Initially scheduled to start production in April, The Little Mermaid is just one of the countless projects put on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak. However, Alan Menken has taken to social media to reveal some details about the upcoming remake. The legendary composer was recently on a live stream with Rosie O’Donnell, where he […]
Disney to release Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has been an enormous hit on stages around the world, and now the musical is set for a theatrical release from Disney with the original Broadway cast, including Miranda as the lead character Alexander Hamilton. The film is of the original stage play and was shot in 2016 with multiple studios bidding for […]
First trailer for movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
Warner Bros. has debuted the first poster and trailer for the big screen adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. Directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), the film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo celebrates the saga, offers glimpse of Ed Sheeran and Lin-Manuel Miranda
During last night’s American Music Awards, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled a new promotional video for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and indeed the entire Star Wars saga, with a ‘special look’ video which celebrates not only the franchise but the fandom which turned George Lucas’ space opera into a cultural phenomenon. Included in the […]
Alexandra Shipp, Vanessa Hudgens and Robin de Jesus join Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick… BOOM! adaptation
After casting Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) in the lead role last week, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns) has just added three more to his directorial debut for Netflix, tick, tick… BOOM!. Starring alongside Garfield in the musical adaptation will be Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Vanessa Hudgens (The Princess Switch) and Robin de Jesus (Broadway’s The […]
Andrew Garfield to star in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tick, tick… BOOM! for Netflix
For Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut, Deadline has reported that the Hamilton star has cast Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge) in the lead role of tick, tick… BOOM!, an adaptation of the musical stage play from Rent playwright Jonathan Larson. tick, tick… BOOM! is an autobiographical musical from Larson, which he wrote and performed in 1990. The play gained newfound popularity […]
His Dark Materials gets a batch of new images
Ahead of its season premiere this Monday, a batch of images have arrived online from the first episode of the hotly-anticipated TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s beloved fantasy series His Dark Materials featuring James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, Clarke Peters, Anne-Marie Duff, and more; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Read our review […]
BBC’s His Dark Materials will condense book trilogy into two seasons
When it was announced that the BBC and HBO were to bring Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy to the small-screen, millions of fans rejoiced that the beloved story would finally receive the treatment it deserved following the lacklustre 2007 adaptation of the first book, The Golden Compass, which was cancelled following a terrible $70 […]
His Dark Materials TV series gets a new trailer from Comic-Con
On the first day of the San Diego Comic-Con, HBO and BBC released a new trailer for the upcoming fantasy series His Dark Materials. Watch it below… Based on the book series by Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials follows a young girl who travels alternate worlds in search of missing children. The series stars Dafne Keen (Logan) […]
Melissa McCarthy in talks to play Ursula in Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid
As Disney preps for more live-action remakes of their classic animated films, The Little Mermaid has just got a little bit of movement as Variety reports that Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) has entered talks to play the film’s iconic villain, Ursula. McCarthy’s potential casting is the first in what will be “contemporary and compelling […]
