EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director Jessica Liu has set cast for her debut feature, the dark comedy Better Life . Those atop the call sheet are Randall Park ( Always Be My Maybe ), Ming-Na Wen ( The Mandalorian ), Joel Kim Booster ( Fire Island ), Margaret Cho ( Fire Island ), Anirudh Pisharody ( Never Have I Ever ), and yao ( Sinners ).

Based on Liu’s proof-of-concept short of the same name, which played numerous Oscar-qualifying festivals, Better Life is said to mix dark satire and grounded sci-fi elements in an AAPI-centered story about ambition, family, and identity. When a groundbreaking medical procedure promises to turn slackers into overachievers, an aging father sees it as his last chance to achieve the American Dream…through his unemployed adult daughter.

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