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'Reminds of EEAAO': Fans react as Disney reveals poster for Michelle Yeoh starrer 'American Born Chinese'

Disney has revealed a new poster for the Disney+ Original series 'American Born Chinese'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Disney has unveiled another poster for Academy Award winners Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan starrer 'American Born Chinese,' which will be released May 24 with eight episodes exclusively on Disney+. The series is based on the graphic novel of the same name written by Gene Luen Yang.

The plot revolves around Jin Wang, a socially awkward teenager struggling to find a middle ground between school and home. But one day everything changes when Wang meets a new student on the first day of the school year and accidentally finds himself in the middle of a battle between Chinese mythological gods. The cast of 'American Born Chinese' includes Michelle Yeoh and Ben Wang in the lead roles, as well as Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, Ke Huy Quan, Jim Liu and Sydney Taylor.

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'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings' writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton is an executive producer as well as a director on 'American Born Chinese.' The Oscar-winning duo from 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' is back to create more poetic cinema with Disney+ addition 'American Born Chinese.' The series had its premiere at the 2023's SXSW Festival. While fans loved the premiere, they're already looking forward to May, when the entire series will drop of Disney+. 

'Trying to recreate the Oscar-winning movie'

While some fans want to see Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan create magic on-screen once again, some are quick to point out that 'American Born Chinese' gives off major 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' vibes. Some also pointed out how its quite boring to see Yeoh and Huy Quan together again. One user wrote, "Wtf is this poster," to which another replied with, "I’m so glad awkwardfina ain’t in this." Another user responded with, "Michelle Yeoh Emmy campaign is [on]," to which another user chimed in with, "Looks like a bad movie like the bad movie everything everywhere all at once." Another fan was quick to point out that Disney really took the entire cast of EEAAO in the series, but titled a different name and wrote, "Seriously? They SERIOUSLY took 90 per cent of the cast from EEAAO?" With a user pointing out that the poster looks exactly like EEAAO had and wrote, "It even reminds of the eeao poster," with another sharing their thoughts about how Disney is trying to recreate the Oscar-winning movie, 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' and wrote, "Disney tryna recreate the magic of EEAAO lmaooo."

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