Gemma Chan was at the Louis Vuitton cruise show in San Diego yesterday and sat next to Anna Wintour at one point. If you’re curious about why San Diego (I was too), WWD has an article about why Nicolas Ghesquière wanted to have the presentation there andspecifically at the Salk Institute.

We’ll come back to Gemma’s fit in a minute, because we need to talk aboutCrazy Rich Asians.这部电影在2018年上映，这是一场适当的打击。但是现在，四年后，续集仍在开发中。这比一些漫威电影更长。不过，也许这是比较，因为似乎他们正在建造一个Crazy Rich Asiansuniverse with the announcement that Gemma and Harry Shum, Jr. will star in aCRAspinoff about their characters, Astrid and Charlie.

For those who might not remember, Astrid is the crown princess of this world – the most beautiful, the most stylish, the most everything – and in the first movie/book her husband cheats on her but at the end, she and Charlie have a moment. We found out more about their relationship in the second and third books.

Astrid and Charlie are the reverse of the Nick and Rachel situation. Rachel was the commoner who was rejected for not being good enough for high class Nick. Similarly, Charlie occupies that position in his relationship with Astrid although he goes on to become a billionaire, because of course he does – these are ROM-COMs, it’s what we signed up for, don’t complain.

Anyway, Astrid and Charlie’s story is apparently advancing concurrently with Nick and Rachel’s. Deadline is reporting thatit’s in early developmentwhich I assume means that it frees upChina Rich Girlfriend(when it finally happens) to keep the focus on Nick and Rachel and their situation.

I can understand why they wanted to split some of this up, because if you’ve read the books, there are so many characters, and a few key new ones introduced in the second book, and maybe that would have been too dense, to get it all done in one movie.

What’s especially exciting about the spinoff, though, is that it’s Jason Kim who’s handling it. Jason’s worked onBarry, Girls,andDivorce– all HBO projects – and he co-wroteKPOP,十月份在百老汇首次亮相的新音乐剧。

Jason is also working with Michelle Zauner to adapt her bestselling memoirCrying in H Martand he’s creating a K-pop comedy series for Amazon with Scooter Braun and Tablo from Epik High. I’ve been meaning to talk about Tablo for weeks now because of the podcastAuthentic: The Story of Tablo，副主席和iheart共同职业；我认为，这是年度最好的豆荚。这是关于名人，丑闻，虚假信息和阴谋……在所有这些问题成为我们共同的文化现实的一部分之前，它发生了。这应该在自己的时间内得到自己的职位。

The point here is that Jason Kim is one of the most exciting creatives in the business right now and is flexing all kinds of versality from television to film to stage. He’s repped by Blue Marble Management which was launched by Theresa Kang-Lowe a couple of years ago.我提到过特蕾莎在3月whenPachinko(sh首映e’s one of the producers). Theresa is becoming a major power player in Hollywood – and with Jason on her roster, this is the next phase of representation. Asian American artists are gaining more prominence in the industry. But Asian American bosses – from agents to studio executives in leadership positions – also have to be part of the conversation to make space for new stories and talent.

As for Gemma’s outfit, it’s a knit tank dress over a turtleneck sweater and the most delicious pair of brown boots that go with everything, even black and white and hints of blue, with a red accent clutch.