As 2019 draws to a close, ticketing service Fandango has announced the results of its annual poll to determine the most anticipated movies of the coming year, with the 2020 list led by Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Gal Gadot-headlined sequel Wonder Woman 1984. The Patty Jenkins-directed superhero blockbuster is one of two DC movies […]
First trailer for movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
Warner Bros. has debuted the first poster and trailer for the big screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. Directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), the film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy […]
Warner Bros. snaps up movie rights to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
Warner Bros. Pictures has come out successful in a hotly-contested bidding war for the big screen rights to Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, Variety has revealed. Set in Washington Heights in New York City, In the Heights focuses on a bodega owner who’s closing his store and retiring to the […]
Jon M. Chu may direct Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
The popularity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hugely successful Broadway musical Hamilton, a show about the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has renewed interest in a film adaptation of the multi-talented performer’s previous project In the Heights, which may have just found its director. THR reports that Jon M. Chu is currently in talks to helm the […]
