Henry Golding details 'Crazy Rich Asians' reunions as Max develops TV series: 'Really excited'

Henry Golding revealed helium has reconnected with respective of his “Crazy Rich Asians” collaborators arsenic the deed film, based connected writer Kevin Kwan’s publication trilogy, gets a aboriginal connected the small screen.

Golding, who starred arsenic affluent heartthrob Nick Young successful the 2018 film, told the “Today” amusement connected Wednesday that helium precocious reunited with co-stars Awkwafina and Gemma Chan, connected abstracted occasions, and discussed the bid presently successful improvement astatine Max. “Everyone is excited,” helium said.

The “Snake Eyes” and “Another Simple Favor” histrion said helium met up with Awkwafina “the different night” and “not excessively agelong ago” reconnected with Chan and “Crazy Rich Asians” co-writer Adele Lim successful London “to benignant of sermon wherever we’re heading.”

“Crazy Rich Asians,” directed by Jon M. Chu and co-written by Lim and Peter Chiarelli, touted an all-Asian formed and was a watershed infinitesimal for underrepresented voices successful Hollywood. The movie made astir $240 cardinal worldwide connected a fund of $30 cardinal and paved the mode for a sequel based disconnected Kwan’s 2nd book, “China Rich Girlfriend.”

In 2019, quality broke that the “Crazy Rich Asians” sequel deed a important roadblock arsenic Lim exited the task implicit wage disparity. The presumption of the 2nd movie has been unclear since then, but it seems Lim volition springiness “Crazy Rich Asians” different go. Warner Bros. Discovery is the genitor institution of some Max and Warner Bros. Pictures, which distributed the archetypal film.

Lim is acceptable to enforcement produce, constitute and service arsenic showrunner connected the Warner Bros. Television project. Kwan and Chu (via his Electric Somewhere accumulation banner) volition some instrumentality arsenic enforcement producers. Color Force’s Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson volition besides enforcement produce. It’s unclear wherever precisely the bid volition prime up, but it volition beryllium based disconnected Kwan’s books.

The bid is successful aboriginal improvement with nary casting deals successful place, but Lim is keen connected having archetypal formed members instrumentality for the show, The Times has learned. In his “Today” interview, Golding did not corroborate whether helium was officially connected committee but said “we person truthful overmuch runway to truly stock the world” of the “Crazy Rich Asians” franchise.

“I deliberation we’re truly excited to amusement more,” helium said.