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Release Date:
Friday, June 11, 2021 Nationwide
Some language and suggestive references. PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED
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
Anthony Ramos ... Usnavi
The Bad Guys 2, Ironheart (Series)
Corey Hawkins ... Benny
The Piano Lesson, The Color Purple
Joseph Velez ...
Leslie Grace ... Nina
The Thicket, Batgirl
Melissa Barrera ... Vanessa
Abigail, Your Monster
Jimmy Smits ... Kevin Rosario
Mother and Child, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Olga Merediz ... Abuela Claudia
Somebody I Used to Know
Gregory Diaz ... Sonny
Stephanie Beatriz ... Carla
Encanto, Half Magic
Dascha Polanco ... Cuca
Air Force One Down, Joy
Daphne Rubin-Vega ... Daniela
Reverse the Curse, Jack Goes Boating
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 and Crazy Rich Asians. The film's writer Quiara Alegria Hudes last wrote Vivo and Hamilton.
Director
Screenwriters
Producers
Mara JacobsJay-Z
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Scott Sanders
Companies
Production Company
Superb Entertainment (Former)
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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 Alegría 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 Release Date: When was the film released?
In the Heights was a Nationwide release in 2021 on Friday, June 11, 2021. There were 9 other movies released on the same date, including Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway, The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2 and The Misfits.
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 .