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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.[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 novel 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]

Novels edit

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

Films edit

  • Crazy Rich Asians (2018 film)

Ancillary properties edit

Principal characters edit

Awards and honors edit

Film edit

Awards and honors for Crazy Rich Asians (film)
Year Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
2018 Hollywood Film Awards Breakout Ensemble Award Crazy Rich Asians Honoree [11]
People's Choice Awards Comedy Movie of 2018 Nominated [12]
[13]
Comedy Movie Star of 2018 Awkwafina Shortlisted
Constance Wu Shortlisted
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Comedic Performance Awkwafina Nominated [14]
Best Costume Design Mary E. Vogt Nominated
2019 American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical Myron Kerstein Nominated [15]
Art Directors Guild Awards Best Production Design in a Contemporary Film Crazy Rich Asians Won [16]
Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Contemporary Film Mary E. Vogt Won [17]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Acting Ensemble Crazy Rich Asians Nominated [18]
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 [19]
Golden Globe Awards Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Nominated [20]
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Constance Wu Nominated
Humanitas Prize Comedy Feature Film Crazy Rich Asians Nominated [21]
ICG Publicists Awards Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship of the Year – Motion Picture Won [22]
Location Managers Guild Awards Outstanding Locations in Contemporary Film Guy Sahibjahn Nominated [23]
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Best Contemporary Make-Up Heike Merker, Irina Strukova Nominated [24]
Best Contemporary Hair Styling Heike Merker, Sophia Knight Won
National Board of Review Best Acting By an Ensemble Crazy Rich Asians Won [25]
Producers Guild of America Awards Best Theatrical Motion Picture Crazy Rich Asians – Nina Jacobson & Brad Simpson, John Penotti Nominated [26]
Satellite Awards Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical Crazy Rich Asians Nominated [27]
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 [28]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Comedy Movie Crazy Rich Asians Won [29]
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 [30]

See also edit

References edit

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  22. ^ THR Staff (February 22, 2019). "'Crazy Rich Asians,' 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' Feted at 2019 Publicists Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2019.
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