WENDY WU: HOMECOMING WARRIOR

Al and Val fight the return of the evil Yan Lo alongside Wendy Wu in this homage to Kung Fu comedy! Will they beat him AND win Homecoming Queen?! Listen to find out.

***RECORDED PRIOR TO SAG-AFTRA STRIKE)***

Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (June 16, 2006)

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Directed by John Laing (Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson, Power Rangers, Go Girls)

Written by Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio (The Steve Harvey Show, Wizards of Waverly Place, Baby Daddy), B. Mark Seabrooks (In Living Color, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Surviving R. Kelly)

Starring: 

Brenda Song as Wendy Wu (Ultimate Christmas Present, Get a Clue, Phil of the Future, Stuck in the Suburbs, Suite Life, The Social Network, Station 19)

Shin Koyamada as Shen (The Last Samurai, The Yokai King)

Susan Chuang as Nina Wu (Dharma & Greg, Miss Congeniality 2, Cold Case, character actor)

Justin Chon as Peter Wu (Just Jordan, Twilight, Dr. Ken, Deception, Dramaworld)

Tsai Chin as Grandma Wu (character actor since 1957 - Joy Luck Club, The Interpreter, Memoirs of a Geisha, Casino Royale, Now You See Me 2, Shang-Chi)

Michael David Cheng as Kenny Wu (character actor)

Andy Fischer-Price as Austin (character actor - this was his first movie)

Ellen Woglom as Jessica Dawson (character actor - Californication, Outlaw, Inhumans)

James Gaylyn as Mr. Medina (You Wish, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Power Rangers, Xena, Bridge to Terabithia, Avatar)

Sally Stockwell as Coach Gibbs (You Wish)

Michael Saccente as Mr. Garibay (Zequel)

Synopsis: Wendy Wu is a teenager who seems to have the perfect life: she's beautiful, popular and one of the two candidates to be voted Homecoming Queen. However, her life is changed when Shen, a monk from China, imparts to her the shocking truth about herself- she is a reincarnated Yin Warrior, whose destiny is to battle the evil Yan Lo.

Fun Facts: 

Brenda song did all her own martial arts - she has a Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do

Shin Koyamada is U.S.A. Shaolin Kung Fu Champion in real life

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