After years of begins and stops and growth, we might lastly get a return to the world of “Loopy Wealthy Asians.”
A brand new collection is in growth from Warner Bros. Tv for Max that will probably be based mostly on Kevin Kwan’s e-book collection and can carry again the 2018 movie’s author Adele Lim to function the collection showrunner, in addition to director Jon M. Chu to government produce.
The collection will probably be a one-hour drama and is simply in growth at this stage, so it’s unclear whether or not forged from the unique movie, which starred Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, and Gemma Chan, will return.
Lim, who was a co-writer on “Loopy Wealthy Asians,” is now an EP, author, and showrunner through her manufacturing firm 100 Tigers, whereas Chu is an EP through Electrical Someplace. Kwan, the creator of the three books within the “Asians” collection, may even government produce. Different EPs embrace Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson through their Coloration Drive banner, which was behind growth for the unique movie, and Naia Cucukov through Lim’s 100 Tigers. SK International Leisure may even produce, with Chloe Dan overseeing the undertaking for the corporate.
Grossing $239 million worldwide for Warner Bros. in 2018, Chu and Lim have been attempting to carry a sequel to the display for a while, particularly Kwan’s different books “China Wealthy Girlfriend” and “Wealthy Folks Issues.”
Work was underway as just lately as 2022 on the sequel, with a brand new author Amy Wang being tapped to adapt the collection after Lim left the undertaking in 2019 over a pay disparity dispute together with co-writer Peter Chiarelli. Warner Bros. was additionally in growth on a “Loopy Wealthy Asians” spinoff film again in 2022 that will have adopted the romance of Gemma Chan and Harry Shum Jr.’s characters.
Chu, at the moment driving excessive with “Depraved” and ending work on “Depraved: For Good” arriving later this 12 months, beforehand addressed controversy across the movie that he solely forged South Asian actors in stereotypical roles as servants or lesser background characters, saying he realized a lesson and wanted to “pay extra consideration to that stuff” for future installations of the collection.
Lim was most just lately a author and producer on the Lionsgate comedy “Pleasure Journey” from 2023.
Lim is represented by Paradigm and Ginsburg, Daniels, Kallis. Chu is represented Artists First; UTA; Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher (GGSSC); and ID PR. Kwan is represented by CAA and lawyer Peter Nichols at Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark, Inc. Cucukov is repped by Paradigm and Sean Marks.