“The Brothers Sun” is a new original series streaming on Netflix starring Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh.
So let’s find out some trivia and facts about the series.
- The Brothers Sun is an American action comedy drama television series
- The series is created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu for Netflix
- It premiered on January 4, 2024
- The life of average Californian Bruce Sun is turned upside down when his older brother, Charles Sun visits Los Angeles, California from Taipei, Taiwan
- Having no recollection of his past in Taipei, Bruce would soon learn about his family’s profession as Taipei’s most renowned gangsters
- With his brother being a hardened criminal raised by his late crime boss father
- After an attempted assassination on his father, Charles had to move to LA to keep his family safe
- Additionally, Bruce would find out that his mother moved with him to California in order to build a life away from her estranged family
- His mother’s effort proved to be futile as now Bruce has to adapt to the gangster life of his family
- On February 2, 2022, it was revealed that Netflix ordered the production of The Brothers Sun created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu
- This was a part of Falchuk’s eight-figure deal with Netflix
- Both creators serve as executive producers
- Falchuk serves as the showrunner
- Alongside Wu and Falchuk, Mikkel Bondesen and Kevin Tancharoen would join as the executive producers
- The series would consists of 8 episodes
- With Wu set to write the story
- And Tancharoen set to direct the series
- On June 13, 2022, the casts were revealed as Michelle Yeoh
- Justin Chien took the leading roles as Eileen Sun and Charles Sun respectively
- Joining the main casts would be Sam Song Li as Bruce Sun, Highdee Kuan as Alexis and Joon Lee as TK
- Other casts who took recurring roles are Alice Hewkin, Jon Xue Zhang, Madison Hu, Rodney Tu, Jenny Yang, and Johnny Kou
- Filming took place in Los Angeles, California and Taipei City, Taiwan for three months
- The house in episode six was filmed at Villa Splendido in Malibu, CA
- The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 80% approval rating
- With an average rating of 6.4/10
- Based on 25 critic reviews
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “While The Brothers Sun’s mix of brutality and sweetness sometimes veers into tonal whiplash, inspired fight choreography and a terrific cast keep it a fun family affair”
- Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 61 out of 100
- Based on 17 critics
- Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
