Lea Salonga To Topline Short Film Prequel To Abigail Hing Wen Novel; John Aoshima And Neil Blevins Attached For Animation

EXCLUSIVE: Lea Salonga (Mulan, Aladdin, Miss Saigon) is set to star in The Vale – Origins, a hybrid live-action and animated short film that will precede the forthcoming middle grade novel of the same name by Abigail Hing Wen. Wen’s novel will release Sept. 16, 2025 through AAPI publishing house Third State Books,founded by Stephanie