The ‘Wicked’ director, who also helmed the beloved 2018 romantic comedy, is taking ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ from screen to stage.
Chu directed the hit 2018 feature film Crazy Rich Asians for Warner Bros., adapted from author Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same name. Per Variety, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kwan are both involved with the musical adaptation, which will reportedly feature a book by Leah Nanako Winkler, music by Helen Park, and lyrics by Amanda Green and Tat Tong.
A long-gestating sequel based on Kwan’s follow-up, China Rich Girlfriend, has been in the works, but has hit snags in development after Crazy Rich Asians’ co-screenwriter Adele Lim dropped out of the sequel, citing a pay gap between herself and her white male cowriter. Chu clearly has a knack for taking musicals from stage to screen.
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