'Crying in H Mart' Is Getting a Film Adaptation
The best-selling memoir Crying in H Mart may soon have us crying in theaters.
MGM's Orion Pictures has acquired the rights to adapt Michelle Zauner's debut book into a film. Stacey Sher (Matilda, Erin Brockovich) and screenwriter Jason Kim (Barry, Girls) are producing. Zauner's popular musical act, Japanese Breakfast, will provide the soundtrack. Details about the cast and director have not been announced yet.
"It is a surreal thrill to have the opportunity to memorialize my mother in film, and I consider it of the highest honor to pursue that task alongside creative luminaries such as Stacey Sher, Jason Kim and Orion Pictures," Zauner said in a statement.
Published on April 20, Crying in H Mart expands on Zauner's viral essay of the same name that she wrote for The New Yorker in 2018. In the story, she reflects on growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and the moments they shared together over food. Zauner also recalls grappling with her Korean identity: how she distanced herself from it as she moved to the East Coast for school, started a job, and got married, but then reckoned with it after her mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In an essay she wrote for Harper's BAZAAR, the author also shared that she made peace with her estranged father in the wake of her mom's death.
News of the book's adaptation marks the latest achievement for Zauner, who just released a new Japanese Breakfast album, Jubilee, last Friday to rave reviews. The band will be touring the LP this summer and fall.
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