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7 years after the original film, “Crazy Rich Asians” will come back, but not in the way you expected. Kevin Kwan’s trilogy of novels will be made into a TV series, and Max is creating a series that is based on them. Jon M. Chu, who directed the 2018 feature, and Adele Lim, who wrote it, are both part of the team.
The first installment starred Constance Wu, Henry Golding, and Michelle Yeoh, the studio was incredibly pleased with the success of this movie, with a worldwide revenue over $230 million, making it the highest-grossing romantic comedy film of the decade.
The 2018 movie, along with its commercial success, also became a hit with critics, with a Certified Fresh rating of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, two Golden Globe nominations were given to it, including Best Actress for Wu and Best Picture – Musical or Comedy.
The original film’s director, Jon M. Chu, and scribe Adele Lim, who are both serving as executive producers alongside Kwan. Lim is also set as the showrunner. Further details about its plot and characters are still under wraps. It is also unknown if the creative team would bring back some cast members from the film.
It is also unclear what this project means, will it be based on the long-awaited sequel to Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians novel trilogy, “China Rich Girlfriend”? And also not sure that about the report in 2022, which said that Chinese-Australian writer Amy Wang was tapped as the new writer, replacing Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, who wrote the first film, do they also involved this project?
Kwan’s novels follow Asian American Rachel Chu as she is introduced to her boyfriend’s wildly wealthy family from Singapore. Hijinks ensue. Wu and Golding starred as the central couple, with Yeoh, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, Jimmy O. Yang and Ronny Chieng rounding out the starry cast.
HBO chief Casey Bloys first teased a “Crazy Rich Asians“ series in 2024, revealing that the Warner Bros. Discovery property was in development for something other than a film. He did not note Chu and Lim’s involvement, the latter of whom’s return to the franchise is especially interesting.
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