Crazy Rich Asians 2 Gets New Writer Replacing First Movie's Writers

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The long-awaited Crazy Rich Asians 2 gets a major boost as it finds a new writer to step in for the original scribes. Directed by Jon M. Chu, the first Crazy Rich Asians was the breakout hit of 2018 as it supplied audiences with both classic romcom charm and much-needed onscreen representation. It starred Constance Wu as New York-based professor Rachel Chu and Henry Golding as her suave boyfriend Nick Young. When Nick invites Rachel back to his hometown of Singapore for a friend's wedding, Rachel realizes just how affluent Nick's family is, thus pitting her against his domineering mother (Michelle Yeoh).

Crazy Rich Asians earned positive reviews and a impressive $238.5 million worldwide. As the film is based on a book series by Kevin Kwan, Warner Bros. greenlit a sequel mere days after its premiere. The entire original cast, Chu, and co-writers Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim were expected to return, and star Gemma Chan even said in early 2019 that Crazy Rich Asians 2 would film back-to-back with a third installment the following year. However, the sequel hit a speedbump months later when Lim departed the project over a pay dispute; Lim was being paid significantly less than Chiarelli and decided to walk away, citing racism and sexism at play.

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Since then, Crazy Rich Asians 2 has appeared to be stalled over at Warner Bros. Now, though, it might be moving forward again. Per Deadline, up-and-coming writer Amy Wang has been tapped to write Crazy Rich Asians2; she will take on sole writing duties. The Chinese-Australian writer has worked on Netflix's Brothers Sun and From Scratch, and she is currently writing and directing a horror feature for Paramount Players/QC