Rights to IN THE HEIGHTS Film Return from Weinstein Company to Quiara Alegría Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda

According to Deadline, the upcoming IN THE HEIGHTS film was able to successfully remove itself from the control of The Weinstein Company before it went into bankruptcy.

It was previously reported that Quiara Alegría Hudes, who was nominated for a 2007 Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for Drama for writing the book for Broadway musical IN THE HEIGHTS, requested The Weinstein Company relinquish its ties to the show.

Hudes was quoted saying, "As a woman, I can no longer do business with The Weinstein Company. Unfortunately, my musical In the Heights is tied up in the company.... I hope The Weinstein Company has enough grace, in the wake of these revelations, to respect my stand as a woman, and to allow us to extricate In the Heights from them."

The rights to the film have been reverted back to Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda and may begin pitching to companies such as Warner Brothers and Disney.

The Tony Award-winning musical IN THE HEIGHTS features music & lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The show opened on Broadway production in March 2008 and was nominated for 13 Tony Awards, winning four: Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Choreography and Best Orchestrations. It won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album and was also nominated for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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