The 'Crazy Rich Asians' Is Absolutely Happening: What We Know

"The director is not only releasing Wicked: For Good later this year, but he's also attached to projects ranging from Hot Wheels to a Britney Spears biopic, Split Fiction with Sydney Sweeney, Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and an adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Amidst all the madness, Chu is also still working on one of his other highly-anticipated projects: the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians."

"The 2018 film was a watermark moment for Hollywood, expanding the conversation for Asian representation on screen and generating over $200 million at the box office on a $30 million budget. And yet, its sequel has been marred in production delays. Seven years later, HBO is now reimagining the next project as a TV series. It's a real thing, Chu tells Esquire in a wide-ranging interview about all his upcoming projects. We have scripts, and we're waiting to be officially ready to go."

"The sequel series will likely turn to the second book in Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians trilogy for inspiration, 2015's China Rich Girlfriend. From there, Chu and Co. will then work on adapting 2017's Rich People Problems. The two books were originally set to be shot back-to-back for a film trilogy in 2020, according to /Film, before the idea was reworked into a series."

Jon M. Chu is directing multiple high-profile projects, including Wicked: For Good, Hot Wheels, a Britney Spears biopic, Split Fiction, Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go!, and an adaptation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Chu is developing the Crazy Rich Asians sequel, which was initially planned as back-to-back films but faced repeated production delays and has been reimagined as an HBO television series. The series will draw from Kevin Kwan's China Rich Girlfriend and later Rich People Problems, with scripts prepared and production awaiting official readiness. Screenwriter changes occurred amid pay disputes, and a Broadway adaptation is also planned. Character changes in the first film require deviations from the books.

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