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.
The Crazy Rich Asians novels 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.
[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.