Crazy Rich Asians (franchise)

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. Crazy Rich Asians was followed by the novels China Rich Girlfriend (2015) and Rich People Problems (2017), 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. In 2013, Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson secured film rights to Crazy Rich Asians. The film was released in the United States on August 15, 2018. Kwan sold the rights to the film for $1 and served as executive producer on the film with near total creative control, one of the conditions to selling the rights. 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.

Kwan published China Rich Girlfriend in June 2015 and became an international bestseller. On August 15, 2018, it was reported that Kwan had already been tasked with developing a film from the sequel China Rich Girlfriend.

On April 29, 2019, CNBC reported the back-to-back filming of two sequels to Crazy Rich Asians set for filming in 2020.

Novels

 * Crazy Rich Asians (2013 novel)
 * China Rich Girlfriend (2015 novel)
 * Rich People Problems (2017 novel)

Films
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." World of Reel announced in April 2024 that filming for CRAZY RICH ASIANS 2 is set to start at the beginnning of 2025.

Ancillary properties

 * Crazy Rich Asians (2018 film soundtrack album)
 * Crazy Rich Asians (2018 film score album)

Principal characters

 * Rachel Young née Chu (played by Constance Wu)
 * Nick Young (played by Henry Golding)
 * Eleanor Young (played by Michelle Yeoh)
 * Astrid Teo née Leong (played by Gemma Chan)
 * Edison Cheng (played by Ronny Chieng)
 * Charlie Wu (played by Harry Shum Jr.)
 * Kitty Pong (played by Fiona Xie)
 * Goh Peik Lin (played by Awkwafina)