Justin Chon

Chon’s film won the NEXT category at the Sundance Film Festival, and he’ll be making his next film while at the same time appearing on ABC’s upcoming Deception as a regular.

Happy Endings alum Casey Wilson has landed at NBC to star opposite Busy Philipps in Tina Fey’s single camera comedy The Sackett Sisters. Several networks have been fighting to land Wilson the past few weeks before she settled on Fey’s sitcom today.

There was no shortage of amazing films at this year’s Sundance, making the discovery of breakout actors, filmmakers, and writers exciting. Here are 17 names — some familiar faces, others new — that made a considerable impression with their films at this year’s fest.

While awards season is underway and moving towards next year’s Academy Awards, the Sundance Film Festival has their eyes the next set of critical darlings as they announced their competition lineup.

The “Twilight” saga actor signs with APA.

Logline: During the 1980’s, the Korean government created a special summer camp for “gyopo” or foreign born teenagers where they could spend their summer in Seoul to learn about their motherland. The program was eventually cancelled because the government could not control the youths.

The true story of the Green Dragons, a notorious Chinese street gang in New York City in the late 80s through mid 90s.

Justin Chon and Harry Shum also join crime pic.

Two college seniors get their best friend drunk on his 21st birthday and then must race to get him to his medical school exam the next morning.

Pitched as “The Hangover†meets “Animal House,†two college seniors get their best friend drunk on his 21st birthday and then must race to get him to his medical school exam the next morning.

Lucas & Moore assemble two more to join their upcoming directing debut!

Logline: Follows a group of oddball high school students who find themselves trapped in detention with a horde of zombie-turning-classmates.

Logline: Pitched as “The Hangover” meets “Animal House,” two college seniors get their best friend drunk on his 21st birthday and then must race to get him to his medical school exam the next morning.

Logline: The true story of the Green Dragons, a notorious Chinese street gang in New York City in the late 80s through mid 90s.