Based on Kevin Kwan's 2013 novel, the movie follows the story of wealthy heir Nick Young (Henry Golding) and his girlfriend Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as they ...
A third Crazy Rich Asians movie is also in development and will be filmed back-to-back with the sequel. Henry Golding is just as excited for the next movie, and he admits he “can’t wait” for the sequel to start filming. “They’ve got the two books that Kevin Kwan wrote still to come and they’re trying to find an angle to convert those from page to script to film,” he told Digital Spy. “It’s a very complicated process because, visually, sometimes a novel doesn’t make as much sense as it would on the screen in a direct adaptation. And according to Golding, the sequel is still being written. Golding, who is gearing up for the release of his new Jane Austen-inspired film, Persuasion, noted he is eager to get back to work on the sequel. With a budget of only $30 million, the film grossed $239 million worldwide and became one of the highest-grossing rom-coms of the decade.