The Crazy Rich Asians media franchise is a novel and film series created by Singaporean-American author Kevin Kwan. The franchise was established with the publication of the novel Crazy Rich Asians in 2013, which was inspired by Kwan's childhood in Singapore. [1] [2] Crazy Rich Asians was followed by the novels China Rich Girlfriend (2015) and Rich People Problems (2017), [3] as well as the 2018 film Crazy Rich Asians.
The Crazy Rich Asians novels received positive reviews, became both a national and an international bestseller, and has been translated into over 30 languages. [4] [5] In 2013, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson secured film rights to Crazy Rich Asians. [6] The film was released in the United States on August 15, 2018. Kwan sold the rights to the film for $1 [7] and served as executive producer on the film with near total creative control, one of the conditions to selling the rights. [8] The film was the first major Hollywood film with a majority ethnic Asian cast telling a contemporary Asian-American story since 1993's The Joy Luck Club.[ citation needed]
Kwan published China Rich Girlfriend in June 2015 and became an international bestseller.[ citation needed] On August 15, 2018, it was reported that Kwan had already been tasked with developing a film from the sequel China Rich Girlfriend. [9]
On April 29, 2019, CNBC reported the back-to-back filming of two sequels to Crazy Rich Asians set for filming in 2020. [10]
The first film of the trilogy opened in 2018 as a popular and profitable success. Elle magazine reported in June 2024 that plans for a Warner Bros production of Crazy Rich Asians 2 are underway, stating that: "Amy Wang, who was the story editor on The Brothers Sun and worked on From Scratch, is writing the sequel script, Deadline reported in 2022." [11] World of Reel announced in April 2024 that filming for CRAZY RICH ASIANS 2 is set to start at the beginnning of 2025. [12]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2018 | Hollywood Film Awards | Breakout Ensemble Award | Crazy Rich Asians | Honoree | [13] |
People's Choice Awards | Comedy Movie of 2018 | Nominated |
[14] [15] | ||
Comedy Movie Star of 2018 | Awkwafina | Shortlisted | |||
Constance Wu | Shortlisted | ||||
San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Comedic Performance | Awkwafina | Nominated | [16] | |
Best Costume Design | Mary E. Vogt | Nominated | |||
2019 | American Cinema Editors Awards | Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical | Myron Kerstein | Nominated | [17] |
Art Directors Guild Awards | Best Production Design in a Contemporary Film | Crazy Rich Asians | Won | [18] | |
Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Contemporary Film | Mary E. Vogt | Won | [19] | |
Critics' Choice Awards | Best Acting Ensemble | Crazy Rich Asians | Nominated | [20] | |
Best Comedy | Won | ||||
Best Actress in a Comedy | Constance Wu | Nominated | |||
Best Production Design | Nelson Coates, Andrew Baseman | Nominated | |||
Detroit Film Critics Society | Best Ensemble | Crazy Rich Asians | Nominated | [21] | |
Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Nominated | [22] | ||
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical | Constance Wu | Nominated | |||
Humanitas Prize | Comedy Feature Film | Crazy Rich Asians | Nominated | [23] | |
ICG Publicists Awards | Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship of the Year – Motion Picture | Won | [24] | ||
Location Managers Guild Awards | Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Film | Guy Sahibjahn | Nominated | [25] | |
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | Best Contemporary Make-Up | Heike Merker, Irina Strukova | Nominated | [26] | |
Best Contemporary Hair Styling | Heike Merker, Sophia Knight | Won | |||
National Board of Review | Best Acting By an Ensemble | Crazy Rich Asians | Won | [27] | |
Producers Guild of America Awards | Best Theatrical Motion Picture | Crazy Rich Asians – Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson, John Penotti | Nominated | [28] | |
Satellite Awards | Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical | Crazy Rich Asians | Nominated | [29] | |
Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical | Constance Wu | Nominated | |||
Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Cast of Crazy Rich Asians | Nominated | [30] | |
Teen Choice Awards | Choice Comedy Movie | Crazy Rich Asians | Won | [31] | |
Choice Comedy Movie Actor | Henry Golding | Nominated | |||
Choice Comedy Movie Actress | Awkwafina | Nominated | |||
Constance Wu | Nominated | ||||
The Asian Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Cinema | The cast of Crazy Rich Asians | Won | [32] |