The trailer for Netflix’s action comedy series The Brothers Sun warns that you don’t mess with mama, and you definitely don’t screw around with mama’s family. The trailer dropped as part of the streaming service’s 2023 Geeked Week, with the launch date for the eight-episode family crime drama set for January 4, 2024.
Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) stars as Mama Sun, Justin Chien play Charles, Sam Song Li is Bruce Sun, Highdee Kuan is Alexis, and Joon Lee plays TK. Season one features recurring cast members Alice Hewkin as May/June, Jon Xue Zhang as Blood Boots, Jenny Yang as Xing, Madison Hu as Grace, and Rodney To as Mark.
Brad Falchuk and Bryon Wu created the series, with Falchuk serving as showrunner. Wu, Falchuk, Mikkel Bondesen, and Kevin Tancharoen executive produce.
Showrunner Falchuk describes The Brothers Sun as delving into “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,” said Falchuk.
Executive producer Kevin Tancharoen and Viet Nguyen directed the eight-episode season. The writers included Falchuk, Wu, Andrew Law, SJ Son, Justin Calen-Chenn, Ally Seibert, Amy Wang, and Jason Ning.
“I’ve always believed that the best type of genre is where there happens to be a little bit of medicine in that popcorn, but popcorn has to be first,” said director Kevin Tancharoen to Netflix’s Tudum. “I think that makes the viewing experience a lot more enjoyable when you’re not aware of some of the subconscious medicine that you’re having because you’re so entertained by the popcorn. I just want everyone to have a lot of fun because these characters are a lot of fun. And I hope at the end of it, you feel like you’re a family member.”
In addition to releasing the first teaser, Netflix unveiled the teaser poster and a batch of photos from the 2024 release.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
When the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is shot by a mysterious assassin, his eldest son, legendary killer Charles “Chairleg” Sun (Chien) heads to Los Angeles to protect his mother, Eileen (Yeoh), and his naive younger brother, Bruce (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.
