Wong Fu Productions is making Sung, a romantic dramedy that co-founder Phillip Wang calls the company's first feature in "over 10 years." The budget is $500,000, and Wang says the reason it is being made this way is simple: Hollywood stopped backing stories like this one. For anyone asking what the Wong Fu Sung film is and why it matters, this is the short version of a bigger argument about who funds Asian American stories.

What is Wong Fu's Sung about?

According to Resonate, Sung follows a Los Angeles singer who was removed from a K-pop training program in Korea and returns home "jaded and lost." He meets a talented girl at a karaoke bar. Wang wrote and directs the film, according to The Rebel Yellow, which describes it as a romantic dramedy.

Filming is planned for later in 2026. Neither outlet gives shooting dates, a cast or a release plan, and Resonate reports that casting is open to the public.

How is Sung being financed?

The Rebel Yellow reports that Wang is self-financing the $500,000 film after years of failed attempts to get studio backing. Resonate adds that he invited help from the community, including locations, music, sponsorships and investment. Neither report spells out exactly how the full budget is being raised, so the picture is a self-financed project that is also open to outside support.

Resonate reports the project was soft-pitched in 2018 and written in 2020, then spent three years bouncing around the industry before Wang chose to make it independently.

Why does Wang say Hollywood gave up?

The announcement came in an Instagram video. "Hollywood treated Asian Americans as a fad the last few years and now they're giving up on us," Wang says, as quoted by Resonate. He argues Asian Americans have lost ground since Crazy Rich Asians in 2018: "Asian Americans are actually falling behind in Hollywood."

It is a direct claim from a filmmaker who has done this before. Resonate notes that in 2014 Wong Fu crowdfunded more than $300,000 for its first feature, which toured internationally, reached Netflix and turned a profit. The Rebel Yellow identifies the company's last feature as Everything Before Us, from 2015.

What does Wong Fu want next?

Wang's long-term goal, per Resonate, is an Asian American studio comparable to A24 or Tyler Perry Studios. A $500,000 feature is a modest first step toward that, and also a test of whether a creator-led studio can build a feature pipeline without waiting on a studio deal.

Both reports date from the summer, so this is background rather than breaking news, and both are partly paywalled. We will update this story when Wong Fu announces a cast, shooting dates or a release plan for Sung.