Stephen Schwartz hints which moment in Wicked the first of the movie's two parts will end on.
Wicked found its stars, and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo had a similar reaction to the news.
From Wicked to the Crazy Rich Asians sequels, Jon M. Chu has to try to make a lot of fans happy.
It turns out that Jon M. Chu has already thought about ideas for a Hamilton movie.
In The Heights director Jon M. Chu sheds some light on a possible Hamilton movie.
In the Heights and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu is now helming the Wicked film adaptation.
Jon M. Chu, the celebrated and super talented filmmaker behind Crazy Rich Asians and next year’s In the Heights, is set to tackle the latest in the long line of Disney live-action adaptations of their beloved animated features. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Chu has been tapped to direct a new version of modern classic Lilo & Stitch. While the report stresses that the project hasn’t been given the green light and is still very much in development, given Chu’s involvement, this seems more likely than not. While the search for a new writer is underway to …
Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights) might direct a live-action reboot of 2002's Lilo and Stitch.
Willow returns. Last May word leaked out that Disney+ was contemplating a return to the world of Willow, the Ron Howard-directed, George Lucas-produced fantasy film from 1988 that starred diminutive Star Wars: Return of the Jedi actor Warwick Davis. Howard would reteam with not only Davis but also Jonathan Kasdan, who co-wrote Howard’s return to Lucasfilm Solo: A Star Wars Story. Now it’s official: the Willow series is a go at Disney+. And what’s more, they’ve secured Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians and the upcoming adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’…
Disney has officially announced a new Willow sequel series starring Warwick Davis and directed by Crazy Rich Asians' John M. Chu.
Created and executive produced by showrunners Dana Fox and Dara Resnik, the Apple TV+ original series Home Before Dark (which already received a second season pick-up) is a dramatic mystery inspired by the reporting of the real-life young investigative journalist Hilde Lysiak. After moving from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father (Jim Sturgess) grew up in, Hilde (Brooklynn Prince) starts to dig around and unearths a cold case that everyone in town would rather stay buried. During this interview with Collider, Fox, a co-creator on the series, and director/executive producer Jon M. Chu talked …
Apple TV+ has released the first trailer for Home Before Dark, the small-town mystery show executive produced by Crazy Rich Asians filmmaker Jon M. Chu. The series was created and executive produced by showrunners Dara Resnik (Daredevil) and Dana Fox (How to Be Single). Home Before Dark offers more proof that if you're visiting and/or live in a sleepy, quiet town just don't ask anyone any questions. You will unearth some long-buried truth, and it will be connected to you on a personal level. The latest culprit is fourth-grade investigative journalist Hilde Lysiak (Brooklynn …
Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu said, "Justice for Rose Tico!" this week when he called for the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker character to get her own Disney+ TV series and yes, I'm all in on it. First seen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi and portrayed by Kelly Marie Tran, the character of Rose Tico has been unnecessarily divisive and unfairly (almost cruelly) scrutinized by a portion of the Star Wars fandom. Now, after her pitifully short amount of time onscreen in Rise of Skywalker, Chu is just one of many making their voice heard …
Jon M. Chu is a hot property on the Warner Bros. lot thanks to Crazy Rich Asians and his upcoming adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights. This week brought word of a new project that Chu is developing at the studio, as he's set to produce and possibly direct a feature adaptation of Mary H.K. Choi's bestselling YA romance novel Permanent Record. The novel explores how social media can influence relationships, as it follows star-crossed lovers Pablo Rind and Leanna Smart, who meet one chilly night/morning at 5 a.m. at …
Director Jon M. Chu talked about the history of making his movie and the choice to bring it to the big screen, crediting movie theaters for Crazy Rich Asians’ success.