"Interior Chinatown" creator Charles Yu admitted he didn't think his novel could be adapted to screen when he was first approached with the idea.

Charles Yu adapts his award-winning novel into a series that is both starkly different from the original and frustratingly familiar.

Charles Yu won acclaim for his novel satirizing Hollywood cliches. Four years later, he’s the one writing the scripts.

Adapted by Charles Yu from his own novel, this series about a man stuck inside a cop show satirizes Hollywood’s penchant for pigeonholing Asian actors.

A cclaimed author Charles Yu makes his debut as a showrunner with Interior Chinatown, which he adapted for the screen from his 2020 novel of the same name. Part comedy and part cr

All of that informs the fresh commentary and characterization of Charles Yu’s “Interior Chinatown,” based on his own novel of the same name. What if the people pushed into the periphery were aware of it, and how can they move organically into the main story?

The Hulu series unfolds in a Chinatown that “is both physical and psychological,” said Charles Yu, the creator. Here’s a look at how four key settings bring the story to life.