Crazy Rich Asians TV present to reunite Constance Wu and Henry Golding

Four of the celebrities of 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians movie are reprising their roles for a TV present of the identical title.

The sequence will decide up occasions after the top of the hit movie, with Constance Wu and Henry Golding enjoying their lead roles of Rachel and Nick, whereas Ronny Chieng is again as Eddie and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh could have a recurring function as Nick’s mom Eleanor.

“It’s a ‘Crazy Rich’ household reunion!” mentioned Adele Lim, who co-wrote the movie, calling it the sequel we have been ready for”. It will “delve into the characters and worlds of Kevin Kwan’s sensible books” over eight episodes, she mentioned.

The present will likely be made by HBO, and the information was introduced days after HBO’s guardian firm Warner Bros announced its £110bn (£82.8bn) merger with Paramount Skydance.

Adapted from Kwan’s bestseller books, written between 2013 and 2017, the movie topped the US field workplace and was nominated for 2 Golden Globes.

It featured an all-Asian solid and advised the story of an Asian-American lady who will get a tradition shock assembly her boyfriend’s ultra-wealthy household in Singapore.

Lim is showrunner for the brand new TV sequence and will likely be one of many government producers, as will the the movie’s director Jon M Chu.