A Filmed Version of Broadway's Hamilton Could Be Headed to Movie Theaters
(© Joan Marcus)
Broadway's Hamilton could be headed to the big screen in the form of a filmed version of the show starring the 2016 original Broadway cast, including creator Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role. According to The Wall Street Journal, multiple studios are currently bidding on the rights to the recording, as is Netflix, which would likely host the film on its streaming service.
With book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton is based on Ron Chernow's biography of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.
The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning work is the story of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation's first Treasury Secretary. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton is the story of America then, as told by America now.
