The Tiger's Apprentice is a 2024 American animated fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Laurence Yep.

Produced by Paramount Animation and Jane Startz Productions, it is directed by Raman Hui and co-directed by Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun (in their directorial debuts) from a screenplay by David Magee and Christopher Yost.

The film stars the voices of Brandon Soo Hoo, Henry Golding, Lucy Liu, Sandra Oh, and Michelle Yeoh.

Cartoon Network originally opted to produce a live-action/CG hybrid television film adaptation of the novel in the late 2000s, but it never came to fruition.

Paramount later acquired the rights for an animated film in March 2019, with Carlos Baena attached as director.

15 years later, Tom, now living with his grandmother in San Francisco, faces a bully at school, partially for the Chinese appearance of his house, when he inadvertently unleashes a magical force.

During the fight, Mrs. Lee throws the stone to Tom, making him the guardian right at that moment, before activating all the protective charms together, which results in a blast intended to kill her and Loo, but the latter survives.

Hu brings Tom to a safe place where he learns of the Zodiac Warriors and how they swore to protect the guardian.

Mistral, the dragon, tells Tom one night that during the fight between Mrs. Lee and Loo, Hu died protecting him.

After Tom informs the Warriors, Hu reveals that Loo will use the stone on the eve of the Lunar New Year when the sun sets.

In the mid-credit scene, Tom, as a result of containing part of Hu's soul, is able to transform into a tiger.

In March 2019, Paramount Pictures announced an animated adaptation of the novel set to be theatrically released in February 2022.

[10] In January 2022, it was revealed that Hui would instead direct the film, with Paul Watling and Yong Duk Jhun co-directing and Bob Persichetti producing.

The first user, identified as didiwa, cited harassment and rewrites occurring until 2023, along with some of the production crew doing multiple jobs and working several pay grades above actual roles, with no vacation allowed while others flew across Europe with paid expenses.

The Tiger's Apprentice had its world premiere in Los Angeles on January 27, 2024, and was released by Paramount+ on February 2, 2024.