Sundance: HBO Doc Films Takes 'Siempre, Luis' About Lin-Manuel’s Father, Luis Miranda

HBO Max has given out a pilot order to the comedy “Minx,” Variety has learned.

By Denise Petski

The “get,” in the TV business, is that one huge interview every news or talk show wants because of its cultural significance and built-in buzz.

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As production began Thursday night in Stamford, Conn., on the new HBO Max ballroom voguing competition series “Legendary,” producers confirmed the role of “The Good Place” star Jameela Jamil on the show.

By Anthony D'Alessandro

In today’s TV news roundup, Danielle Deadwyler joined the cast of HBO Max’s “Station Eleven” adaptation and Netflix unveiled a teaser for “Altered Carbon” Season 2.

The hit Pulitzer prize-winning musical, Hamilton, has a massive fan base across the world but only a few have actually experienced Lin Manuel Miranda’s hit musical in all its glory. Making the iconic musical more accessible, Disney is all set to release a film of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical and it will feature the original Broadway cast.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Lin-Manuel Miranda is having a busy Sundance. The prolific playwright is in Park City, Utah this week as the interview subject of three documentaries — “Siempre, Luis,” “We Are Freestyle Love Supreme” and “Mucho Mucho Amour” — all premiering at this year’s film festival.

By Greg Evans

A father-son balancing act that never finds a satisfactory equilibrium, John James' debut doc Siempre, Luis introduces a man, Luis Miranda, whose career as a political power broker would, in some quarters, be considered deserving of a documentary. But this film knows its best shot at attracting viewers lies elsewhere: in Miranda's efforts to mount a Puerto Rico benefit production of the blockbuster musical Hamilton, which happens to have been created by his son Lin-Manuel.

“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” director André Øvredal’s next adventure will see a U.S. rollout from Saban Films.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Before turning “Hamilton” and “In the Heights” into musical phenomenons, Lin-Manuel Miranda could have been found on stage, spouting off-the-cuff rhymes with his improv group, “Freestyle Love Supreme.”

Rosario Dawson has been cast as the lead in the upcoming HBO Max pilot “DMZ,” which has Ava DuVernay on board as a director and Roberto Patino in place as writer-showrunner.