
Shum Jr is hopeful, though, and told PopSugar: "We constantly have reunions. It's still a work in progress, for sure." It's not going to be as easy as the first one. "The other issue is that we've got the first one to compete with, everybody has a very high expectation. So you have to really change it up to make it interesting. 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. He told Digital Spy: "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. Golding is up for it, but remains unsure of when it'll happen. In addition, co-writer Adele Lim (co-writer of Raya and the Last Dragon) left the sequel over a pay disparity. Crazy Rich Asians 2 potential release date: When is it being released?Īt the time the sequel was announced, it was revealed that other commitments for the cast would hold up filming. So what's going on with Crazy Rich Asians 2? Here's everything you need to know about the sequel. However, some behind-the-scenes issues have led to a possible delay. The sequel was set to bring the same cast back who made the first movie such a hit, and the plan was to film both movies back to back in 2020. And while the sequel has been in vague development for years, we finally have some movement! The third novel in the trilogy, Rich People Problems, is also set for the big screen.

With such success, it was almost a given that Warner Bros would seek to develop a sequel based on the next novel in the series by Kevin Kwan: China Rich Girlfriend. It's hard to believe that it was back in 2018 that Crazy Rich Asians debuted to stellar reviews, and went on to gross a whopping $240 million worldwide.
