Nahnatchka Khan has lined up another feature. The “Always Be My Maybe” director is adding to her packed slate, teaming up with Netflix for an adaptation of the upcoming book “Dial A For Aunties” from Indonesia-based author Jesse Q. Sutanto. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news.
Khan and her Fierce Baby Productions partner, Chloe Yellin, are producing, with Khan also set to helm the project. Sutanto is among the project’s exec producers.
Described as “‘Crazy Rich Asians’ meets ‘Weekend at Bernie’s,'” Sutanto’s story centers on “a young wedding photographer who, along with her mother and aunts, tries to hide the body of her blind date while working the wedding day of a wealthy client.” Publisher Berkley Books has set a tentative April 2021 release date.
“‘Dial A for Aunties’ is a brilliant and fun page-turning ride full of unbelievable plot twists; a date gone tragically wrong, well-intended but meddling aunties, an entirely fresh type of a heroine and a big romance,” said Lisa Nishimura, Netflix’s vp original documentary and independent feature. “With the singular talent of Nahnatchka Khan at the helm, we found the perfect pairing for this incredible and vibrant story.”
Khan created “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23” and “Fresh off the Boat,” and directed two episodes of the latter. She made her feature debut with 2019 Netflix rom-com “Always Be My Maybe”
Khan is signed on to direct “White Girl Problems,” a comedy feature about a woman with a shopping addiction. She’s also attached to adapt Lyla Lee’s YA novel “I’ll Be the One,” about a Korean-American K-pop hopeful, for HBO Max, and is reuniting with “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23’s” Krysten Ritter for a serial killer series.
Sutanto has a YA novel, “The Obsession,” also due to hit shelves in 2021.