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In the Heights Movie Sets 2020 Release Date

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s musical gets ready to hit the big screen.

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Lin-Manuel Miranda during the curtain call of his final In the Heights performance in 2009.
Lin-Manuel Miranda during the curtain call of his final In the Heights performance in 2009.
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The long-anticipated film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's Tony-winning musical In the Heights will be released on June 26, 2020, Deadline reports.

The film is written by Hudes, adapted from her Tony-nominated book, and features Miranda's Tony-winning score. Jon M. Chu will direct In the Heights for Warner Bros.

In the Heights won the 2008 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Music and Lyrics (Miranda), Best Choreography (Andy Blankenbuehler), and Best Orchestrations (Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman). The original cast recording won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.

No cast has been announced for the film.