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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
Twisters, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Corey Hawkins ... Benny
The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Kong: Skull Island
Joseph Velez ...
Leslie Grace ... Nina
Batgirl
Melissa Barrera ... Vanessa
Abigail, Abigail
Jimmy Smits ... Kevin Rosario
Mother and Child, The Jane Austen Book Club
Olga Merediz ... Abuela Claudia
Somebody I Used to Know
Gregory Diaz ... Sonny
Stephanie Beatriz ... Carla
Encanto, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Dascha Polanco ... Cuca
Air Force One Down, Joy
Daphne Rubin-Vega ... Daniela
Jack Goes Boating, Union Square
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 Crazy Rich Asians and Now You See Me 2. 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 The Misfits, Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway and The House Next Door: Meet The Blacks 2.
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 .