{"id":98716,"date":"2025-04-22T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=98716"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:37:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:37:42","slug":"tubi-acquires-asian-american-ensemble-romantic-comedy-film-worth-the-wait-set-to-premiere-friday-may-23-exclusively-on-tubi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/22\/tubi-acquires-asian-american-ensemble-romantic-comedy-film-worth-the-wait-set-to-premiere-friday-may-23-exclusively-on-tubi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tubi Acquires Asian American Ensemble Romantic Comedy Film &#8220;Worth the Wait&#8221; Set to Premiere Friday, May 23, Exclusively on Tubi"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_98717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98717\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-98717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/worth-the-wait-20250422g.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/worth-the-wait-20250422g.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/worth-the-wait-20250422g-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 2025 Worth The Wait Movie, LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tubi (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tubi.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.tubi.tv<\/a>), Fox Corporation&#8217;s ad-supported video-on-demand service, today announced it has acquired as a Tubi Original Film the Asian American ensemble romantic comedy &#8220;WORTH THE WAIT&#8221; starring Lana Condor (<em>&#8220;To All the Boys I&#8217;ve Loved Before&#8221;<\/em>), Andrew Koji (<em>Black Doves<\/em>), Ross Butler (<em>13 Reasons Why<\/em>), Sung Kang (<em>&#8220;Fast &amp; Furious&#8221;<\/em>), Elodie Yung (<em>The Cleaning Lady<\/em>) and more as part of the cast.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple Award-Winning Tom Shu-Yu Lin (<em>&#8220;Yen and Ai-Lee&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;The Garden of Evening Mists&#8221;<\/em>) directs the film, which focuses on Asian-American strangers whose lives fatefully intertwine as they navigate budding love, confront profound loss, and encounter old flames. Award-Winning actress Karena Lam in her U.S. and English language debut (<em>&#8220;July Rhapsody&#8221;<\/em>), Osric Chau (Supernatural), Ali Fumiko Whitney (<em>&#8220;Find Me Falling&#8221;<\/em>), Ricky He (<em>From<\/em>), Kheng Hua Tan (&#8220;<em>Crazy Rich Asians<\/em>&#8220;) and Yu-Beng Lim (&#8220;<em>Rebel Moon<\/em>&#8220;) round out the cast.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3316650778\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;WORTH THE WAIT is a compelling multigenerational rom-com that highlights the lives of a group of strangers as they explore relationships, joy, life-changing experiences, love, family, and loss,&#8221; said Tubi SVP, Content Acquisitions &amp; Partnerships Samuel Harowitz. &#8220;We&#8217;re very excited to bring Dan and Rachel&#8217;s personal story to Tubi and our audiences, especially as it reflects the diversity of our culture and marks our first inclusive AAPI Tubi Original film.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had such a great time making the picture. 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