Chu will also produce the project alongside Electric Somewhere partner Lance Johnson and Conde Nast Entertainment’s Geneva Waserman.
After already delivering a smash hit set in the continent for the studio in 2018, Jon M. Chu and Warner Bros. are reuniting and prepared to dive into a different region of culture as the Crazy Rich Asians helmer has signed on to direct The Great Chinese Art Heist, according to Deadline.
The article explored the possibilities that the Chinese government were behind the art theft or a coordinated effort on some part to reclaim the Chinese art and why the museums have remained quiet about the robberies since their occurrences while also posing quandaries of who gets to own history and culture.
Sources report that Chu is eager about the project and is looking to get it going quickly, with he and the studio currently on the hunt for a writer to adapt Palmer’s article for the screen.