Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation have debuted the first trailer forWish Dragon, which is debuting on the streaming service on June 11.
Wish Dragonfollows Din (voiced byJimmy Wong), who comes across Long (voiced byJohn Cho), a dragon who will grant Din three wishes.Wish Dragonis the first film written and directed byChris Appelhans, who previously worked as an illustrator onCoraline, an environment designer onFantastic Mr. Fox, and as a visual development artist forThe Princess and the Frog. In addition to being produced byAron Warner(Shrek), andChris Bremble,Wish Dragonis also produced byJackie Chan.
Wish Dragonmarks the second film from Sony Pictures Animation to come to Netflix this year, afterThe Mitchells vs. the Machineswas released last month. Also planned for this year, Sony Pictures Animation hasHotel Transylvania: Transformia, the fourth film in theAdam Sandler-voiced series, andVivo, starringLin-Manuel Miranda.
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Beyond Wong and Cho,Wish Dragon’s impressive voice cast includesNatasha Liu Bordizzo,Jimmy Wong,Constance Wu,Will Yun Lee,Jimmy O. Yang,Aaron Yoo,Bobby Lee, andRonnie Chieng.
Wish Dragoncomes to Netflix on June 11. Check out the first trailer, synopsis, and poster for the film below.
Here is the synopsis forWish Dragon:
In Sony Pictures Animation’s Wish Dragon, Din, a working-class college student with big dreams but small means, and Long, a cynical but all-powerful dragon capable of granting wishes, set off on a hilarious adventure through modern day Shanghai in pursuit of Din’s long-lost childhood friend, Lina. Their journey forces them to answer some of life’s biggest questions – because when you can wish for anything, you have to decide what really matters.
