600 Extras, Lightning Storms and Heaps of Towels: How ‘In the Heights’ Director Jon M Chu Corralled That Huge Pool Scene

Rita Moreno is apologizing for her recent comments.

Lights up on Washington Heights! Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s first Tony-winning Broadway musical, In the Heights, is set to jumpstart the careers of its fresh-faced cast members after heading to the big screen (and HBO Max).

Rita Moreno is weighing in on the controversy of colorism in In The Heights.

In The Heights.Addressing a recent interview with The Root journalist Felice León, in which León asked director Jon M. Chu about how dark-skinned Latino actors only appeared in background scenes, Miranda acknowledged the film “fell short”.“I started writing In the Heights because I didn’t feel seen,” Miranda began in a statement on Twitter.

Lin-Manuel Miranda opened up about Afro-Latinx representation in his latest movie In The Heights and took to Twitter to post an apology as he addressed the issue of colourism in the film. Miranda's apology comes days after the film's director Jon Chu responded to the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in his feature musical that recently released in theatres and HBO Max.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is candidly responding to criticism of his new film,. The creator and celebrated playwright took to social media to address claims and critiques of colorism in regards to the film's cast.The film, which takes place in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, has been touted as a celebration of the Latinx community.

After director Jon Chu responded to the lack of Afro-Latinx representation in his feature musical In the Heights, the film’s composer/ lyricist/producer and co-scribe and star Lin-Manuel Miranda has weighed in with a public apology on social media.

The movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s 2008 Broadway musical In The Heights is drawing lots of attention this summer — but now it may be for all the wrong reasons.

Third-party streaming viewership stat org Samba TV reports this morning that 693k U.S. households watched In the Heights on HBO Max in their live+3-day window. The news comes in the wake of the Warner Bros. feature musical losing the No. 1 spot at the weekend B.O. to the third session of Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II, $11.5M to $12M.

, it’s hard not to think about the impact the movie musical based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway production will have during this year’s awards season.  Debuting in theaters (and on HBO Max the same day), the film directed by Jon M.

In the Heights,” the movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical, now in theaters. So, they were a bit giddy when they reunited last week to pose for photos at the East Village salon Treehouse Social Club.“I gave her a lot of piggyback rides,” Polanco told The Post of their time shooting on location in Manhattan two years ago.

SATURDAY UPDATE: Refresh for updates While it appeared that the summer box office was dusting itself off from the pandemic over the last two weeks, both newcomers Warner Bros. highly anticipated Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway are currently filing less than spectacular results respectively with a No. 1 rank of $5M Friday, $13M 3-day and No. 4 place of $4M Friday, and $10.2M 30-day.

Ellise Shafer administratorWarner Bros. movie musical “In the Heights” is poised to top the domestic box office this weekend, though its 3-day estimate now sits lower than previous predictions.Earlier in the week, “In the Heights” — directed by Jon M.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLin-Manuel Miranda’s joyous celebration of the Washington Heights neighborhood, “In The Heights” has finally arrived on the big screen and HBO Max… and also Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music and all other DSPs, for a soundtrack that soars just as high even without benefit of interstitial dialogue and sumptuous visuals.Adapted from the Broadway musical, the story centers on a bodega owner, Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who discovers his mom-and-pop stop-and-shop has sold a

There’s a quick moment in the movie In the Heights that pays tribute to creator Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s other hit musical, Hamilton.

is going to be the event of the summer — and it's here! Based on the 2007 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the story got the big screen treatment and fans have been anxious to see the movie.

Oprah Winfrey held her first-ever virtual Block Party on Thursday, June 10, welcoming the cast of new movie musical “In the Heights”, adapting Miranda’s pre-“Hamilton” Broadway hit for the big screen.

Jon Burlingame editor“In the Heights,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s tale of the immigrant community of New York’s Washington Heights, will be released on Friday. Its four Tony Awards for the original Broadway show included best musical, best original score, and best orchestrations for Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman — who oversaw the musical transition from stage to screen.

Lin-Manuel Miranda is on top of the world.After being postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic, is finally in theaters for the whole world to enjoy. It's been a bumpy journey for the musical, but it couldn't be coming out at a better time.

in the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical, in theaters and on HBO Max Friday. In the movie, about the tightknit Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan, he plays Sonny, the scrappy cousin of Anthony Ramos’ character, Usnavi, who owns the bodega where Sonny works.Diaz is a New Yorker through and through.