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* [[John Cho]] as [[Long]] |
* [[John Cho]] as [[Long]] |
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** Jackie Chan<ref name="Variety2">Cast list as per April 23, 2018 ''Variety'' article</ref> as Long (Mandarin) |
** Jackie Chan<ref name="Variety2">Cast list as per April 23, 2018 ''Variety'' article</ref> as Long (Mandarin) |
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| − | * [[Jimmy Wong]]<ref name="Variety2" /> as [[Din]] |
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** Ian Chen as Young Din |
** Ian Chen as Young Din |
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| − | * [[Natasha Liu Bordizzo]]<ref name="Variety2" /> as [[Li Na]] |
+ | * [[Natasha Liu Bordizzo]]<ref name="Variety2" /> as [[Li Na Wang]] |
** Alyssa Abiera as Young Li Na |
** Alyssa Abiera as Young Li Na |
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* [[Will Yun Lee]] as [[Mr. Wang]] |
* [[Will Yun Lee]] as [[Mr. Wang]] |
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* Jimmy O. Yang as Short Goon, Security Guard 2 |
* Jimmy O. Yang as Short Goon, Security Guard 2 |
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* [[Bobby Lee]]<ref name="Variety2" /> as Tall Goon |
* [[Bobby Lee]]<ref name="Variety2" /> as Tall Goon |
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*Aaron Yoo as Pockets |
*Aaron Yoo as Pockets |
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*Nico Santos as Buckley |
*Nico Santos as Buckley |
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| − | *Gabriel Lee as Wei, DJ, K-Drama Man |
+ | *Gabriel Lee as [[Wei]], DJ, K-Drama Man |
*Sumalee Montano as Granny Neighbor, Cougar, Party Guest |
*Sumalee Montano as Granny Neighbor, Cougar, Party Guest |
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*Philip Wang as Red Shirt Neighbor, Valet |
*Philip Wang as Red Shirt Neighbor, Valet |
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Revision as of 23:39, 11 June 2021
Template:Film infobox Wish Dragon is an American-Chinese computer-animated film starring Jackie Chan, whose company, Sparkle Roll Media, is a producer and co-investor in the film. Chan voices characters in the Mandarin release of the film, while John Cho voices the character in English.[1]The story is a "genie-in-a-bottle" retelling set in contemporary China and is based on an original story by Chris Appelhans, who also directs the film.[2]
"The modern-day fairy tale picks up the moral challenges that emerge from the encounter between a boy and a dragon who is able to make wishes come true."[1]
The film was released on January 15th, 2021 by Sony Pictures Releasing in China, April 2, 2021 in the Netherlands (followed by a DVD release on April 12, 2021), and was released on Netflix internationally on June 11th, 2021.
Summary
“Wish Dragon” is the story of Din, a 19-year old college student living in a working-class neighborhood of modern-day Shanghai, who has big dreams but small means. Din’s life changes overnight when he finds an old teapot containing a Wish Dragon named Long – a magical dragon able to grant wishes – and he is given the chance to reconnect with his childhood best friend, Li-Na.
Plot
Cast
- John Cho as Long
- Jackie Chan[3] as Long (Mandarin)
- Jimmy Wong[3] as Din Song
- Ian Chen as Young Din
- Natasha Liu Bordizzo[3] as Li Na Wang
- Alyssa Abiera as Young Li Na
- Constance Wu[3] as Ms. Din
- Will Yun Lee as Mr. Wang
- Jimmy O. Yang as Short Goon, Security Guard 2
- Bobby Lee[3] as Tall Goon
- Aaron Yoo as Pockets
- Ronny Chieng as Pipa God
- Nico Santos as Buckley
- Gabriel Lee as Wei, DJ, K-Drama Man
- Sumalee Montano as Granny Neighbor, Cougar, Party Guest
- Philip Wang as Red Shirt Neighbor, Valet
- Kristina Wong as Teacher, Dance Partner
- David So as Construction Worker, Neighbor
- Jennifer Ray as Sassy Neighbor, Yam Vendor, K-Drama Women
- Nicole Bloom as Mousy Neighbor
- Gustav Lindquist as Security Guard 1 & 3, School Bully
- Rad Sechrist as Maitre D', Additional Waiter
- Chris Appelhans as Hot Towel Waiter, Nomani Retailer
- Catherine Cavadini, Levi Nunez, Nora Wyman, Jeremy Maxwell, Lee Chen-Norman, James Taku-Leung, Constance Parng, Alexandre Chen, Malana Lea, Victor Chi, Elizabeth Pan, Paul Kwo, Kathy Wu, Wily Lau, Willow Geer, Will Collyer, Regina Taufen, David Arnott and Simon Twu as Additional Voices
Development
In April 2018, Wish Dragon was announced to be the first film produced by Base Animation, a new animation studio that is part of the VFX firm Base FX. Their goal of the film and the Base Animation studio is to "make world class animation in China for China… and the world". Director Chris Appelhans wanted the film made in China, with a strong Mainland China creative team, an international cast of talent, and a focus on the hopes and dreams of contemporary China. The film also had a set release of July 26, 2019.[1] In June 2019, it was confirmed that the film was delayed to 2020.[2] In October 2020, it was confirmed by Rad Sechrist (who served as head of story on the film) that the film would instead be released in 2021.[3]
Trivia
- The third animated film to confirm its MPAA rating before the first trailer after Wonder Park (2019) and Abominable (2019).
- This is the fourth film not to have the Columbia Pictures logo at the start possibly due to only distributing the film and not involved with the production with the other three bring The Star, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation and The Angry Birds Movie 2. This might have happened by focusing more into Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (Which Sony Pictures Animation was not involved with, as they were involved with the first film)
- Sony Animation's second Chinese feature film.
- Sony Animation's eighth fully animated film to not be accompanied by a short film after Open Season (2006), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), Hotel Transylvania (2012), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), The Star (2017), Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), and The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021).
- The film will be released on Netflix, making it Sony Pictures Animation's second theatrically-produced film not to have a domestic theatrical release after The Mitchells vs. the Machines and before Vivo.
- Thus, it is also the fifth animated film to be released straight to digital instead of having a theatrical release following the COVID-19 pandemic; the first four being Warner Animation Group's Scoob! (which would eventually get a theatrical release one year later), Disney/Pixar's Soul, and Paramount Animation/Nickelodeon Movies' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (which had a theatrical release in Canada, though, and was already released on Netflix internationally as the second animated film to do so in international countries), and Sony Pictures Animation's own The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
- Not counting the aforementioned SpongeBob film for the latter reason, it is also the fourth Netflix original animated film that was originally intended for a theatrical release in the United States after Paramount's The Little Prince, Aardman Animations' A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, and Sony Pictures Animation's own The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
- With Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway being released in theaters on same day as the domestic release of this film, this marks the first time that two Columbia Pictures films are released on the same day.
Gallery
Trailer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Jackie Chan, China’s BaseFX Making ‘Wish Dragon’ for Sony Animation", Variety, Patrick Frater, April 23, 2018
- ↑ "Sony Pictures Animation To Release ‘Wish Dragon’", Cartoon Brew, Amid Amidi, April 18, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Cast list as per April 23, 2018 Variety article