Vincent Chin: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao will help bring the overlooked tragedy of Vincent Chin’s murder and the subsequent civil rights case to TV as she boards Participant’s limited scripted series as an executive producer.

The true story of the murder of Vincent Chin is chilling and horrific. Bringing that sort of story to life on TV will definitely take the skills of some talented filmmakers.

EXCLUSIVE: Participant’s Chloé Zhao-exec produced limited scripted series about Vincent Chin had found its writers and director.

The story of Vincent Chin’s 1982 murder, which has been long overlooked in American history, will come to television.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorA podcast dramatizing the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American engineer, has been removed from audio platforms by producers — after Chin’s family members and an activist involved in the case said they were not consulted about the project.The “Hold Still, Vincent” podcast, whose producers included Gemma Chan (“Eternals,” “Crazy Rich Asians”), featured a star-studded cast for what was described as a table read of a script for a prospective feature film. In addition, the podcast featured interviews with artists and activists of the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, moderated by actor John Cho.The six episodes of “Hold Still, Vincent” were originally released May 26.

Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat 39 years ago, a galvanizing incident for the modern Asian American civil rights movement but an event that has been lost to history for most outside the community. No longer.

Crazy Rich Asians queen Gemma Chan, A-Major and M88 are partnering with podcast media studio QCODE for a table-read of Hold Still, Vincent which is based on the tragic, true events of Vincent Chin’s murder.

By Dino-Ray Ramos