Tag: In the Heights
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‘In the Heights’ Trailer: Will This Musical Be the Event of the Summer?
Last night during the Oscars a brand-new trailer for In the Heights arrived, giving us yet another look at the highly anticipated musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. While some of the footage here was from a previous trailer, it’s set to different music, and continues to…
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‘In the Heights’ World Premiere to Open 2021 Tribeca Film Festival
After a shuttered in-person 2020 edition, the Tribeca Film Festival is back in New York City this summer, and with a splashy world premiere to kick off the festivities. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca on June…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Cut a Trump Reference from Broadway’s ‘In the Heights’ for Film Version
A lot has changed since “In the Heights” first debuted on Broadway in 2008. “Hamilton” heavyweight Lin-Manuel Miranda has been trying to mount a movie version of the musical set in the largely Dominican neighborhood of Washington Heights since Barack Obama was elected president. That dream is finally becoming a reality, with the film at…
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Amanda Seyfried on Her ‘Mank’ Oscar Nomination and Pitching Herself to Play Glinda in the ‘Wicked’ Movie
For “Mank” star Amanda Seyfried, she keeps her phone on silent and turns off all her notifications, so when she received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress as Marion Davies in the David Fincher film, her publicist called her mother and woke her up with the good news.“It’s nice to talk about something you…
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‘Tenet’ Is Coming to HBO Max in May
HBO Max has announced that “Tenet” will hit the streaming platform on May 1.Good news for anyone experiencing time linearly: Tenet is streaming May 1 on HBO via HBO Max! ⌛️ pic.twitter.com/dGbxGLOwyu— HBO Max (@hbomax) March 20, 2021Christopher Nolan’s thriller first came to theaters in August of last year, several months before Warner Bros. decided…
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‘In the Heights’ Moves Up Release Date One Week
We’re one week closer to visiting Washington Heights. Warner Bros. has pushed up the release date for Jon M. Chu‘s feature musical In the Heights, which opens in both theaters and HBO Max this June. Warner Bros. has moved the In the Heights release date up to June 11, 2021. It vacates its old June…
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‘In the Heights’ Moves Up Release Date
“In the Heights” will hit theaters, and HBO Max, sooner than expected. The adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical is slated to open on June 11 instead of June 18.Director Jon M. Chu shared the news on Twitter writing, “Surprise. We coming to Theaters one week earlier!!! There has been so much demand since our…
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‘In the Heights’ Trailer: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Musical Sensation is Finally Coming to Theaters (and HBO Max)
After originally being slated for release last summer, the big screen adaptation of Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s musical In the Heights is finally coming to theaters. But thanks to the Warner Bros. Pictures deal to bring the studio’s entire theatrical slate to HBO Max, audiences will also be able to watch from the comfort of…
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‘In the Heights’ Debuts ‘Power-Full’ New Trailer, Poster, and Photos
It’s been over a year since audiences saw the first trailer for “In the Heights,” the upcoming big screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking Broadway show. In that time, the movie has switched release dates due to the coronavirus before ultimately transitioning from a theatrical release to being one of several Warner Bros. features to…
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Jon M. Chu to Direct ‘Wicked’ Musical for Universal
Jon M. Chu, the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” and “In the Heights,” is taking on the land of Oz. He has inherited filmmaking duties from Stephen Daldry on “Wicked,” Universal’s big-screen adaptation of the hit musical.Daldry departed the project, which has been in the works for over a decade, last October due to scheduling…