On Tuesday’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Lin-Manuel Miranda revealed that the movie version of his Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” will come to theaters on Sept. 5.
“I have an announcement!” Miranda declared during his “Tonight Show” interview. “So, tomorrow is the 10-year anniversary of ‘Hamilton,’ and we’ve been celebrating all year. But we have one more way to celebrate. We filmed most of the original cast performing in ‘Hamilton’ in 2016, and we always wanted to release it theatrically, but then the pandemic hit, and so we decided to release it on streaming so that everyone could see it at home whenever they wanted. But, Sept. 5, you will be able to see ‘Hamilton’ in movie theaters nationwide and in Puerto Rico.”
“Hamilton” debuted on Disney+ in July 2020, roughly a year before it was originally scheduled to debut in theaters. (The movie had been dated for Oct. 2021.) The movie version is a “live capture” of the production with most of the hit Broadway musical’s original cast rather than a feature adaptation, à la 2021’s “In The Heights.” Tickets go on sale Aug. 6.
“Hamilton” hit Broadway in 2015 and went on to win 11 Tonys and a Pulitzer Prize for drama. The original cast includes Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Jackson as George Washington, Jonathan Groff as King George, Renee Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler and Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton. In June, the cast celebrated the musical’s 10-year anniversary with a special reunion performance during the Tony Awards.
Rights to the “Hamilton” movie sold for $75 million in a deal brokered by Endeavor Content on behalf of Miranda, according to sources close to the negotiations. Endeavor courted a number of Hollywood buyers, including Warner Bros., before Disney closed the deal. The Disney+ special won two Primetime Emmys from 12 nominations, including outstanding variety special.
Check out Miranda’s full “Tonight Show” interview and “Hamilton” announcement below.
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