VIDEO: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jon Chu Discuss IN THE HEIGHTS on CBS THIS MORNING!
The film will be released in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday, June 11th.
By: Sarah Leiber Jun. 09, 2021
We're getting an inside look at the highly-anticipated new summer movie, @InTheHeights. It's a film adaptation of @Lin_Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical. For the film, he teamed up with Director @jonmchu.
CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 9, 2021
Miranda and Chu join us now. pic.twitter.com/frJTQVkafC
Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Jon Chu joined "CBS This Morning" to give an inside look at the highly-anticipated new summer movie of "In The Heights!"
The film will be released in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday, June 11th.
Watch the clip from "CBS This Morning" below!
They also discussed the return of Broadway and why the industry needs to be more diverse. See that clip here:
WATCH: @Lin_Manuel and @JonMChu join us to discuss more of @InTheHeightsMovie, the return of Broadway and why the industry needs to be more diverse. #InTheHeightsMovie pic.twitter.com/aW61ILeQSw
- CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 9, 2021
The creator of "Hamilton" and the director of "Crazy Rich Asians" invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big... "In the Heights." Lights up on Washington Heights...The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. "In the Heights" fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda's kinetic music and lyrics with director Jon M. Chu's lively and authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience.
"In the Heights" stars Anthony Ramos ("A Star is Born," Broadway's "Hamilton"), Corey Hawkins ("Straight Outta Compton," "BlacKkKlansman"), singer/songwriter Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera (TV's "Vida"), Olga Merediz (Broadway's "In the Heights"), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Broadway's "Rent"), Gregory Diaz IV (Broadway's "Matilda the Musical"), Stephanie Beatriz (TV's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"), Dascha Polanco (TV's "Orange is the New Black") and Jimmy Smits (the "Star Wars" films). Chu directed the film from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes, based on the musical stage play, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes and concept by Miranda. Miranda, Hudes, Scott Sanders, Anthony Bregman and Mara Jacobs produced the film, with David Nicksay and Kevin McCormick serving as executive producers.
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