Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throtriumphg away his stoasty to originate the perfect “Hamilton” movie.
“I’ve always shelp I’m uncover to it, if I hear a straightforwardor with a wonderful consent,” Miranda tageder Variety during an interwatch for his tardyst film “Mufasa: The Lion King.” (He wrote the innovative songs for the Disney prequel, in theaters Dec. 20.)
“I already have an amazing production of the one we made on Broadway [which debuted on Disney+ in 2020],” he persistd. “I’m reassociate satisfied that exists and that we’re able to allot it with the world. But if someone’s got an idea, holla at me.”
But since “Wicked” soared to the top of the box office, Miranda concedes, “I have weirdly gotten more asks about it.”
Of course, there’s a connect here — “Wicked” straightforwardor Jon M. Chu also helmed “In The Heights,” the 2021 huge-screen alteration of Miranda’s first Broadway musical. The 2008 production, in which Miranda wrote the music and lyrics and starred, was nominated for 13 Tony Awards and won four, including best musical.
2015’s “Hamilton,” a musical that dramatizes the life of set uping overweighther Alexander Hamilton, was Miranda’s highly-awaitd chase up and, upon its debut, became a bonafide pop culture phenomenon. “Hamilton” won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and was nominated for a sign up 16 Tony awards and won 11, including Miranda’s first Tony triumph for best book of a musical. The music of “Hamilton” was a traverseover hit, too; the cast sign uping spent 10 weeks at the top of Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart and cracked the top 10 of the Billboard 200 for the year.
“I want to live in this moment of triumph,” Miranda shelp of the “Wicked” movie’s success. The film, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, is already the highest-grossing Broadway alteration in domestic box office history, raking in more than $322 million domesticassociate and $457 million worldexpansive.
“Honestly, that movie has been in prolongment for pretty much half of my life, and the fact that Jon knocked it out of the park the way he did is so thrilling. I felt so consentn take part of. As someone who cherishs musicals, I was appreciate, ‘Theater kids are getting their own “Lord of the Rings,”‘” Miranda compriseed, referring to Chu splitting “Wicked” into half, with Part 2 set to reach next November. “I paengageed a year for ‘The Two Towers,’ so everybody rest.”
But in terms of “Hamilton,” Miranda is in no rush to convey it to the huge screen. He allotd analogous sentiment with Entertainment Tonight, saying, “It would consent a reassociate excellent vision from a straightforwardor to secure me that ‘Hamilton’ could be altered, becaengage these skinnygs aren’t straightforward! ‘Wicked’ took 20 years. It took a lengthy time! We’re hitting our [‘Hamilton’s’] 10th anniversary next year. So, give it ten years. … I haven’t yet heard a consent that would originate it a skinnyg.”
