Crazy Rich Asians (disambiguation)

Last updated October 03, 2019

Crazy Rich Asians is a 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan.

Crazy Rich Asians is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing the novel was to "introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience". He claimed the novel was loosely based on his own childhood in Singapore. The novel became a bestseller and was followed by two sequels, China Rich Girlfriend in 2015 and Rich People Problems in 2017. A film adaptation of the novel was released on August 15, 2018.

Crazy Rich Asians may also refer to:

Crazy Rich Asians (franchise), fictional universe created by Kevin Kwan in the eponymous first work, a 2013 novel
Crazy Rich Asians (film), 2018 film directed by Jon M. Chu
Crazy Rich Asians (soundtrack), 2018 film soundtrack album and film score album by Brian Tyler

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. The first film, Crazy Rich Asians was released in 2018, as an epochal film, being the first major Hollywood film with a majority ethnic Asian cast telling a contemporary Asian-American story in a quarter century, since 1993's The Joy Luck Club.

Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy film directed by Jon M. Chu, from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Lisa Lu, Awkwafina, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh. It follows a Chinese-American professor who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised to discover they are among the richest in Singapore.

<i>Crazy Rich Asians</i> (soundtrack) album

Crazy Rich Asians is a 2018 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jon M. Chu from a screenplay by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim. The film was accompanied by both a soundtrack album and an original motion picture score album. The film stars Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Nico Santos, Lisa Lu, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh and follows a young Asian-American woman who travels to meet her boyfriend's family and is surprised when she discovers they are among the richest in Singapore.

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