‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’: The Cast, First Teaser & Everything Else We Know

• ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ animated movie is based connected the archetypal publication successful the trilogy series.
• The books are astir a young Chinese-American lad who becomes a magical apprentice.
• The movie is acceptable to diagnostic the voices of Sandra Oh, Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, and Michelle Yeoh.

The Tiger’s Apprentice novel series, from award-winning writer Laurence Yep, tells the communicative of a young Chinese American lad named Tom Lee, who is drawn into the satellite of magic. The action-adventure phantasy books are being made into a movie. The upcoming animated film, The Tiger’s Apprentice, was officially announced successful March 2019, and volition beryllium based connected the archetypal installment successful the trilogy publication series. An all-star lineup of Asian-American actors, including Sandra Oh and Henry Golding, person already been formed successful the upcoming movie.

Below is everything we cognize about The Tiger’s Apprentice film, including the cast, merchandise date, and more.

Sandra Oh is voicing Mistral successful ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ (Photo: Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock)

The Tiger’s Apprentice (Book 1)

The archetypal publication in The Tiger’s Apprentice trilogy was published successful 2003. It follows a young Chinese American lad named Tom Lee, who is surviving with his eccentric grandma Mrs. Lee, successful San Francisco. After Mrs. Lee’s death, Tom ends up successful the attraction of Mr. Hu, the talking tiger who teaches Tom astir magic. Tom has to larn however to wield magic portion protecting the past phoenix from Vatten and the Clan of Nine. Tom is joined by a set of mythological misfits, including the exiled dragon Mistral, connected his adventure.

The main crippled points successful the archetypal publication are expected to transportation implicit into The Tiger’s Apprentice movie. However, it’s imaginable that the animated movie besides introduces immoderate changes from the novel. More movies beyond the archetypal 1 person not been officially announced yet. The publication trilogy besides includes Tiger’s Blood, released 2005, and Tiger Magic, released 2006.

Where and When To Watch

The Tiger’s Apprentice current merchandise day is slated for January 19, 2024. The animated movie was primitively expected to travel retired connected February 11, 2022, earlier it was delayed to February, 10, 2023, due to the fact that of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was delayed again to December 20, 2023, and past to January 19, 2024. The movie is expected to beryllium released successful theaters that day. It’s besides imaginable the movie is yet disposable to watercourse connected Paramount+, since Paramount Pictures is producing it.

The first teaser for The Tiger’s Apprentice was released connected February 1, 2022, successful grant of the commencement of the Year of the Tiger successful Asian culture. It showed the authoritative logo for the movie, with “2023,” which was erstwhile the movie was expected to beryllium released.

Cast and Crew

Cast

Get acceptable to perceive the voices of A-list stars erstwhile you watch The Tiger’s Apprentice. Brandon Soo Hoo (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) will dependable Tom, Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) volition dependable Mr. Hu, Michelle Yeoh will dependable Mrs. Lee, and Sandra Oh volition dependable Mistral. The dependable formed besides includes Bowen Yang, Lucy Liu, Leah Lewis, Patrick Gallagher, Deborah S. Craig, and Sherry Cola. 

Henry Golding voices Mr. Hu successful ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ (Photo: AFF-USA/Shutterstock)

Henry Golding was the archetypal idiosyncratic to beryllium formed successful the film, successful July 2020. Four months later, quality broke that Sandra Oh, Brendan Soo Hoo, and Bowen Yang were joining the movie. Lucy Liu’s relation was confirmed successful July 2022, aft the film’s merchandise day was pushed backmost to January 19, 2024.

Michelle Yeoh voices Mrs. Lee successful ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ (Photo: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock)

Who is the Creative Team?

Carlos Baena was expected to marque his directorial debut with The Tiger’s Apprentice. Carlos is simply a nonrecreational animator who started moving astatine Pixar successful 2002, wherever helium worked on Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille, and WALL-E. But Carlos was replaced arsenic manager by Raman Hui successful January 2022. Raman directed Monster Hunt and Monster Hunt 2. He’ll beryllium joined by co-directors Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun, portion Bob Persichetti is producing. David Magee and Harry Cripps are the screenwriters. Paramount Animation, nether Paramount Pictures, is starring the movie portion Mikros Image Europe is providing the animation. The 2 companies antecedently collaborated connected the 2018 animated movie Sherlock Gnomes.

Lucy Liu is portion of the dependable formed successful ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ (Photo: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock)

Filming Details

The presumption of accumulation on The Tiger’s Apprentice is unclear, astatine the moment. Since it’s an animated movie, everything tin beryllium done remotely, including the actors delivering their dependable lines arsenic their characters. Paramount Pictures has not fixed a definitive timeline connected however acold on they are successful creating The Tiger’s Apprentice. HollywoodLife will proceed to support you updated connected the upcoming animated movie close here.