Everything You Need to Know About In the Heights Movie (2021): Aug. 15, 2021 - added the US Blu-ray release date of August 31, 2021 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
Who's Involved:
Jon M. Chu, Jimmy Smits, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anthony Ramos, Dascha Polanco, Corey Hawkins, Marc Klein, Mara Jacobs, Leslie Grace, Joseph Velez, Scott Sanders, Jay-Z, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Quiara Alegria Hudes, Olga Merediz, Gregory Diaz
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned MPA
Rating Reason: Some language and suggestive references.
Runtime: N/A
Language: English
Plot: What's the story about?
Takes place over three days in the upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a bodega owner inherits his late grandmother's lottery winnings and plans to shutter his store and retire on a beach in the Dominican Republic. Trying to say farewell to the characters who live on the block, he realizes that his neighbors are his real family, and he's torn about leaving.
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Who stars in In the Heights: Cast List
Who's making In the Heights: Crew List
A look at the In the Heights behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Jon M. Chu last directed Wicked: For Good and Wicked. The film's writer Quiara Alegria Hudes last wrote Vivo and Hamilton.
Producers
Mara Jacobs
Jay-Z
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Scott Sanders
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Production: What we know about In the Heights?
Key Facts
- Filmed in New York, primarily in the community of Washington Heights.
- The film rights reverted back to Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara AlegrÃa Hudes before The Weinstein Company went into bankruptcy. Disney and Warner Bros are strong candidates to grab them now (Deadline.com, 4/5/18).
- Lin-Manuel Miranda. will be heavily involved in the film, it's unclear whether or not he will star (Hollywood Reporter, 5/31/16)
- Based on the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Filming Timeline
- 2019 - December: The film was set to Completed status.
- 2018 - October: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2018 - May: The film was set to Development status.
Warner Bros in talks to pick up the rights to the Tony Award-winning musical.
- 2016 - May: The film was set to Development status.
The Tony Award-winning musical had previously been in development at Universal Pictures, which put it in turnaround in 2011. The project is now in the works at The Weinstein Company.
- 2010 - April: The film was set to Pre-Production status.
- 2009 - November: The film was set to Development status.
- 2008 - November: The film was set to Announced status.
In the Heights DVD & Blu-ray Release Date: When was the film released?
In the Heights was released on DVD & Blu-ray on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 .
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