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Amazon Prime Video is finalizing a series order for a new Spider-Man project based on the controversial 'Clone Saga' comic storyline. Written by Kelvin Yu, the show will feature clones Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker, replacing the recently canceled 'Spider-Noir'.
The graphic novel "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang has been adapted into an eight-episode TV series created by Kelvin Yu, which premiered on Disney+. The series streamlines the book's three storylines into one, with an increased focus on Jin's experience navigating high school as his worlds collide with Wei-Chen, the son of the Monkey King. The show departs significantly from the original text, but still manages to retain much of its soul as it transforms into an entertaining on-screen entity for all ages.
Disney+ series American Born Chinese, based on Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel, updates and expands the source material into a superhero saga with big rewards. The show features a talented cast of Asian and Asian American actors, including Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, and reckons with the long history of American culture depicting Asians as foolish or repulsive. While the show calls out microaggressions and biased systems, it falls short in expanding its focus to the harmful culture surrounding its characters. Overall, American Born Chinese is a bracing and inspiring story of self-acceptance.