Ken Jeong, ‘Riverdale’s Lochlyn Munro Board ‘Tiger Mother’ Comedy – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Ken Jeong (Loopy Wealthy Asians) and Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale) have signed on to star alongside Zhang Jingchu, Michelle Krusiec and extra in Impossible Dream Entertainment’s comedy Tiger Mom, which has entered manufacturing in Vancouver.

Zhang leads the U.S. & China co-produced movie as Marilyn Khu, a first-generation Chinese language-American mom who, unable to manage her teenage youngsters, enrolls them in a prestigious disciplinary faculty referred to as Tiger Academy — run by the no-nonsense Suki Lai (Krusiec) —which is able to whipping them into Ivy League form. Whereas Jeong will play Jimmy Khu, a piece obsessed husband and father whose parenting type is decidedly out of contact, particulars as to Munro’s position haven’t been disclosed. Further solid members set embrace Alexa Lavatory (Chad), William Budijanto (Resident Alien), Chloe Pun (Kung Fu), Neil Garguilo (Bloodsucking Bastards) and Nathalie Boltt (District 9).

Unattainable Dream Leisure has teamed for Tiger Mother with Storyoscopic Movies, Massive Image Content material and Crossroad. Backers on the China aspect embrace Huacheng Movie, TV and Digital Program Firm, a subsidiary of Chinese language state broadcaster CCTV6, and Beijing Origin Footage.

Shawn Chou is directing from his script written with Krusiec and Garguilo. Producers are Shaun Redick, Yvette Yates Redick, George Lee, Jayce Barreiro, Chou and Stefanie Huang. Samuel Park and Jared Zhang are financing the pic and exec producing alongside Yolanda Zhang, Jeremy Ross, Patrick Rizzotti, Liu Changjiang, Justin Ware and Marcus Englefield. Unattainable Dream Leisure will signify North American distribution rights alongside The Alternate, which may even deal with worldwide rights and current the movie as a part of its 2022 AFM lineup. 

“This movie has been an extremely private journey for me,” mentioned Chou. “I approached many difficult childhood recollections, and the way it influenced my parenting now that I’m a father. It’s a comedic tackle the cultural stereotype of the Tiger Mother, however beneath it’s a common story about how a disconnected household should discover one another once more.”

“Tiger Mother is an endearing, humorous and emotional movie and audiences will establish and join with the Khu household,” mentioned Yvette Yates Redick.

“As an Asian American producer working in Hollywood, it’s a dream come true to shepherd a movie that has such multi-cultural roots,” added Storyoscopic Movies co-founder, Lee.

Jeong is an actor, comic and producer finest recognized for his work on The Hangover movies and Loopy Wealthy Asians, amongst many titles. Notable TV credit embrace Bob’s Burgers, The Afterparty, Dr. Ken and Group. Jeong serves as a Panelist on The Masked Singer and can subsequent be seen in Charlie Day’s characteristic directorial debut, El Tonto.

Munro performs Hal Cooper on The CW’s Riverdale and has additionally lately been seen on HBO Max’s Peacemaker. Notable movie credit embrace The Predator, Tomorrowland, The Firm You Maintain and Scary Film. The actor will subsequent be seen within the horror-comedy Completely Killer with Kiernan Shipka, Julie Bowen, Randall Park and extra, amongst different initiatives.

The movies of Unattainable Dream Leisure’s Shaun Redick & Yvette Yates Redick have to this point scored 12 Oscar nominations. The pair have developed and produced movies together with Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning 2017 phenomenon Get Out and Spike Lee’s 2018 Cannes Grand Prix Winner, BlacKkKlansman, which received the Oscar for Greatest Tailored Screenplay from six nominations. The Redicks additionally found, developed, packaged and produced Netflix’s latest chart-topper Day Shift, starring Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco and Snoop Dogg.

Jeong is represented by APA, Aligned Leisure and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Munro by TalentWorks, Alchemy Leisure and Northern Publicity Expertise Administration Group in Vancouver.