Following a heated bidding war, Netflix has walked away with the rights to “Tick, Tick… Boom,” a musical adaptation to be directed by “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.Sources say Andrew Garfield is the top choice to star, though no deal is done.“Dear Evan Hansen” writer Stephen Levinson adapting the script based on the original stage show by the late “Rent” creator Jonathan Larson.
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard and Julie Oh of Imagine Entertainment are producing along with Miranda.
Julie Larson and Levinson are exec producing.“Tick, Tick… Boom!” is set in 1990 and tells the story of Jon, an aspiring theater composer who is waiting tables in New York City while writing Superbia – which he hopes will be the next great American musical and finally give him his big break.
Jon is also feeling pressure from his girlfriend Susan, who is tired of continuing to put her life on
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