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NEW YORK (AP) ― Plans are in the works to bring David Henry Hwang’s “Chinglish’’ to a movie screen.
The filmmaker Justin Lin, who has directed several of the “Fast and Furious’’ movies, announced Tuesday that he has acquired film rights to Hwang’s play about an East-meets-West collision.
“Chinglish’’ tells the story of a businessman from Ohio who goes to China to expand his business but struggles to be understood and falls in love with a Chinese woman.
Hwang, who won a Tony Award as writer of “M. Butterfly,’’ will write the “Chinglish’’ screenplay and is set to co-produce the film with Bobbi Thompson. Lin, who also has directed the film “Better Luck Tomorrow,’’ will direct and co-produce.
The play opened in October and played 109 total performances.
The filmmaker Justin Lin, who has directed several of the “Fast and Furious’’ movies, announced Tuesday that he has acquired film rights to Hwang’s play about an East-meets-West collision.
“Chinglish’’ tells the story of a businessman from Ohio who goes to China to expand his business but struggles to be understood and falls in love with a Chinese woman.
Hwang, who won a Tony Award as writer of “M. Butterfly,’’ will write the “Chinglish’’ screenplay and is set to co-produce the film with Bobbi Thompson. Lin, who also has directed the film “Better Luck Tomorrow,’’ will direct and co-produce.
The play opened in October and played 109 total performances.
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Articles by Korea Herald
