Hamilton: The Movie

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‘Hamilton’ Movie With Original Broadway Cast Coming to Theaters

Movie theaters aren’t throwing away their shot to have “Hamilton” on the big screen. Disney is bringing a film of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical sensation with the original Br…

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‘Hamilton’ Movie With Broadway Cast Coming to Theaters – Variety

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Movie theaters aren’t throwing away their shot to have “Hamilton” on the big screen. Disney is bringing a film of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical sensation with the original Broadway cast to cinemas in North America on Oct. 15, 2021.

The movie version isn’t an adaptation in the vein of Miranda’s upcoming “In the Heights,” but rather a “live capture” of a stage performance. It was shot at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in Manhattan before founding members began to depart the production.

“Lin-Manuel Miranda created an unforgettable theater experience and a true cultural phenomenon, and it was for good reason that ‘Hamilton’ was hailed as an astonishing work of art,” Disney CEO and chairman Bob Iger said in a statement. “All who saw it with the original cast will never forget that singular experience. And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share this same Broadway experience with millions of people around the world.”

“Hamilton” debuted on Broadway in 2015 and won numerous accolades, including 11 Tonys and the Pulitzer Prize for drama. The original Broadway cast includes Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff as King George, Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton.

“I fell in love with musical storytelling growing up with the legendary Howard Ashman-Alan Menken Disney collaborations — ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘Beauty and The Beast,’ ‘Aladdin,'” Miranda said. “I’m so proud of what Tommy Kail has been able to capture in this filmed version of ‘Hamilton’ — a live theatrical experience that feels just as immediate in your local movie theater. We’re excited to partner with Disney to bring the original Broadway company of ‘Hamilton’ to the largest audience possible.”

Kail added, “We are thrilled for fans of the show, and new audiences across the world, to experience what it was like on stage — and in the audience — when we shot this at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016. We wanted to give everyone the same seat, which is what this film can provide,” Thomas Kail said.

Miranda teased the project to Variety last week at the Sundance Film Festival, saying, “Hamilton” would hopefully get the big-screen treatment “sooner rather than later.”

“What I’m most excited about [is] you all have that friend that is like, ‘I saw it with the original cast.’ We’re stealing that brag from everyone because you’re all going to see it with the original cast,” Miranda said. “We’re just trying to find the right time to do it.”

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I never really cared about Hamilton as a musical so... thoughts?

 

[Tootsie Bear]

I've heard of Hamilton and never understood its appeal. Wouldn't surprise me if the movie under performed at box office but won multiple awards because of woke culture.

 

[Starscreams Cape]

Every dude I've seen that raved about Hamilton were ones that I had no respect for and could have used an ass kicking or two.

Plus I've always been an Aaron Burr guy myself.

 

[Absolutego]

Literally the only reason anyone cares about this musical is that they racebent the founding fathers, and the music is 1% less cringey than typical musical fare. It'll do marginally better than Rent's movie adaptation did, because wokeshit, and in another 10 years everyone will have forgotten about it or make fun of you for still liking it.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

How much will the movie tickets cost?

 

[StarkRavingMad]

Hamilton is for white hipsters and white Moms who drink wine. Both like to think they're being "cultured" and "cool."

This movie gets a HARD pass from me.

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

Hamilton is for white hipsters and white Moms who drink wine. Both like to think they're being "cultured" and "cool."

This movie gets a HARD pass from me.

And tumblrites who do godawful fan works

 

[TokiBun]

Since it’s just a taping of the stage version I can appreciate that. More musicals need to be filmed—not everyone can afford to go to New York and see these exclusive shows.

As for Hamilton itself the fan base is unbearable and I find the music to be pure cringe.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

And tumblrites who do godawful fan works

So ... More white women.

You know, for having such a "diverse cast," Hamilton is actually one of the whitest things I've ever had the displeasure of being exposed to.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

The musical is honestly meh to me, it has a few good songs but the other songs are either mediocre or cringe.

 

[Irwin M. Felcher]

Been, done, t-shirt.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

If Hamilton had his way there would be no Second Amendment so fuck him, Lindy Min Morando and his musical.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Its a smart move.

Musical fags will get a clean version of the stage show with the original cast, a rarity for musical theater productions.

Disney can make this movie on the cheap since its basically hiring the actors for a few weeks (at most) and reusing sets from the stage show.

Lin Manuel Miranda gets to double dip: first by tricking people who saw the stage show into seeing it again, but also by bringing in people who maybe wanted to see it but couldn't afford to pay $10,000 for a ticket.

Zero risk, huge reward. Disney would be crazy not to do it.

 

[friedshrimp]

Well movie musicals often tend to underwhelm in both the box office and critics so no worries.

besides I just don't see the international/wide demographics appeal. Aside from rich upper class college twats, nobody outside the USA (or even in the USA) would be interested in seeing "the founding fathers but as hip black rappers!". It's literally the whitest/most tumblry pitch for a movie imaginable.

 

[HeyYou]

Its a smart move.

Musical fags will get a clean version of the stage show with the original cast, a rarity for musical theater productions.

Disney can make this movie on the cheap since its basically hiring the actors for a few weeks (at most) and reusing sets from the stage show.

Lin Manuel Miranda gets to double dip: first by tricking people who saw the stage show into seeing it again, but also by bringing in people who maybe wanted to see it but couldn't afford to pay $10,000 for a ticket.

Zero risk, huge reward. Disney would be crazy not to do it.

The article says that this is just a taping of one of the original shows, back in 2016. So they've just been holding onto it for ages and now want some moola.

 

[Henry Bemis]

Been, done, t-shirt.

If Hamilton has a flaw, it's its depiction of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, et al. In terms of musical theater antagonists, they don't compare to 1776's John Dickinson, who's the best kind of antagonist: an antagonist with a point. Jefferson and Madison are nearly paper tigers.

 

[Hide the Pain Sagman]

If its live action and not in that faux Steven Universe style, then I'm not interested.

 

[Marissa Moira]

I thought CATS scared away studios from making more movies where animals pretend to be people and sing awful musical numbers.

 

[UnKillFill]

Let me know when they come out with a biopic about Andrew Jackson, played by his descendant, Samuel L.

 

[Duncan Hills Coffee]

So many white chicks at my school are into this shit. I never understood the appeal and quite frankly it's one of those things where it's been so overexposed that my first instinct is to hate it.

I also looked at the lyrics of one of the songs and it was cheesy as hell. Hard pass.