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Ashley Park is teaming up with Adele Lim for a new movie!

Variety reports that the Emily in Paris actress is set to star in a R-rated comedy for Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures.

Adele, who’s best known for writing Crazy Rich Asians and Raya and the Last Dragon, will direct the project.

According to the outlet, the movie is currently untitled and will follow “four Asian American women as they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience becomes one of bonding, friendship, belonging, and no-holds-barred wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.”

Ashley was spotted shooting scenes for Emily in Paris a few month ago and you can check out all the photos here!

Jon M. Chu, the director of the hit film Crazy Rich Asians and its upcoming sequel, is breaking his silence on screenwriter Adele Lim‘s salary dispute with the studio.

Adele, who co-wrote the first film, has decided not to participate in the sequel after she was offered significantly less money than her co-writer Peter Chiarelli.

THR reportedly that the offers were $800,000 to $1 million for Peter and $110,000+ for Adele.

“When I discovered she was unhappy with the initial offer, the producers, myself and studio executives leapt into action to ensure we got to a place of parity between the two writers at a significant number. It was both educational and powerful to hear all facets of the debate. Unfortunately by the time we came up with several different ways to satisfy everyone’s needs, a lot of time had passed and she declined the offer,” Jon wrote in an open letter posted on his Twitter account. “These things happen in negotiations, and I’m proud that she was able to stand up for her own measure of worth and walk away when she felt like she was being undervalued.”

Jon says he will definitely work with Adele in the future and he’s still leaving the door open for her to rejoin the Crazy Rich Asians sequel. He also asked fans to not attack Peter Chiarelli.

“The door is always open for Adele and if there’s another shot at making it work I know we are all for it but that’s a personal and private conversation between ourselves,” he wrote.

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Adele Lim has exited the upcoming Crazy Rich Asians sequel.

The writer dropped out from the project due to pay parity, according to THR on Wednesday (September 4).

Co-writer Peter Chiarelli was reportedly going to be paid a “significantly higher fee.

“Being evaluated that way can’t help but make you feel that is how they view my contributions,” she said in a statement, adding that women and people of color often are regarded as “soy sauce” — which means to be hired to add culturally specific details on a screenplay, rather than be credited with the substantive work.

According to sources, the offers were $800,000 to $1 million for Peter and $110,000+ for Adele.

“Pete has been nothing but incredibly gracious, but what I make shouldn’t be dependent on the generosity of the white-guy writer. If I couldn’t get pay equity after CRA, I can’t imagine what it would be like for anyone else, given that the standard for how much you’re worth is having established quotes from previous movies, which women of color would never have been [hired for]. There’s no realistic way to achieve true equity that way.”

“There’s too much responsibility and too much precedent from the first movie that the last thing I want to do is just hit a date and release the movie. There’s still too much work to do. Our focus isn’t on the timeline, it’s on getting the story right,” she added.

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Disney announced that they’ll be releasing an original animated film next year called Raya and the Last Dragon, featuring the voices of Awkwafina and Cassie Steele!

The stars were in attendance to announce the movie at the D23 Expo on Saturday (August 24) in Anaheim, Calif.

Awkwafina will voice Susi the Dragon while Cassie is playing Raya. They were joined at the event by directors Paul Briggs and Dean Wellins, writer Adele Lim, and producer Osnat Shurer.

Osnat said that the movie takes place in the fictional Kumandra, “a reimagined earth inhabited by an ancient civilization that venerated the mythical dragons for their power and their wisdom. It’s inspired by Southeast Asia, both in its themes of community and hope, and in its design,” according to EW.

Raya is a lone warrior from the fantasy kingdom of Kumandra who teams up with a crew of misfits in her quest to find the Last Dragon and bring light and unity back to their world. Sisu, the Last Dragon, was left on Earth in case dark forces return to the world.

The movie will be released on November 25, 2020.