Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan has sealed a movie deal for his latest novel Sex And Vanity.
Sony Pictures has picked up Kwan’s novel for a feature film presentation.
Described as an Asian American take on E.M. Forster’s A Room With A View, Kwan’s new novel is a departure from Crazy Rich Asians.
Sex And Vanity focuses on mixed-race Asian American Lucie Tang Churchill who comes from an upper-class family who battles two lovers and two cultures.
A Room With A View was also adapted into a film starring Helena Bonham Carter in 1985
Crazy Rich Asians grossed almost $240 million worldwide with a production budget of $30 million.
