Lulu Wang To Direct Lucy Liu & Charles Melton In ‘Audition’ For Higher Ground And Laika

Higher Ground and LAIKA Partner on Live Action Feature Film Audition; Lulu Wang to Direct With Lucy Liu and Charles Melton Starring

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Lucy Liu and Charles Melton Are Set to Star in 'Audition'—Directed by Lulu Wang

Here’s what to know and the forthcoming adaptation, based on Katie Kitamura’s bestselling novel.

Laika Continues Push Into Live Action with Lulu Wang’s ‘Audition’ Starring Lucy Liu and Charles Melton

The adaptation of Katie Kitamura's Booker Prize longlisted novel, which is being produced by Barack Obama's Higher Ground, is one of several live action projects the stop-motion animation studio has in the works.

Lulu Wang To Direct Lucy Liu & Charles Melton In ‘Audition’ For Higher Ground And Laika

The Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions is teaming with LAIKA on a live-action feature adaptation of Audition, the Booker Prize-longlisted novel by Katie Kitamura, with Lucy Liu (Kill Bill) and Charles Melton (May December) on board to star. Lulu Wang (The Farewell) will direct from her own script written with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok (Preparation […]

Charles Melton and Lucy Liu to Lead Laika’s First Live-Action Film ‘Audition’ With Lulu Wang on Board to Direct

Lulu Wang ("The Farewell") will direct a movie adaptation of Katie Kitamura's novel "Audition," with Charles Melton and Lucy Liu attached to star.

Liu, Melton Set For Lulu Wang's "Audition"

Celebrated filmmaker Lulu Wang (“The Farewell,” “Expats,” “Posthumous”) is returning and is set to direct a live-action film adaptation of Katie Kitamura’s psychological thriller novel “Audition”. Lucy Liu and Charles Melton are attached to star in the story which follows a famous actress whose upscale New York lifestyle is disrupted when a young man appears, claiming to be her long-lost son. Wang is co-writing the feature with Martyna Majok whi…