‘Crazy Rich Asians 2’ Sets New Writer Amy Wang, Replaces Peter Chiarelli And Adele Lim
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and Color Force have set up-and-coming Chinese-Australian writer Amy Wang to pen Crazy Rich Asians 2, Deadline can reveal, replacing Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim following the 2019 controversy around pay parity.Wang takes on sole writing duties for Jon M.
Chu’s Henry Golding/Constance Wu-starring sequel, Deadline understands, which comes after the successful first 2018 feature that followed a Chinese-American professor’s experience meeting her boyfriend’s mega-rich Singaporean family.
Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Michelle Yeoh also starred in the first feature.Plot and further details are being kept under wraps for the highly anticipated sequel, with a third film also planned.Wang is story editor on Netflix’s Brothers Sun from Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu and has also worked on the same streamer’s Zoe Saldana-starring From Scratch.
She is currently writing and directing a horror feature for Paramount Players/QC Entertainment and has directed shows including an upcoming episode of Starz’ Blindspotting and Facebook’s The Birch.
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