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The Crazy Rich Asians media franchise is a novel and film series created by Singaporean-American author Kevin Kwan. The franchise was established with the publication of the novel Crazy Rich Asians in 2013, which was inspired by Kwan's childhood in Singapore.[1][2] Crazy Rich Asians was followed by the novels China Rich Girlfriend (2015) and Rich People Problems (2017),[3] as well as the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.

The Crazy Rich Asians novels received positive reviews, became both a national and an international bestseller, and has been translated into over 30 languages.[4][5] In 2013, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson secured film rights to Crazy Rich Asians.[6] The film was released in the United States on August 15, 2018. Kwan sold the rights to the film for $1[7] and served as executive producer on the film with near total creative control, one of the conditions to selling the rights.[8] The film was the first major Hollywood film with a majority ethnic Asian cast telling a contemporary Asian-American story since 1993's The Joy Luck Club.[citation needed]

Kwan published China Rich Girlfriend in June 2015 and became an international bestseller.[citation needed] On August 15, 2018, it was reported that Kwan had already been tasked with developing a film from the sequel China Rich Girlfriend.[9]

On April 29, 2019, CNBC reported the back-to-back filming of two sequels to Crazy Rich Asians set for filming in 2020.[10]

Novels

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  • Crazy Rich Asians (2013 novel)
  • China Rich Girlfriend (2015 novel)
  • Rich People Problems (2017 novel)

Films

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Further information: Crazy Rich Asians (film)

The first film of the trilogy opened in 2018 as a popular and profitable success. Elle magazine reported in June 2024 that plans for a Warner Bros production of Crazy Rich Asians 2 are underway, stating that: "Amy Wang, who was the story editor on The Brothers Sun and worked on From Scratch, is writing the sequel script, Deadline reported in 2022."[11] World of Reel announced in April 2024 that filming for CRAZY RICH ASIANS 2 is set to start at the beginning of 2025.[12]

Ancillary properties

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Principal characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Christensen, Lauren (June 2013). "Crazy Rich Asians Author Kevin Kwan on the Lavish Culture of Asia's Upper Crust: "The Reality Is Simply Unbelievable"". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on November 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. ^ Kevin Kwan (July 12, 2013). "Interview: 'Crazy Rich Asians' Teach Author Kevin Kwan His Love of Fiction". Asia Society (Interview). Interviewed by Paul Chung. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Biedenharn, Isabella. "Kevin Kwan teases final book in Crazy Rich Asians trilogy". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Ab, Suhana. "The Curious Case of Kevin Kwan". Archived from the original on April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  5. ^ Ghee, Alison (July 31, 2015). "'Crazy Rich Asians' author Kevin Kwan on privilege, excess and believability". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  6. ^ Siegel, Tatiana (August 6, 2013). "'Crazy Rich Asians': Color Force Nabs Film Rights to Best-Seller". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  7. ^ Lee, Chris (2018-08-09). "The Long Crazy Road to Crazy Rich Asians". Vulture. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2023-05-31.
  8. ^ Wittmer, Carrie (August 14, 2018). "We talked to 'Crazy Rich Asians' author Kevin Kwan about the Herculean effort of making the first studio rom-com with Asian leads, and cosmetic surgery for fish". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  9. ^ Ho, Karen (August 15, 2018). "Crazy Rich Asians Is Going to Change Hollywood. It's About Time". Time. pp. 40–46. Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2018. (physically published in August 27, 2018 issue; digitally published on August 15)
  10. ^ Gilchrist, Karen (April 29, 2019). "Growing up different helped me do my job better, says Crazy Rich Asians star Harry Shum Jr". CNBC. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  11. ^ Elle magazine. "The Crazy Rich Asians Sequel: Everything We Know". BY ERICA GONZALES. June 6, 2024. [1]
  12. ^ "‘Crazy Rich Asians 2' is Happening, Filming in Early 2025", April 5, 2024. By Jordan Ruimy. [2]
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