American Born Chinese: Disney+ cancels show with 94% Rotten Tomatoes score after just one season

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Disney+ has pulled the plug on its critically acclaimed sequence American Born Chinese after just one season.

The fantasy-action sequence – which sees the reunion of Everything Everywhere All At Once’s Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu – follows Jin (Ben Wang), a high-schooler who turns into entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods after he’s launched to a brand new Chinese classmate.

According to Variety, the choice to cancel the sequence, which presently has a score of 94 per cent on assessment aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, got here all the way down to viewership.

A supply with data of the state of affairs reportedly advised the outlet that whereas Disney authorised of the show itself, its viewership didn’t justify a second season. Producers intend to buy the sequence to different networks and streamers, the supply stated.

The Independent has contacted Disney+ for additional remark.

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, American Born Chinese relies on Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel of the identical title.

Yeo Yann Yann, Chin Han, Sydney Taylor and Daniel Wu additionally characteristic.

Its Disney+ debut in May got here on the heels of the 2023 Oscar Awards, which noticed Quan and Yeoh win Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress respectively for his or her portrayals within the Best Picture winner, EEAAO.

Earlier on the February Sag Awards ceremony, veteran actor James Hong, 94, accompanied his castmates onstage to just accept the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

“My first movie was with Clark Gable,” Hong advised the viewers, referring to the 1955 journey romance Soldier of Fortune.

“But back in those days – I have to tell you this,” he continued.

“The leading role was played by these guys with their eyes taped up like this and they talk like this,” he stated, pulling the nook of his eyes up with his fingers and mimicking an overdramatic Chinese accent.

“And the producer said the Asians were not good enough and they are not box office. But look at us now, huh?!”

American Born Chinese is offered to stream on Disney+.