Chinese Animated Hit Ne Zha 2 Will Get an English Dub With Michelle Yeoh in the Voice Cast

Ne Zha 2, the highest grossing animated movie of each time, volition person an English connection merchandise this summertime from A24 — plus, it’ll present see nary different than Oscar victor Michelle Yeoh successful the dependable cast.

The English mentation of the movie volition premiere successful the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand connected August 22 and volition beryllium disposable successful premium formats similar IMAX and 3D.

According to the authoritative synopsis published by Variety, the movie follows Ne Zha, who “is feared by the gods and calved to mortal parents with wild, uncontrolled powers. Now faced with an past unit intent connected destroying humanity, helium indispensable turn up to go the leader the satellite needs.”

Michelle Yeoh is acceptable to prima successful the English connection mentation of Ne Zha 2. Photo by Jacopo Raule/Getty Images.

As for Yeoh, her nonstop relation successful the movie is being kept secret, but she seems to beryllium thrilled to beryllium portion of bringing this breathtaking movie to English-speaking audiences. “I’m honored to beryllium portion of ‘Ne Zha 2,’ a landmark successful Chinese animation and a almighty reminder of however cosmopolitan our stories tin be,” the histrion said.

“Sharing this with audiences successful English is specified a joy, and I can’t hold for everyone to acquisition the wonder, heart, spectacular artistry and magic of this movie connected the large screen.”

Since its debut successful Chinese theaters astatine the extremity of January, Ne Zha 2 has catapulted to the apical of the planetary container bureau charts with a whopping $2.2 cardinal successful gross connected a fund of conscionable $80 million. With that number, it has secured the titles of highest grossing non-English connection movie of each time, the highest grossing animated movie of each clip (surpassing Inside Out 2 and The Lion King), and the 5th highest grossing movie ever released. It adjacent surpassed Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the rubric of highest grossing movie successful a azygous territory wrong a specified 11 days aft its release.

Chinese institution CMC, who volition spouse with A24 to bring the English mentation of the movie to a wider audience, archetypal announced the program astatine the Beijing International Film Festival backmost successful April.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.