Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical adaptation of “In the Heights” could struggle to be ready in time for its big-screen debut, currently set for June 26, if coronavirus concerns delay post-production, the Tony winner suggested Sunday night.Miranda — in a livestream interview with Rosie O’Donnell that was billed as a remounting of her successful daytime talk show — said there was “a lot that remains to be done” on the film, directed by “Crazy Rich Asians” filmmaker Jon M.
Chu.“We were literally recording the score when all of this started happening,” Miranda told O’Donnell, referencing the spread of Covid-19 and its paralysis on film and television production.
“There’s a lot that remains to be done on that movie.
We were finishing the score and the mixing and just getting the music exactly right.”Miranda made it clear that his heart is set on a splashy theatrical release for the Warner Bros.
film.
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