The Brothers Sun: Michelle Yeoh’s family faces a mysterious threat as her son discovers their true background in the new trailer

Last Updated on December 15, 2023

Michelle Yeoh continues to fight for her family. Netflix released the trailer for the new action comedy series The Brothers Sun. The former Jackie Chan co-star is the matriarch of a crime family called “The Jade Dragons” and a new gang has set its sights on cutting the head off of the snake. Her son, Bruce, is in danger as he is now finding out the family he once thought was normal, is actually full of dangerous secrets. The new series was created by Byron Wu & Brad Falchuk.

The official synopsis from Netflix reads,
“When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Justin Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Michelle Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li) — who’s been completely sheltered from the truth of his family until now. But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all.”

The Brothers Sun stars Michelle Yeoh (Eileen “Mama” Sun), Justin Chien (Charles), Sam Song Li (Bruce Sun), Highdee Kuan (Alexis), and Joon Lee (TK). The series also stars Johnny Kou (Big Sun), Alice Hewkin (May/June), Jon Xue Zhang (Blood Boots), Jenny Yang (Xing), Madison Hu (Grace), and Rodney To (Mark) as recurring stars. Executive producers on the show include Brad Falchuk, Byron Wu, Kevin Tancharoen, Mikkel Bondesen.

Co-creator Brad Falchuk says the show explores “what it means to be a son, what it means to be a brother, and also what it means to try and keep a family together. We do an extreme version of it because they’re a crime family and there are people shooting at them and trying to kill them. But the conflicts they’re having — the problems they’re having internally, the emotional problems — are very, very universal.” Wu also says that food plays a big part in the show, “You can’t tell an Asian story without food being involved because, especially with family, there’s just no way to separate the two. [Eating] really is such an integral part of the family unit that it had to be there, because otherwise it would be not truthful.”

The Brothers Sun debuts on Netflix on January 4, 2024.