Tag: In the Heights
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Ahead of Its First Trailer, ‘In the Heights’ Stars Share Five New Clips
Today is a big day to live In the Heights. The upcoming musical extravaganza, based on the acclaimed Broadway hit from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, dropped its first poster, building up buzz for the first trailer being released tomorrow. And now, the film’s creators, from Miranda to director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) to…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda on “Gratifying” Experience of Filming ‘In the Heights’ Movie in Washington Heights
Lin-Manuel Miranda closed out the fifth annual Fast Company Innovation Festival on Friday, discussing the upcoming film adaption of his musical In the Heights, along with his passion for supporting small businesses — which recently drove him and several friends to purchase New York City’s Drama Book Shop — with American Express’ chief marketing officer,…
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‘In the Heights’ Adds Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco
Broadway star Daphne Rubin-Vega, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Stephanie Beatriz and Orange is the New Black actress Dascha Polanco have joined In the Heights, Warner Bros.’ movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical.Anthony Ramos and Corey Hawkins are starring in the film, which will be helmed by Jon M. Chu.The movie is set in New York’s Washington…
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Olga Merediz Joins Jon M Chu and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In the Heights’
Olga Merediz, who won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway production of “In the Heights,” will reprise her role as Abuela Claudia in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical, producer Lin-Manuel Miranda announced in a tweet on Monday.Merediz won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony in 2008 for her…
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Movie Talk: First ‘Aladdin’ Poster Teases Disney’s Live-Action Remake
On today’s episode of Collider Movie Talk, Perri Nemiroff, Dennis Tzeng and Jeff Sneider discuss the following: Indiewire is reporting that A Star Is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody won’t compete in the Comedy/Musicals category at the Golden Globes, but will instead be submitted for the Drama category. Paramount Pictures released the first trailer for their…
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Anthony Ramos to Star in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In the Heights’ Movie (Exclusive)
Anthony Ramos, the “Hamilton” alum who recently appeared alongside Lady Gaga in “A Star Is Born,” has found his next project.Sources tell Variety that Ramos is in talks to re-team with “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to star in the film adaptation of the 2005 Broadway musical “In the Heights.”“In the Heights” is set in Washington…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to Direct Film of Jonathan Larson’s Pre-‘Rent’ Musical ‘Tick, Tick … Boom’
Lin-Manuel Miranda will make his directorial debut with a film adaptation of “Tick, Tick…Boom!” the autobiographical musical of the late “Rent” playwright Jonathan Larson, Imagine Entertainment announced Thursday.Miranda, who starred in the Off-Broadway poduction of this musical, will also produce with Imagine Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, along with Julie Oh. Larson’s sister, Julie…
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‘In the Heights’: Warner Bros. Wins Movie Rights to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical
Warner Bros. has won the bidding war over several other studios for the movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical “In the Heights,” which won the 2008 Tony Award for best musical.The project had been set up at the Weinstein Company in 2016 but was extricated from TWC last fall after the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct…
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Hot Auction: Lin-Manuel Miranda Musical ‘In The Heights’ Pitched By ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Jon M. Chu & Quiara Alegría Hudes
Exclusive: In the Heights, the movie adaptation of the Tony-winning stage musical by Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, is the hot auction project du jour. Jon M. Chu, who directed the upcoming Crazy Rich Asians, today completes pitching all the studios. Hudes, who wrote the script, pitched with Chu. Miranda joined them by…
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How ‘Pippin’ Movie Escaped Harvey Weinstein & TWC Bankruptcy
Exclusive: Lin-Manuel Miranda/Quiara Alegría Hudes’ In The Heights isn’t the only movie adaptation of a Tony-winning musical to escape the upcoming Weinstein Company bankruptcy auction. Deadline has learned that the Stephen Schwartz-Roger O Hirson smash musical Pippin also got free before the beleaguered company filed for bankruptcy protection. The rights have quietly reverted back to…