Why Lin-Manuel Miranda Is Hesitant to Turn Hamilton Into a Movie Musical (Exclusive)

[@hw5932]

I can’t really imagine it as a movie, but I would love for it to be shown in theaters in honor of the 10 yr anniversary. With separate sing-a-long showings.

[@jakubgodyn7413]

I would actually love it as a movie. Working with Lemons did a few "movie versions" of the songs and they looked really good in my opinion. (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKuoXmmPlLt6fpIsi=A09ezUBUZJc4cE2O) Just having all those elaborate dances In realistic historical locations would be awesome for me.

[@Healgrowloveyourself]

I agree, I can’t quite see Hamilton a movie unlike wicked - I clearly envisioned it as a movie, and now it’s better than how I could ever imagine it!

[@RangerGSD]

Hamilton is basically all dialogue & singing/rapping. Wicked is way more adventure focused in the fantasy world with a lot to explore in scenes between the singing. Hamilton really doesnt need a full movie adaption to showcase it's story - the filmed version of the musical was already perfect.

[@Thatgirljesi11yeah]

What you said it true but I feel like Jon m chu would work his movie musical magic out and it would help with Lin being there

[@bre_theapologist]

hear me out… the og cast come back to NY for the 10 year anniversary, I WOULD PAY GOOD MONEY TO SEE THEM FRONT ROW

[@RangerGSD]

how much is good money

[@bre_theapologist]

@@RangerGSDhowever much money they want lol

[@ColeHrusovsky]

@@bre_theapologist It'd be like $10,000 a ticket lol

[@hamilfan-s9z]

yess! im going to see hamilton next year and i REALLY wanna see them

[@sillymaxx1ng]

That isn’t how Broadway works

[@millyboop2047]

Hear me out, hot take here, NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE REMADE 😨😱 the Pro-shot is already a masterpiece, and if they made it into a movie, there is a high likelyhood that it would be tainted in some way; if they recast anyone, there would be an uproar, and there would be so many complaints about every little detail

[@JmayznPadilla]

This

[@DisneyFan-e9o]

0:23 Lin avoiding the Hamilton movie subject lol 😂 😂❤

[@SomeGuyFromUtah]

I saw Hamilton with my daughter in Utah this Summer. It was AMAZING! She actually lives in Germany the rest of the year but she loves the musical and knows every word. It will probably go down as one of our best memories together. I was super close with her when she was born, stay at home Dad and all, and it was the first time since she became a teenager where I felt we recaptured some of that magic again.

[@sillymaxx1ng]

Did they change anything?

[@SomeGuyFromUtah]

@sillymaxx1ng no... according to my daughter. Other than it was a different cast of course. There are 2 different hamilton groups touring the nation I believe. They were very good

[@joshuacoldwater]

Hamilton has been released as a film, they recorded the original MUSICAL and released it. I don’t think people realize how difficult that was to ACTUALLY accomplish. There is NO WAY that they would risk handing the script to ANY director.

[@doulacandice]

Hamilton is amazing. Can’t wait to see it again live.

[@Beep974]

NO. Broadway musicals are special BECAUSE they aren’t written like a film. We have the recording available!! Just watch that

[@alexapplefran876]

We need muppet Hamilton *mic drop

[@Benjamin_Rush]

YASSSS

[@Swirlzberry]

Every musical don’t gotta be a movie

[@Anonymous-qh9gq]

No, but it's always welcomed as long as it is a faithful adaptation that does the source material justice. Movie musicals are more accessible than Broadway, it allows people to experience the music and the story who otherwise wouldn't be able to. So until Broadway normalises releasing proshots for all of their shows and makes Broadway shows accessible to the public, bring on the movie musicals

[@Swirlzberry]

@ I dont have access to west end or broadway as they are BOTH not even in my country. Although i do appreciate movie musicals, they could begin to record more proshots as you have stated. I am not bashing the creation of movie musicals since they have made me have more access to musicals i enjoy like Chicago. Although, the overproduction of the movie musicals could leave it to have lower broadway viewing rates as they could “just see this at home”. Movie musicals can be nice but maybe not so soon. I know its been a decade but maybe when its off of broadway. Save it, ykwim? Also somethings just do not work as movies. Hamilton has no dialogue and is told through song and dance, i cant picture it as a movie. I mean more creative minds possibly can, and this is my personal opinion. No hate btw

[@deniserodas6848]

If they ever make a Hamilton movie, they should split it into two parts like Wicked.

[@playbillsandmovies]

no because i'd have to wait another year to see burn or who lives who dies :(

[@AspenCharmCakes]

Absolutely not 😂

[@Blossom-puppeter]

They need a scene where at the end lin is buying the hamilton book for some "light" reading

[@joannadia3120]

someone suggested this years ago on tumblr no?

[@Xayne...]

Yo Mufasa is going to be dope coz Lin is In it, I'm officially calling it

[@markdavies9117]

The recording of the Hamilton stage show is so good and compelling, it's hard to imagine anything better.

[@aresef]

I mean, there's already a Hamilton movie and the way the story is structured, it would be a tough task to iterate on it.

[@briannaromero2691]

I don’t think Hamilton would do well as a movie.

[@I_likehamilton_andstuff]

Exactly what I was thinking! Lin made it into a musical, and it should really stay a musical!

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

It would and it would make a lot of money. You have to think about these things from the perspective of casual and non-theatre fans.

[@briannaromero2691]

@@kiroolioneaver8532 even from a perspective of theater fans, I know many who aren’t interested in seeing Hamilton because it’s about a president and they don’t care about that kind of stuff. It was kind of boring to me as a musical, so just really couldn’t picture it as a movie. It doesn’t have gut wrenching relatable to anyone factor.. unlesss your a man in position to be president and care more about work than your own family.

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

@@briannaromero2691 "Hamilton" has done well in terms of album streams/sells, attendance, and the viewership on Disney+. There will absolutely be an audience for a film if it comes out. I'd argue "Hamilton" as a Broadway play was more a part of the pop culture when it was released than "Wicked" was (mostly because Ham came out during the social media era). "The room where it happens" is literally a part of the political lexicon.

[@GrinningLikeaDelicateJamesDean]

@@briannaromero2691 while I agree it shouldn’t be a movie, it would do very well. Hamilton’s like the quintessential musical for musical haters

[@intodaysepisode...]

I JUST watched Hamilton TODAY!!!

[@reneebush2399]

New Hamilfan or repeated viewing?

[@kathleenweinberg5991]

Very talented celebrities And have a big sense of humor

[@lilithyolanda9851]

Adapting *Hamilton* into a movie is tough because the diversity of the cast is central to its identity. In a musical, anyone can play any role, but in a film, race and culture matter more. If they made the cast all people of color, there’d be backlash since the historical figures were European. But removing that diversity would lose what makes *Hamilton* special.

[@kevinbailey8827]

The first movie version of Jesus Christ Superstar had a framing device where a group of "players" arrived in the desert in a bus and started unloading props for their performances. Then they became their characters and the framing device was mostly abandoned until the end, when they all get back on the bus (except the actors whose characters had died). That device gave them cover for the anachronistic elements, like tanks and jet fighters. The play within a play structure gives the audience permission to accept a soulful white hippie as Jesus and a Black man as Judas and a Japanese-Chinese-Irish American woman as Mary Magdalene. I want every musical I like to be a movie, but I don't NEED it, so if the creators aren't happy with the pitches they're getting, then I'm not going to suffer too much. But it can be done.

[@zoeykeith]

I would LOVE it if "Hamilton" had a live action movie!!! Not of the stage production, since there already is, but an ACTUAL live action one!!! It would be so cool!!!

[@sstevia]

Maybe it would turn like the greatest showman film

[@mentallymorbid]

Please make a movie!!!

[@lucss_sa]

for me, Hamilton was made specially for the theaters, the dancing, the position on stage and everything, I can't even imagine it as a movie, also I agree that turning musical into movies it's great, cause it gives a chance for people who can't afford going to New York or other places who play a similar version to the original to actually watch the musical, but due to the fact that Hamilton can be watched by anyone using a streaming plataform, at least for me it's perfect.

[@MszGigglz]

He should make a movie musical for another historical figure.

[@rayworlding]

Don't think Hamilton needs a movie, it's so good as it is. I get why some think it would be cool (because honestly it'd be great to watch the scenography for the scenes) but, in my personal opinion no one asked for but I'll give anyways, Hamilton is a really complen excelent musical already.

[@ProudOzian]

I WOULD LIVE FOR THIS

[@nickdorenkamp959]

Okay so here is how I would shoot one of the songs for Hamilton. For Satisfied, we keep the camera focused on Angelica in the center while the world slowly but quickly starts to rewind back to the first night her and sister first met Alexander Hamilton. Because a majority of the song is set during a memory, the action going on around the characters singing will get faster as the characters sining will get a little faster as the memory ends. The camera will as before focus on Angelica who then quickly looks down; and then looks up as she raises something in her hand slowly but quickly to which the camera reveals to be her glass being held up high. This would then reveal to the audience we're back in the present for these characters. That said in what order would I shoot this? I would definitely shoot the beginning and ending first then all the stuff in between. Infact that would be the literal first song to shoot.

[@andyndanaemcburney122]

You will shoot in in the order that makes sense based on technical things like where the lights and camera need to be (and therefore what order makes sense for the setups) , actor needs, whether the entire song can be shot in one take or if it needs to be broken into sections, how much time is alloted to shoot this song, and probably a bunch of other concerns that would come up when you're actually doing it. I've worked on film sets for 15 years and while generally a scene is shot from wider to closer, all these factors can affect the plan.

[@Cnnamynspeaks]

LINeage. Nice 😎

[@Cpw819]

They should just do limited screenings of the Disney Plus recorded version. If they do make it a movie I don’t think it will be the same.

[@pacorka9943]

The proshot is incredible. We don't need a movie.

[@traydaniel0403]

I would love for Jon M Chu to split Hamilton to 2 parts just he did to Wicked and give it to Warner Bros to distribute. Please make it into a movie soon, Lin-Minuel!

[@mithramusic5909]

Wearing sunglasses indoors through your entire interview? Wtf

[@abbc2105]

The whole thing is either rap or singing. Not every story is for every medium.

[@DavidMiller-kf1ss]

🎉evita movie was ok.😊respect, sir.❤

[@everythingeverywhereentert2957]

If they could make 1776 into a movie musical I honestly have faith they could make Hamilton into a movie musical. I believe it may even be better than the 1776 movie which currently has a 84% audience score which is actually really good. I could see a Hamilton done in a very similar way as 1776 get a 90% audience score and hopefully a better Critic score since majority of the bad scores for 1776 was because the story and songs they didn’t love and that would be fixed with Hamilton which had better songs and a much better story than 1776 had while it was on Broadway.

[@Manhole_Studios]

If they animate it they can just use the cast recordings.

[@pawacoteng]

I know this is a junket interview, but CRIMINAL not to mention Hans Zimmer's contribution (unless I missed it then I apologize).

[@nancymatherly4180]

Didn't watch the video. We don't need another version. The play is perfect

[@hamilfan-s9z]

i dont think they should. the broadway version was already perfect

[@TookieMustard03]

Please don’t! Leave it as is! We don’t need to make everything into a movie! Honestly wicked didn’t need to be made into a movie!

[@rridafitness2340]

🔥🌿🏅🏆

[@ISRAAGALAI]

NO WE WANT IT

[@NewscorpleftofcenterBlogspot]

Trust your instincts.

[@NusretTaras-o9q]

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[@GabbyPotts-ih8uk]

Hi

[@kiroolioneaver8532]

Sounds like he's negotiating lol It will be made and it'll make tonnes of money. Being able to use sets like the Battle of Yorktown or 1700s late New York would bring life to the musical in ways that can't be done with the limitations on the stage. This is what really helped "Wicked"

[@belebele1982]

Please give tho role to someone who actually knows how to sing.

[@_.Brii._]

NO. PLEASE. NOT HAMILTON. NO

[@missylks1239]

Please don’t….

[@richardmoore3749]

I lost respect for this jerk when his production heckled pence when he went to see the play .even though I don’t like pence anymore it shows how sleazy his production was and how lowlife he is

[@geekyheadquarters]

Funny you said that when the production itself wasn’t heckling Pence, it was the audience. The production actually had a respectful message for him. Lin wasn’t even involved with the production at the time when it was happening.

[@richardmoore3749]

⁠@@geekyheadquarters you have it half right . The audience did heckle pence after the cast did . I it was uncalled for and very unprofessional . This is why I lost respect for Linda Miranda as I call this wuss

[@adey126]

Why should one perform for those that openly hate them?

[@mithramusic5909]

​@@richardmoore3749 stripping people of their rights is worse than calling someone out for it

[@jeremyarcus-goldberg9543]

He wasn’t part of the production by that point

[@GenericMan41]

Sung thru musicals are incredibly difficult to adapt and not worth the trouble honestly.

[@mithramusic5909]

Then add dialog to the adaptation.