Ken Jeong, Randall Park and Daniel Dae Kim lead the all-star solid of Audible’s new comedy collection “The Moons of LA” – with a meta twist involving a child obsessive about true crime podcasts who makes use of her investigative expertise to avoid wasting her dad and mom’ marriage.
“The Moons of LA” premieres completely on October 8 at Audible. The audio comedy collection is co-produced by Kim’s 3AD manufacturing firm, marking the newest collaboration beneath her first-look take care of Audible. This follows 2024’s “Yellow Face,” Kim’s Audible Unique adaptation of David Henry Hwang’s play of the identical identify that transferred to Broadway with Kim within the title position.
“The Moons of LA” additionally stars Jae Suh Park and Alyssa Abiera, alongside a predominantly AAPI solid together with Jimmy O. Yang, John Cho, Sherry Cola, Vivian Bang, Sydney Park and Liza Soberano.
The approaching-of-age comedy follows Chloe Moon (performed by Abiera), a precocious center schooler obsessive about true crime podcasts who goals of turning into an investigative journalist. When she discovers that her dad and mom’ marriage is in hassle, Chloe does what any aspiring detective would do: she launches an investigation. Armed with a microphone and relentless curiosity, she interviews household and associates, whether or not gregarious or not. halmeonis on plates of banchan to his father’s noisy golf buddies – decided to unravel the thriller of his dad and mom’ relationship and save his household.
Written by Paul Bae (“The Black Tapes”) and directed by James Kim (“Moonface”), “The Moons of LA” is produced by Kim, Jeong, John Cheng, Will Malnati and Ashley Taylor. The collection is co-produced by Audible, 3AD and At Will Media.
“I’m thrilled to proceed our partnership with Audible on Paul Bae’s fantastic ‘The Moons of LA,'” Kim mentioned in a press release supplied to Selection. “We have been lucky to convey collectively an distinctive solid to inform a narrative that’s each distinctive to Korean-American id and common in its exploration of the definition of private success. I’m grateful to 3AD, our total artistic staff and Audible for bringing it to life.”
Jeong commented, “I’m very grateful to be part of “The Moons of LA”. I am so grateful to my pal Daniel, our unbelievable author Paul Bae, and the unbelievable solid and crew who introduced this mission to life. I am honored to take part and might’t await individuals to listen to it.
Watch interviews with Jeong, Park and Yang about “The Moons of LA” and behind-the-scenes clips from recording a scene from the present: