{"id":30311,"date":"2021-12-02T15:35:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=30311"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:35:53","slug":"disneys-chang-can-dunk-wraps-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/02\/disneys-chang-can-dunk-wraps-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+&#8217;s &#8220;Chang Can Dunk&#8221; Wraps Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30312\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chan-can-dunk.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chan-can-dunk.webp 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/chan-can-dunk-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Production has wrapped on &#8220;<strong><em>Chang Can Dunk<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; an original, live-action film from Disney slated for release in 2023, exclusively on Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Chang Can Dunk<\/em>&#8221; follows Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American high school student in the marching band, who bets the school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads the 5&#8242; 8&#8243; Chang on a quest to find the hops he needs to dunk in order to impress his crush, Kristy, and finally gain the attention and respect of his high school peers. But before he can rise up and truly throw one down, he&#8217;ll have to reexamine everything he knows about himself, his friendships, and his family.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3324559835\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bloom Li (&#8220;<em>My Dead Ex<\/em>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Into the Dark<\/em>&#8220;) is playing the lead, Chang. 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