{
  "id": 13394363,
  "title": "Crazy Rich Asians to return as TV show with original film’s stars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/crazy-rich-asians-to-return-as-tv-show-with-original-films-stars",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-10T05:05:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/crazy-rich-asians-to-return-as-tv-show-with-original-films-stars/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Original film Crazy Rich Asians has been adapted into a TV series, with the original stars returning for the new show. Four of the film's actors, Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Ronny Chieng, and Michelle Yeoh, are reprising their roles as Rachel, Nick, Eddie, and Eleanor, respectively. The series will follow the characters from Kevin Kwan's books, with the new eight-episode run exploring their stories in more depth. The adaptation, produced by HBO and Warner Bros Television, was announced following the merger between Warner Bros and Paramount Skydance.",
  "summary": "Crazy Rich Asians featured an all-Asian cast and told the story of an Asian-American woman who gets a culture shock meeting her boyfriend's ultra-wealthy family in Singapore. The post Crazy Rich Asians to return as TV show with original film’s stars appeared first on KBC Digital .",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Crazy Rich Asians TV show to reunite Constance Wu and Henry Golding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/crazy-rich-asians-tv-show-to-reunite-constance-wu-and-henry-golding",
        "published": "2026-10-09T10:54:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}