Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan reunite for American Born Chinese

The promotional campaign for the upcoming Disney+ series American Born Chinese is underway with the release of its first full trailer.

Adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s award-winning 2006 graphic novel of the same name reunites the cast members of Everything Everywhere All At Once Michelle Yes, Ke Huy Quanand Stephanie Hsu.

The story follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a child of Chinese immigrants who is seemingly a normal high school student struggling with his school and family life.

But things are far from normal after he is introduced to a new Chinese exchange student and asked to play the role of the newcomer’s tutor at the school.

Their meeting leads to a chain of events that plunges Jim into a battle between gods from Chinese mythology.

At the top of the trailer, Jim is depicted in typical home and school environments that ultimately portray him as something of an outcast due to his Chinese heritage.

His life takes a dramatic turn when school officials ask Jim to serve as a guide for new student Wei-Chen (Jim Liu), who is rumored to be Chinese too, but in reality all is not as he seems.

“I just want to be a regular guy doing regular things,” Jim says before being confronted by a group of kids teasing him at school, “You’ve made a new friend.”

“I just thought this year would be different,” he confesses to Wei-Chen.

It’s at this point in the teaser that Jim gets his first look at that battle of gods from Chinese mythology.

Bewildered and bewildered at what is going on, Wei-Chen confesses to his new friend, “I am not of this world,” adding, “I need your help in my quest to stop the rebellion.”

It turns out that his friend is actually the son of a mythological god.

The trailer then shows both Yeoh and Quan in their first post-Oscar roles, as well as Hsu, who has a recurring role in the action comedy.

This series is also the story of a young man’s struggle for his own identity, told through family, comedy and action-packed Kung-Fu.

In addition to Wang, Liu, Yeoh, Quan and Hsu, the cast also includes Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Sydney Taylor, Hong Huifang, Poppy Liu, Ronny Chieng, Rosalie Chiang, James Hong, Lisa Lu, Jimmy O. Yang and Leonard Wu .

Following its world premiere at South By Southwest on March 15, all eight episodes of American Born Chinese will premiere on Disney+ on May 24.

Yeoh, 60, previously teamed up with the show’s co-director, Destin Daniel Cretton, as part of the cast of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings.

Lucy Liu also serves as a director in the eight-episode series.

Yeoh, Quan and Hsu were all nominated for Oscars for their roles in Everything Everywhere All At Once at the 95th Academy Awards, which took place on March 12.

The absurdist comedy-drama film won 7 of its 11 Oscar nominations, including Best Actress for Yeoh, Best Supporting Actor for Quan, Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis, along with Best Picture and Best Director for the team of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert .