EXCLUSIVE: American Born Chinese star Daniel Wu is set to join Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose in 87North’s With Love for Universal Pictures opposite Ke Huy Quan. Universal Pictures will release With Love wide on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. The film marks Quan’s first starring role since winning the Oscar for best supporting actor with 87North’s Kelly McCormick and David Leitch, who also produced Atomic Blonde, Nobody and the upcoming summer pic The Fall Guy, will produce.
The pic is written by Josh Stoddard, Luke Passmore and Matthew Murray. Guy Danella is also producing for 87North. Making his feature film directing debut on With Love is acclaimed veteran stunt coordinator and fight coordinator Jonathan Eusebio. Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Universal’s Executive Vice President of Production Development Jay Polidoro and Director of Production Development Tony Ducret will oversee the project on behalf of the Studio.
Wu, is a renowned Hong Kong-American actor, director, and producer with a career spanning over twenty five years. Wu’s journey in the entertainment world began when auteur director Yonfan cast him as the lead in the film Bishonen. He then quickly rose to fame, starring in films like Benny Chan’s Gen-X Cops, Caught in Time, and City of Glass. he made his directorial debut with The Heavenly Kings, a humorous glimpse into the Hong Kong music industry, which won him the prestigious Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Director.
His string of international film hits includes China’s submission to the 88th Academy Awards Go Away Mr. Tumor, Duncan Jones’ adaptation of the renowned video game, Warcraft, Tomb Raider, Reminiscence. He also starred and executive produced the AMC TV show Into the Badlands (2015-2019), as well as executive produced the documentary Blurring the Color Line. Most recently, Wu starred in the Disney+ limited series American Born Chinese based on the award-winning graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang.
Wu is repped by UTA, Leverage Management and PJ Shaprio, Kendall Jackson and Raymond Tambe at JSSK.