HBO Greenlights ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Series With Original Stars Constance Wu and Michelle Yeoh Returning

The HBO series will feature the film’s original stars reprising their roles. Eight years after Crazy Rich Asians made history as the first film by a major Hollywood studio to feature an all-Asian cast, the movie’s principal ensemble is returning for a series heading to HBO.

The streaming giant announced the news on social media Thursday. “Not just rich — crazy rich,” read the post. “From Jon M. Chu and Adele Lim, #CrazyRichAsians will continue as an HBO Original Series starting production in 2027.” Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng, and Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh will return as series regulars in the one-hour original series.

It’s a “Crazy Rich” family reunion, according to Lim, who co-wrote the screenplay for the 2018 film and will helm the TV series as showrunner and executive producer. “This series is the sequel we’ve been waiting for, but instead of just one movie, we get eight episodes to delve into the characters and worlds of Kevin Kwan’s brilliant books,” Lim told Variety. “Getting to work with the original creative team with the support and vision of HBO and Warner Bros. Television has been a dream. Our writers room is humming and we can’t wait to share what we’ve come up with.”

Based on the bestselling novel by Kevin Kwan, Crazy Rich Asians marked a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood, serving as a promising step forward in an industry historically filled with one-dimensional media stereotypes.

Speaking to Rolling Stone in 2018, Wu — who plays Rachel Chu, an Asian-American economics professor who travels to Singapore and discovers her boyfriend Nick Young’s family is among the country’s wealthiest elite — discussed the fight for greater Asian representation in Hollywood. “We’ve stopped asking if Hollywood is ready,” said Chu. “I think when you look at younger people, Generation Z, they’re not asking for permission — they’re creating their own kind of Hollywood. It’s their lives and their stories. So when Gen Z comes up and there’s some kind of icon in that generation, and they create their own content without needing permission, that’s when I will be like, Yeah guys, fuck, we made it, this is awesome! And it’s starting already.”

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