{"id":22856,"date":"2024-04-06T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22856"},"modified":"2024-04-06T22:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T02:54:24","slug":"sandra-oh-joins-good-fortune-with-keanu-reeves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22856","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Oh Joins &#8216;Good Fortune&#8217; with Keanu Reeves"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>\u00a9Photo by Nick Briggs &#8211; \u00a9 BBC America<\/p>\r\n<p>Sandra Oh will be appearing in Lionsgate\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27543578\/\"><em><strong>Good Fortune<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, the directorial debut film by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2106637\/\">Aziz Ansari<\/a>. The star-studded cast of the upcoming comedy already includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0736622\/\">Seth Rogen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000206\/\">Keanu Reeves<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/find\/?q=keke%20palmer&amp;ref_=nv_sr_sm\">Keke Palmer<\/a>, with Ansari himself playing a role as well as writing the script.<br \/><br \/>Ansari, who had starred in <em><strong>Parks and Recreation<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Master of None<\/strong><\/em>, had hoped to make his debut in the director\u2019s chair with the dramedy <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/news\/searchlight-suspends-production-of-being-mortal-is-bill-murray-to-blame\/\"><em><strong>Being Mortal<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, but production was suspended in 2022 as a result of misconduct allegations against actor Bill Murray, its star.<br \/><br \/>News about Sandra Oh\u2019s participation in Good Fortune came in a somewhat roundabout statement by Ansari himself: &#8220;It\u2019s always so exciting when I get the opportunity to write a quote for a PR announcement. However, I\u2019m pretty sure no one reads past the headline and gets to my quote except someone vetting this at Lionsgate PR. If you are genuinely reading up to this point, I\u2019m a bit concerned. Have you read <em>Crime and Punishment<\/em> ? The novellas of Stefan Zweig ? I\u2019ve also heard <em>Lonesome Dove<\/em> is wonderful. Anyway, Sandra Oh is wonderful and I\u2019m so excited she is a part of our film. I must return to the edit now. Best wishes to all readers.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Other details about <em><strong>Good Fortune<\/strong><\/em>\u2019s plot and characters have not yet been released, and no release date has been announced.<br \/><br \/>Sandra Oh, a Canadian and American actress with Korean roots, first attracted widespread notice in 1994 when she appeared in the leading role in <em><strong>Double Happiness<\/strong><\/em>, an indie drama. She also appeared in <em><strong>The Princess Diaries, Full Frontal<\/strong><\/em>, and <em><strong>Sideways<\/strong><\/em>, and played a supporting role in <em><strong>Arliss<\/strong><\/em>, an HBO series. Her most prominent role was that of Cristina Yang in <em><strong>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/strong><\/em>, in which she performed for ten seasons beginning in 2005. Oh also starred in <strong>Killing Eve, <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/reviews\/jessica-yus-quiz-lady-is-a-rollicking-film-about-celebrity-and-obsession\/\">Quiz Lady<\/a><\/strong>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/interviews\/umma-an-exclusive-interview-with-director-iris-k-shim\/\"><em><strong>Um<\/strong><strong>ma<\/strong><\/em>.<\/a> Her next project will be HBO\u2019s black comedy, <em><strong>The Sympathizer<\/strong><\/em>, in which she will star with Robert Downey, Jr.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-moran\/.\">Check out more of Edward\u2019s articles.\u00a0<\/a><br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9Photo by Nick Briggs &#8211; \u00a9 BBC America Sandra Oh will be appearing in Lionsgate\u2019s Good Fortune, the directorial debut film by Aziz Ansari. The star-studded cast of the upcoming comedy already includes Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, and Keke Palmer, with Ansari himself playing a role as well as writing the script. Ansari, who had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5414,21435,21436,651,16775,17890,6943,957],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sandra Oh Joins &#039;Good Fortune&#039; with Keanu Reeves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sandra Oh will be appearing in Lionsgate\u2019s Good Fortune, the directorial debut film by Aziz Ansari, starring Keanu Reeves.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=22856\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandra Oh Joins &#039;Good Fortune&#039; 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