Wang has been tapped to helm the sci-fi film adaptation of Children of the New World, based on author Alexander Weinstein’s short story collection of the same name.
However, Wang described the project as film that “continue exploring the evolving dynamics of family.”
It is written by Wang which was based on her own family experience that she first shared on an episode of This American Life.
“Children of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and frighteningly intuitive robots.