wang, an average teenager juggling his high school social life with his home life. When he meets a new student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.

The coming-of-age adventure features an international all-star cast, including Academy(R) Award-Nominees and Golden Globe winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”), Ben Wang (“Chang Can Dunk”), two-time International Emmy Award nominee Yeo Yann Yann (“Wet Season”), Chin Han (“Mortal Kombat”), Daniel Wu (“Reminiscence”), former Taekwondo champion Jimmy Liu and Sydney Taylor (“Just Add Magic”).

The new series will be getting will be getting its world premiere at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, on March 15th 2023, at 3 pm.

And now Disney has revealed on the official Disney+ Hotstar Indonesia Twitter and Instagram accounts, that the brand-new series will stream there on May 24th 2023. So it’s likely that this will be the global release date, though Disney hasn’t officially announced the date on its other social media accounts around the world.

Bersiap untuk dunia yang akan saling beradu.

Eksklusif di #DisneyPlusHotstarID, streaming serial original #AmericanBornChinese 24 Mei. pic.twitter.com/ynOfSoF5xR

— Disney+ Hotstar ID (@DisneyPlusID) March 11, 2023

Also starring in this series is a pantheon of iconic Chinese mythical characters, are guest stars Ronny Chieng as an unconventional monk, Ji Gong; Jimmy O. Yang as Dragon King, Ao Guang; James Hong as Jade Emperor; Leonard Wu as Niu Mowang/Bull Demon, who join previously announced guest stars Academy(R) Award nominee Stephanie Hsu as Shiji Niangniang, the Goddess of Stones; and Poppy Liu as Princess Iron Fan. The series also welcomes Lisa Lu as soon-to-be retired acupuncturist Ni Yang and Rosalie Chiang as student activist Suzy Nakamura.

Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Kelvin Yu (“Bob’s Burgers,” “Central Park”) serves as executive producer and showrunner. Destin Daniel Cretton (Marvel’s “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings,” “Short Term 12”) is set to direct and serves as executive producer, alongside Melvin Mar and Jake Kasdan (both of “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” and “Jumanji: The Next Level”), Erin O’Malley (“Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.”), Asher Goldstein (“Short Term 12,” “Just Mercy”) and Gene Luen Yang.

20th Television has produced the series, and it was previously announced that the series would debut on Disney+ this spring, so the May release date means it just slides in before Summer officially starts in June.

Are you looking forward to watching “American Born Chinese”? Let us know on social media!

Roger Palmer

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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