By Express News Service
Murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty has added actor-comedian Ken Jeong as a series regular. The actor will join the series in the upcoming second season.
The series is headlined by Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoe Chao. They will be joined by Jeong, and other new cast members including Elizabeth Perkins, Zach Woods, Paul Walter Hauser, Poppy Liu, Anna Konkle, Jack Whitehall and Vivian Wu.
By Express News Service
Ken Jeong, best known for playing Leslie Chow in The Hangover trilogy and his roles in comedies such as Vampires Suck, Ride Along 2, and Crazy Rich Asians will be playing the lead role in Amazon Prime Video’s forthcoming comedy series Shoot the Moon.
Billed as a half-hour, single-camera project, the series is reportedly inspired by the life of Paul Bae, a former high school English teacher and stand-up comedian who created a podcast series titled The Black Tapes in 2015.Jeong is reported to be playing Michael, who, having accomplished the American Dream, goes on a quest to reevaluate and rebuild his life when his marriage and career fall apart.
Actor Daniel Dae Kim is set to produce Shoot the Moon through his production company 3AD in association with Amazon Studios. Jeon was recently seen in the live-action film version of Tom & Jerry and the action film Boss Level.
By Express News Service
Actor Ken Jeong says working in the upcoming film, Tom & Jerry, was fun because he is a fan of Michael Pena and Chloe Grace Moretz, who topline the cast of the live action-CGI animation comedy.
In the film, Jeong will be seen in the role of a Chef Jackie. “He is a stressed-out person with anger issues, catering the biggest wedding of his career – of his life – and everything is riding on this one day,” he said, about his character.
Pena essays a hotel owner named Terence, who wants good publicity, while Moretz will be seen as event planner Kayla in the film.
The actor’s first day of filming involved a confrontation between his character, Kayla and Terence. “It was so much fun because I am a fan of both Chloe and Michael. And I had worked with (the film’s director) Tim Story before, so we’re old friends,” he said.
The film also features Rob Delaney, Colin Jost and Ken Jeong and Pallavi Sharda, and re-loads the escapades of the mischievous duo of Tom the cat and Jerry the mouse. The Warner Bros. project will release on February 19.