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'Crazy Rich Asians' star Henry Golding to feature in film adaptation of 'The Tiger's Apprentice'

'Crazy Rich Asians' star Henry Golding to feature in film adaptation of 'The Tiger's Apprentice'

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Popular book ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’ is now set to get a film adaptation and none other than ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ actor Henry Golding will lead the movie.

The animation film is by Paramount Animation.

Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on ‘Wall-E’ and ‘Toy Story 3’ will be seen making his feature directing debut with ‘The Tiger’s Apprentice’.

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Sandra Rabins and Jane Startz will produce while Raman Hui and Kane Lee are exec producing.

For those unversed, the book that was published in 2003, told the story of a boy in San Francisco who meets a shape-shifting talking tiger named Mr. Hu and under his tutelage and protection is introduced into a magical world that includes an ancient phoenix, a dragon and a clan of evil-doers.

Henry Golding will voice the tiger.

Paramount has set a February 11, 2022, release date for the feature.

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