Arden Cho, Dylan O'Brien, and Tyler Hoechlin Not Returning for 'Teen Wolf' Movie: Cho Reportedly Passes After Being Offered Half the Pay of White Co-Stars

"Teen Wolf" is coming back! After announcing "Teen Wolf: The Movie" in a tweet last September, Paramount+ reveals the returning cast. While most of the main cast are set to return, such as Tyler Posey, Crystal Reed, Holland Roden, Colton Haynes, and Shelley Hennig, three glaring absences have been drawing fan attention: Arden Cho, Dylan O'Brien, and Tyler Hoechlin have not signed on to return.

While it's unclear why O'Brien and Hoechlin have not yet decided to return, it's been recently revealed that Cho declined on reappearing in "Teen Wolf: The Movie" because she was reportedly being offered half the pay of her white co-stars. This pay disparity has since drawn a magnifying glass to how "Teen Wolf" has allegedly mistreated Cho, the only woman of color in the series regular cast, and her character Kira Yukimura during her stint on the supernatural teen drama.

According to fans, Kira was introduced to "Teen Wolf" in its third season mainly to exploit Cho's East Asian background by introducing kitsune and Japanese mythology to the show. Additionally, Kira was suddenly written out of the show ahead of season six, seemingly without informing Cho until later as revealed in a YouTube vlog the actress posted, and was not invited to return in the final episode, unlike other actors who had left the show.

This examination of unequal treatment for Asian American actors brings to mind the contract dispute between CBS and actors Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park over not matching their pay on "Hawaii Five-O" to white co-stars Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan, despite the show being pitched to them as an ensemble cast. The contract dispute fell through, and the two actors declined to appear in subsequent seasons of "Hawaii Five-O." Kim has since revealed that the whole conflict has since irrevocably changed his relationship with his ex-costars.

Meanwhile, "Teen Wolf: The Movie" is coming from Jeff Davis, who had originally developed the series. The film follows Posey's Scott McCall, who has to defend Becaon Hills from a terrifying new evil by "gather[ing] both new allies and reunit[ing] trusted friends to fight back against what could be the most powerful and deadliest enemy they've ever faced." Davis is also set to write and executive produce "Wolf Pack" and direct the pilot of the live-action "Æon Flux" for Paramount+. "Wolf Pack" is not a spin-off of "Teen Wolf," and is instead an adaptation of a book series by Edo Van Belkom.

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