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Ang Lee Directs “Gold Mountain” from Pulitzer Finalist Novel

5/14/2026

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Ang Lee will direct Gold Mountain, adapting C. Pam Zhang’s novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold.
Pulitzer-Prize finalist Chang-Rae Lee wrote the screenplay adaptation.
Fifth Season, The Ink Factory and Likely Story co-produce Gold Mountain with financing from Fifth Season and 127 Wall.
Filming takes place in California with cinematographer Joshua James Richards and composer Mychael Danna.
FilmNation handles sales for the film.

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Story summary

Ang Lee will direct Gold Mountain, adapting C. Pam Zhang’s novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold.
Pulitzer-Prize finalist Chang-Rae Lee wrote the screenplay adaptation.
Fifth Season, The Ink Factory and Likely Story co-produce Gold Mountain with financing from Fifth Season and 127 Wall.
Filming takes place in California with cinematographer Joshua James Richards and composer Mychael Danna.
FilmNation handles sales for the film.