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EXCLUSIVE: 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. The spec was written by Danny Mackey and literary agent-turned screenwriter Rebecca Ewing. The film will be produced by McG and Mary Viola through their Wonderland…

Comedian Jo Koy is about to bring his brand of funny to the big screen. Deadline has confirmed that Amblin Partners and Dan Lin’s Rideback are set to collaborate on Easter Sunday, a comedy inspired by the Filipino stand-up’s life experiences. The film, which will be very much a Filipino narrative written by Ken Cheng…

Crazy Rich Asians has of course swept in a much-needed new era for actors of Asian descent, given that it's the first all-Asian cast studio film since The Joy Luck Club 25 years ago. It certainly rocked the box office, but when director Jon M. Chu set out on the project, rather than being crushed by the weight of its…

Looks like the Huangs will be making some new friends in the neighborhood. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Ming-Na Wen, Grimm alum Reggie Lee and Crazy Rich Asians’ Jimmy O. Yang are set for recurring roles opposite Randall Park and Constance Wu in the upcoming fifth season of ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. The role…

Jimmy O. Yang is this week’s guest on the New Hollywood Podcast and if I may say, it was probably the most fascinating and hysterical episodes we had to date. All of the guests that have appeared on our glorious podcast have shared great, captivating stories of their Hollywood journey but I think its safe to say that…

EXCLUSIVE: Silicon Valley star Jimmy O. Yang is set to star in coming-of-age comedy The Opening Act, from writer-director Steve Byrne. Vince Vaughn and Peter Billingsley are producing the pic via their Wild West Picture Show Productions as filming is currently underway in Los Angles. The plot follows Will O’Brien, who…

Silicon Valley‘s Jimmy O. Yang has joined Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale and Maya Rudolph in STXfilms’ The Happytime Murders, from director Brian Henson and Jim Henson Company's Henson Alternative. The comedy is set in the underbelly of a Los Angeles where puppets and humans co-exist. Two clashing…

EXCLUSIVE: Silicon Valley‘s Jimmy O. Yang — who is filming the Ted Melfi-produced El Camino Christmas for Netflix this month — is joining the cast of the Warner Bros.’ film Crazy Rich Asians for director Jon M. Chu (Now You See Me 2). Yang also recently starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in Patriots Day. Crazy Rich Asians…

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa McCarthy’s upcoming Life of the Party continues to beef up its cast with Silicon Valley’s Jimmy O. Yang and True Detective‘s Adria Arjona signing on for the college-set comedy that begins filming this week in Atlanta. Described as in the vein of Rodney Dangerfield’s 1986 comedy Back to School, Life o…

Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley) has joined the cast of Patriots Day, the CBS Films and Lionsgate pic that chronicles the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Yang will play Dun Meng, a sweet and likable Chinese national who is tech savvy — from social media to writing computer code — and has a direct…