Published in 2003, the book revolved around a boy in San Francisco who meets a shape-shifting talking tiger named Mr. Hu and under his tutelage and protection is introduced into a magical world that includes an ancient phoenix, a dragon and a clan of evil-doers. Oh will play Mistral, a friend of the tiger (Golding) who is an exiled dragon now living in San Francisco, while details of Yeoh’s characters are still under wraps. Carlos Baena, a Pixar animator who worked on “Wall-E” and “Toy Story 3”, is set to make his feature directorial debut with the project.