Shang-Chi Director's Disney+ Show Begins Filming With BTS Image
Filming for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton's new Disney+ series, American Born Chinese, has begun. The Disney+ series is an adaptation of Gene Luen Yang's 2006 graphic novel of the same name. The series stars Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang, Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, and Jonathan Ke Quan.
Released in 2006, American Born Chinese is heavily inspired by Chinese mythology and tells three seemingly unconnected tales that come together to explore themes of identity, culture, and family. Winning multiple awards such as the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel, Amazon's Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the Year, Publishers Weekly Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, and more, the graphic novel has been praised for its use in schools to help motivate academically struggling students. 20th Century Television picked up the rights to the graphic novel to adapt for release on Disney+, with Cretton joining the project to direct and produce. Following recent casting announcements, it has been confirmed production on the series has begun.
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Television producer Melvin Mar, who serves as an executive producer on the series alongside Cretton, shared a photo of himself, the director, and the cast on his Instagram account. The photo featured Marr himself, fellow producers Kelvin Yu and Erin O'Malley, original author Luen Yang, and Cretton alongside stars Yeoh, Wang, Yann, Han, Wu. Jim Liu, and Sydney Taylor. Tagging everyone involved in the photograph, Mar commented that the photo showed a Blessing Ceremony for the show held on the first day of production. Mar also tagged the accounts for Disney Branded Television Communications,
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