Hot off the heels ofIn The Heights, directorJon M. Chuhas inked a deal with Warner Bros. to helmThe Great Chinese Art Heist. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Crab Club will be the primary production company behind the project, with its foundersJimmy O. Yang,Jessica Gao, andKen Chengserving as producers and screenwriters. Chu’s Electric Company Co. and GQ Studios are also slated to produce the film.
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This new film will adapt the 2018 GQ article by Alex Palmer of thesame name. It tells the story of a long string of thefts and break-ins across European museums. Many of the stolen items come from the ransacking of Beijing’s Old Summer Palace in 1840. Questions about the ethics of museums and how history is preserved are woven in-between an investigation into who exactly was behind the heists.
Chu and Yang will reunite for the project, with the latter being in the director’s 2018 hitCrazy Rich Asians. Crab Club recently wrapped production on their debut feature filmEaster Sunday, while Gao currently serves as showrunner on the upcoming Disney+ showShe-Hulk. Cheng is currently developing the comedy seriesHouse of Chowfor HBO and JuVee Productions. You can certainly expect to see the Crab Club members quite a bit in the coming years.
Another name that will continue to be everywhere in the future is Chu, who has a bevy of films currently in production. Herecently revealedto Collider’sSteve Weintraubthat both aCrazy Rich Asianssequel and his long-awaited adaptation ofWickedare currently in the works. He also signed on to bring the animated classicLilo and Stitchintolive-actionin 2020.
The Great Chinese Art Heist currently does not have a release date. In the meantime, you could be seeing Yang again on your screens soon. He will return forSpace Force’ssecond season, which recently began filming.
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