‘The Wedding Banquet’ Director Andrew Ahn Shares Why He Remade Ang Lee’s Queer Classic

Filmmaker Andrew Ahn (‘Fire Island’) discusses how he first came across Ang Lee’s classic film ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ and why he decided to remake it with Bown Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, and Han Gi-chan. ‘The Wedding Banquet’ is in theaters on April 18, 2025, from Bleecker Street.
In ‘The Wedding Banquet,’ hoping to stay in the country, a gay man proposes a green card marriage to a female friend in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. However, things soon get complicated when his grandmother surprises them with plans for an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.