It seems that the production team behind Crazy Rich Asians had to choose between competing bids between Warner Bros. and Netflix.
Enough to make Kevin Kwan, the author of the novel the film is based on as rich as the characters in his story.
One offer would get the movie, focused on an entirely Asian cast on the big screen, the other would make the team behind the film a lot of money.
Netflix has had a lot of success in recent months picking up movies that were looking for theatrical distribution and debuting them on the streaming service instead, but there’s one film Netflix wanted it couldn’t get.