‘Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld’ Netflix Series: Release Date, Cast, Soundtrack & Everything We Know

The new animated series, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld, starring Beef star Ali Wong as the title character, will premiere on Netflix in December 2024. It’s created by Echo Wu and animated by Gotham Group. Wu is also the series’s showrunner, director, and co-writer writer, including James Hamilton and Ryan Harer. Here’s everything you need to know before its release on Netflix globally. 

Gotham Group is behind the new production with the help of Netflix Animation and Titmouse.

Creator Echo Wu had plenty to say to Netflix about the series, “Sometimes finding your self-identity is coming face-to-face with your own demons,” Wu told Netflix, adding, “There are different layers to what that means. [It] rings quite true in Jentry. [She’s] trying to figure out what these powers mean to her. Are they part of her? Are they cursing her? You see this character trying to figure out who she is.”

Wu also talked about commitment to authentically portraying this time in a young woman’s life, saying, “If a teenager had superpowers, I don’t think she would take it very well. I think she would actually hide it. She would think it’s social suicide to have powers at a time of your life when you’re trying to fit in and be cool. It was an interesting dynamic to play with.”

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When will Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld be on Netflix?

Thanks to the release of the official teaser trailer, Netflix has confirmed that Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld premieres on December 5th, 2024.

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What is the plot of Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld?

Netflix has provided a synopsis for Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld:

“Jentry Chau, a Chinese-American teen living in a small Texas town, who finds out a demon king is hunting her for the supernatural powers she’s been working her whole life to repress. With the help of her weapons expert great-aunt and a millennia-old jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), Jentry must now fight an entire underworld’s worth of monsters while balancing the horrors of high school.”

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Who is the cast of Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld?

The series features an all-star cast of

Ali Wong will play Jentry Chau. Stand-up comedian and actress Wong has starred in several projects for Netflix, including multiple stand-up specials, the rom-com Always Be My Maybe, and the award-winning series Beef.

Lori Tan Chinn plays Jentry’s aunt, Gugu. The actress will be familiar with fans of Orange Is the New Black, where she played Mei Chang. She also starred in Disney’s Turning Red and as Grandma in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.

Bowen Yang plays Ed, Jentry’s sidekick. For Netflix, Yang played the role of The Dragon King in The Monkey King and served in Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. He recently starred in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Wicked, where he played the role of Pfannee.

The cast also includes Lucy Liu, Jimmy O. Yang, Sheng Wang, A.J. Beckles, and Woosung Kim.

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KATSEYE Among Artists Providing Music For Series

Having just recently been the subject of a Netflix documentary series, it’s announced that the popular group KATSEYE is providing a song for the series. “We’re so excited to release ‘Flame’ as part of the original soundtrack for Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld!” the group said on X.

The full soundtrack list for Jentry Chau vs the Underworld is as follows (link to Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, iTunes and YouTube here):

1. Flame -KATSEYE
2. 3X (세 번)- Jessi
3. Do You See Me- Yaeji
4. Ghost- Sugs
5. Face to Face- Jonah Wolf
6. Sen Qi Qi (森77)- Notiz Yong, Kenton Chen
7. See- eaJ
8. Nightmare- BAER
9. Sweetest Nothings- Thủy
10. Remember the Alamo- Rekstizzy
11. Maniacal- Alice Longyu Gao
12. Silhouette- rei brown

The series’ executive producers are Aron Eli Coleite, Antonio Canobbio, Matthew Mahoney, Ben Kalina, Chris Prynoski, Shannon Prynoski, and Ali Wong.

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