Nahnatchka Khan is steering the “Showboat.” According to Deadline, the “Fresh Off the Boat” creator and “Always Be My Maybe” director will helm the feature comedy set in the world of cruise entertainment.

Written by Khan and Billy Finnegan (“Grace and Frankie”) and inspired by a 2018 Esquire piece by Logan Hill, the script was acquired by Picturestart and Endeavor Content after “a hotly competitive auction involving multiple bidders.” Described as “a music-driven comedy,” “Showboat” centers on “a diversely talented group of cruise ship performers, and a jaded indie singer who must get over her Big Bad Self and learn that sequins, confetti canons, and making your audience happy isn’t always a bad thing.”

Picturestart’s Jessica Switch and Julia Hammer will oversee the project, and Hill is executive producing.

Khan’s feature directorial debut, rom-com “Always Be My Maybe,” hit Netflix this spring. Per the source, it was watched by 32 million households during its first four weeks on the streamer. She’s attached to direct the film adaptation of Babe Walker’s “White Girl Problems.” Starring Danielle Macdonald, the story sees a young woman contending with a shopping addiction.

Khan previously helmed episodes of her shows “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23.” Now in its sixth season, the former airs Fridays on ABC. “Don’t Trust the B” ran for two seasons, from 2012-2013, on ABC.

“If I feel that scenes are lived in, it feels real to me. I don’t need a spotlight shining on anything. I just need to feel like, ‘Oh, this is a world that I understand and that I relate to,'” Khan has said about “Always Be My Maybe’s” specific representation of Asian American identity. “It’s just a matter of caring about that stuff and paying attention to all of the details.” She added, “So every scene and every moment, we would just go through and make sure that it was the best version and the most authentic version of itself that it could be.”