Andrew Ahn’s Remake Of ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Unveils First-Look Photos

Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures have unveiled five first-look photos from The Wedding Banquet, their remake of Ang Lee’s classic romantic comedy, starring Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) and Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live).

Check out the stills above and below.

Marking the sophomore feature of Lee, the original Wedding Banquet followed Wai-Tung, a gay Taiwanese-American, who agrees to marry Wei-Wei, an artist in need of a green card, to please his traditional parents. Complications arise when his parents visit for the wedding, leading to the revelation of Wai-Tung’s homosexuality and eventual acceptance. Premiering in Berlin, where it won the Golden Bear, the film went on to score Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Foreign-Language Film, along with six Independent Spirit Award nominations, cementing Lee’s status as a filmmaker on the rise.

Also starring Kelly Marie Tran, Yuh-jung Youn and Joan Chen, the reimagining hails from filmmaker Andrew Ahn (Fire Island), who penned the script with the original’s co-writer and producer, James Schamus. Schamus joined Joe Pirro in producing for Symbolic Exchange, alongside Anita Gou and Caroline Clark for Kindred Spirit. Jordan Hart co-produced, with Andrew Karpen, Shivani Rawat, Kent Sanderson, Julie Goldstein, Sam Intili and Daniel Bekerman serving as executive producers.

Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures co-acquired North American rights to the new Wedding Banquet earlier this year and slated the film for release in 2025.