HBO orders ‘Loopy Wealthy Asians’ collection
Los Angeles: American cable community HBO has ordered a collection primarily based on the hit 2018 romantic comedy ‘Loopy Wealthy Asians’ with authentic forged members Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng and Michelle Yeoh set to reprise their roles.
Adele Lim, who co-wrote the unique movie, will function showrunner, whereas director Jon M Chu and creator Kevin Kwan, whose novel impressed the film, will function govt producers, HBO mentioned in a press release.
The collection, which is able to start manufacturing in 2027, is the primary undertaking to be introduced from HBO because the merger of ‘Paramount’ and ‘Warner Bros Discovery’ was accomplished, bringing the community beneath the brand new ‘Skydance’ umbrella.
“We’re so excited that Adele and the crew behind the history-making movie are bringing the subsequent chapter of this story to life,” mentioned Casey Bloys, co-chair and chief inventive officer for direct-to-consumer at ‘Skydance’.
He added, “Constance, Henry, Ronny and Michelle are world superstars and we all know the passionate followers of the movie and megahit novels can’t wait to see extra. We’re glad to be in partnership with this proficient producing crew and forged.”
The 2018 movie adopted Rachel (Wu), an Asian American girl who discovers the extraordinary wealth and social standing of her boyfriend Nick’s (Golding) household in Singapore.
A collection adaptation of ‘Loopy Wealthy Asians’ has been in improvement since early 2025. The undertaking follows the collapse of plans for a function movie sequel primarily based on Kwan’s 2015 novel ‘China Wealthy Girlfriend’.
