“Crazy Rich Asians” will officially be returning to the screen, with some familiar faces joining us.
HBO announced Thursday that it has ordered an original drama series of the same name based on author Kevin Kwan’s book series, eight years after director Jon M. Chu’s “Crazy Rich Asians” film adaptation marked a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood. The series will see stars Constance Wu and Henry Golding reprise their roles as lovebirds Rachel Chu and Nick Young; Ronny Chieng as Nick’s cousin Eddie Cheng and Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh as the young, hard-to-please matriarch of the family, Eleanor.
While it’s not exactly the movie sequel some fans were hoping for, the series will pick up after the events of the 2018 film and will be based on Kwan’s books, HBO announced. Adele Lim, who co-wrote Chu’s 2018 film, will serve as showrunner and executive produce the series alongside Kwan, Chu and “Crazy Rich Asians” film producers Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson.
HBO announced its series order just days after parent company Warner Bros. Discovery has closed its $111 billion deal with Paramount Skydance.
The official series order comes more than a year after Golding announced that he and some of his “Crazy Rich Asians” collaborators had gathered to discuss the future of the franchise, including a meeting with Lim. The Times confirmed last year that the series was in the early stages of development.
The “Crazy Rich Asians” series could fill the void left by the promise of a “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel. Prospects for a sequel collapsed in 2019 when the Hollywood Reporter announced that Lim had left the sequel due to pay disparities.
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