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Justin Chon had tons of support at the premiere of his new movie Blue Bayou!

Scott Huver A who’s who of some of the most famous faces among the Hollywood’s Asian diaspora turned out to support writer, director and actor Justin Chon at the Los Angeles premiere of his buzzed-about new film “Blue Bayou,” including Awkwafina, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O.

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy O. Yang and Luis Gerardo Méndez have joined the cast of the Netflix comedy Me Time starring Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg. Regina Hall is also on board. Hart’s Night School writer John Hamburg will write and direct the pic, with Hamburg also producing through his Particular Pictures along with Hart and Bryan Smiley for HartBeat Productions. Hart first announced the casting on his social media.

Angelique Jackson Actor, writer, producer and stand-up comedian Jimmy O. Yang has signed with CAA.Best known for the Emmy-nominated HBO series “Silicon Valley,” Yang currently writes for and stars in the Netflix series “Space Force,” opposite Steve Carell and John Malkovich.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThree new animated feature films from Asian American creators are coming to Netflix in 2023, including Stephen Chow’s “The Monkey King,” starring the voice talents of Jimmy O.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticImagine, for a moment, that a stand-up comic is just like a superhero. On stage, he’s a master of the universe, armored and impervious, slinging jokes like lightning bolts.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Darren Barnet, Harry Shum Jr., James Saito, Mikaela Hoover and Heather McMahan have rounded out the cast of Netflix’s romantic comedy Love Hard starring Jimmy O. Yang and Nina Dobrev.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLovecraft Country actress Jamie Chung has been set at the next ambassador and spokesperson for HBO’s fifth annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries (APAV) short film competition.  Previous ambassadors have included Executive Producer of Cinemax’s Warrior Shannon Lee, Insecure’s Sujata Day, Westworld’s Leonardo Nam and Silicon Valley’s Jimmy O. Yang.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerRLJE Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has obtained the North American distribution rights to The Opening Act, an indie comedy produced by Vince Vaughn and starring Jimmy O.

RLJE Films has acquired the North American rights to “The Opening Act,” a comedy starring “Silicon Valley” actor Jimmy O.

Nina Dobrev is set to star in the upcoming Netflix romantic comedy Love Hard!

Nina Dobrev is ready to sink her teeth into very different kind of romance. The Vampire Diaries alum has joined the cast of Love Hard, a Netflix rom-com that will also stars Jimmy O.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang and Charles Melton are set to star in the Netflix rom-com Love Hard, which Netflix preemptively acquired last August.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon is developing a half-hour comedy series with Crab Club Inc. and SB Projects.The series is titled “The Undesirables.” It is set in a near-future Los Angeles that explores the unexpected relationships that form when a group of outcasts are forced to bond under unusual circumstances.Ken Cheng of Crab Club and Arvin Chen will write and executive produce.

Space Forceis ready for liftoff. The Netflix series, which hit the streaming service Friday, sees star Steve Carell reunitewithThe Officecreator Greg Daniels for another satirical show.

Jimmy O. Yang has significant roles alongside Steve Carell, Kumail Nanjiani and Constance Wu, but his dad could not care less.

By Erik Pedersen

The final trailer for Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island has been released by Sony Pictures.