Stephen Chow’s iconic characters are being turned into AI cartoons through Shin Shin Legends, an AI-driven animation venture backed by Bingo Group, Chow’s Hong Kong-listed entertainment and investment company. The project is reworking some of his best-known characters, including the chain-smoking, chancla-wielding Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle, the God of Cookery himself, the bright blue CJ7 alien, and cult favorite Yu Fa. Each one gets a new backstory and personality, and the whole package is now family-friendly. The Douyin account has over 800,000 followers, and its biggest audience is kids under 12, followed by viewers over 50. The characters have also shown up at Hong Kong Comic Con 2026 and in snack collabs with Chicken Egg Boy and mooncake maker Hang Heung. In June, Bingo Group also partnered with ByteDance’s Volcano Engine so fans can make their own AI videos from Chow’s films. Spokesperson Ignatius Yong says AI has cut animation costs from about 300,000 yuan per minute to as little as 3,000. The long-term plan is a Marvel-style universe, complete with English dubs.