When filming The Long Game, major golf enthusiast Dennis Quaid learned something about making a golf movie the the hard way.
“You don’t get to play that much golf at all,” Quaid tells Den of Geek during a visit to our 2023 SXSW studio.
Directed by Julio Quintana, The Long Game is based on the 2012 book Mustang Miracle by Humberto Garcia. Both the book and now the film recount the real life story of the 1955-1957 San Felipe High School Mustangs golf team in Del Rio, Texas, which made up exclusively of Mexican-American players – a first for the sport.
In a time where golf reserved for wealthy and connected white men, five young Mexican-American caddies broke major cultural barriers by assembling a team to compete against (and ultimately defeat) their white peers. Jay Hernandez (Magnum P.I.) stars as the team’s teach and coach Jb Peña and Quaid as...
“You don’t get to play that much golf at all,” Quaid tells Den of Geek during a visit to our 2023 SXSW studio.
Directed by Julio Quintana, The Long Game is based on the 2012 book Mustang Miracle by Humberto Garcia. Both the book and now the film recount the real life story of the 1955-1957 San Felipe High School Mustangs golf team in Del Rio, Texas, which made up exclusively of Mexican-American players – a first for the sport.
In a time where golf reserved for wealthy and connected white men, five young Mexican-American caddies broke major cultural barriers by assembling a team to compete against (and ultimately defeat) their white peers. Jay Hernandez (Magnum P.I.) stars as the team’s teach and coach Jb Peña and Quaid as...
- 4/5/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Set in 1956 and ’57, The Long Game abounds in spectacular vintage cars, pristine and gleaming and a signal of the tidy shape of the movie’s narrative. That’s not to say there are no ups and downs, no setbacks and reversals in the drama that unfolds, but director Julio Quintana (The Vessel) has tailored it to reassure, using gentle comic strokes and zingy visuals to explore a true story of sports underdogs and their triumph against bigotry. Jay Hernandez provides the grounded enthusiasm as a high school administrator with a passion for golf and a vision of better things for Mexican Americans like him and his students. Together, he and his coltish team, dubbed the Mustangs, take on the country-club set, with Dennis Quaid providing effortless old-timer charm as a key ally and Cheech Marin on hand as a wiseass Yoda.
Hernandez plays Jb Peña, a veteran of World War II who,...
Hernandez plays Jb Peña, a veteran of World War II who,...
- 3/12/2023
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Long Game adds Cheech Marin, Oscar Nuñez, and Brett Cullen to its lineup, joining previously announced Jay Hernandez, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Dennis Quaid, and Julian Works.
Rounding out the cast are Richard Robichaux, Jimmy Gonzales Gregory Diaz IV, Miguel Ángel Garcia, Christian Gallegos, and José Julián.
Marin will portray Pollo, the golf course’s oracular groundskeeper who sets the young caddies on their journey. Diaz, Garcia, Gallegos, and Julián will portray the young golf players. No further details on the remainder of the roles were released.
Based on a true story set in mid-1950s Texas, the film spotlights five young Mexican-American caddies at a local, exclusive golf club where...
Rounding out the cast are Richard Robichaux, Jimmy Gonzales Gregory Diaz IV, Miguel Ángel Garcia, Christian Gallegos, and José Julián.
Marin will portray Pollo, the golf course’s oracular groundskeeper who sets the young caddies on their journey. Diaz, Garcia, Gallegos, and Julián will portray the young golf players. No further details on the remainder of the roles were released.
Based on a true story set in mid-1950s Texas, the film spotlights five young Mexican-American caddies at a local, exclusive golf club where...
- 7/27/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
"In the Heights" is the dancing musical drama, directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the stage play by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda, starring Leslie Grace (“Batgirl”), Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV and Jimmy Smits:
"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
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"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
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- 7/16/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“We all grow as human beings, we all change and have realizations,” explains Olga Merediz. The actress has done plenty of growing in the time since she first performed as Abuela Claudia in “In the Heights” Off-Broadway in 2007. She would later earn a Tony nomination for the 2008 Broadway production, and she now commits the character to film in Jon M. Chu’s big screen adaptation. Merediz says her portrayal of Claudia is deeper now because “there was more of me to funnel into the role.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Merediz’s signature number in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is “Paciencia y Fe,” and serves as perhaps the most prominent example of the new profundity given to this character. “When I did it on Broadway,” Merediz recollects, “it was just kind of like ‘oh my God, I won the lottery! That’s great news’” But on film, the placement...
Merediz’s signature number in the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is “Paciencia y Fe,” and serves as perhaps the most prominent example of the new profundity given to this character. “When I did it on Broadway,” Merediz recollects, “it was just kind of like ‘oh my God, I won the lottery! That’s great news’” But on film, the placement...
- 12/14/2021
- by Sam Eckmann
- Gold Derby
“When I read the script, I thought these could be scenes from my childhood,” cinematographer Alice Brooks shares about Netflix’s movie musical “tick, tick… Boom!,” which is set in early 1990s Soho in New York City. Brooks’ father was an aspiring playwright and her mother a dancer, so the film about late theatre composer Jonathan Larson feels like “a very personal story” for her. “This period in New York will forever be my New York,” she says, adding, “I grew up in a tenement building just like Jonathan, with a bathtub in my kitchen.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Brooks is also cinematographer on Warner Bros’ “In The Heights,” another movie musical about a different neighborhood and period in New York City. “I realized my job was to fall in love with Washington Heights, so I just completely immersed myself there,” Brooks shares about how she prepared to...
Brooks is also cinematographer on Warner Bros’ “In The Heights,” another movie musical about a different neighborhood and period in New York City. “I realized my job was to fall in love with Washington Heights, so I just completely immersed myself there,” Brooks shares about how she prepared to...
- 12/7/2021
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
Actress Olga Merediz stopped by Deadline’s Contenders: New York on Saturday to talk about reprising her role as Abuela Claudia from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Broadway musical In the Heights for Jon M. Chu’s Warner Bros film of the same name.
The Tony nominee called the film “a joy ride” and noted the different perspective she brought to Claudia’s story, 10 or so years down the line. “When you do a role, usually, you give it your all, finish and say goodbye,” she said onstage at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. “But I had to remember what I did on Broadway and Off Broadway, with the difference that in 10 years, we all as human beings grow every year. So, I gave it more depth and more of the person I had become.”
In the Heights is set in the titular Latinx community of...
The Tony nominee called the film “a joy ride” and noted the different perspective she brought to Claudia’s story, 10 or so years down the line. “When you do a role, usually, you give it your all, finish and say goodbye,” she said onstage at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. “But I had to remember what I did on Broadway and Off Broadway, with the difference that in 10 years, we all as human beings grow every year. So, I gave it more depth and more of the person I had become.”
In the Heights is set in the titular Latinx community of...
- 12/4/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
As young actors who are up and coming in showbiz, what has been the best advice you’ve been given about working as an actor? What advice would you give to other young actors who are looking for their big breakthrough? Is it difficult juggling school, regular life with your family and friends and being on set? What is your favorite film or favorite actor that inspired you?
These were some of the questions answered by three of today’s most exciting and promising breakthrough performers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Oscar contenders. Watch our full group chat with Jude Hill (‘Belfast’), Gregory Diaz IV (‘In The Heights’) and Daniel Ranieri (‘The Tender Bar’) above. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
See Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders
“Really soak this all in and really allow it,...
These were some of the questions answered by three of today’s most exciting and promising breakthrough performers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Oscar contenders. Watch our full group chat with Jude Hill (‘Belfast’), Gregory Diaz IV (‘In The Heights’) and Daniel Ranieri (‘The Tender Bar’) above. Click on each name above to view each person’s individual interview.
See Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders
“Really soak this all in and really allow it,...
- 12/3/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
“It never once felt like work to me. It just felt like I was showing up to summer camp with friends,” Gregory Diaz IV reveals about the joy of working on “In The Heights.” “They just so happened to be recording while we were singing or spontaneously breaking into dance,” he jokes. “Everywhere I looked, there was pretty much a latinx person, whether it was the cast or the crew or the caterers or the dancers. It was really an amazing opportunity to have in such a great point in my career and I think it really was a turning point,” he says.
We talked with Diaz as part of Gold Derby’s special film breakthrough performers “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key Oscar contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders
“In the Heights” is the critically acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical.
We talked with Diaz as part of Gold Derby’s special film breakthrough performers “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key Oscar contenders. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
See Gold Derby interviews with 2022 Oscar contenders
“In the Heights” is the critically acclaimed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical.
- 12/3/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Meet 3 breakthrough performers of the film year: Jude Hill (‘Belfast’), Daniel Ranieri (‘The Tender Bar’), Gregory Diaz IV (‘In the Heights’). Watch our individual interviews followed by a lively group discussion.
Daniel Ranieri (‘The Tender Bar’) as a neglected boy who hangs out in his uncle’s bar desperate to find a father figure.
Jude Hill (‘Belfast’) is a naive, playful boy striving to survive the bombs and gunfire in 1960s Northern Ireland.
Gregory Diaz IV (“In the Heights’) portrays a streetwise, undocumented immigrant living a gritty life in New York’s Washington Heights.
Daniel Ranieri (‘The Tender Bar’) as a neglected boy who hangs out in his uncle’s bar desperate to find a father figure.
Jude Hill (‘Belfast’) is a naive, playful boy striving to survive the bombs and gunfire in 1960s Northern Ireland.
Gregory Diaz IV (“In the Heights’) portrays a streetwise, undocumented immigrant living a gritty life in New York’s Washington Heights.
- 12/2/2021
- by Tom O'Neil
- Gold Derby
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar and Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. The eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and is subject to change.
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Best Performance By A Cast Ensemble
Updated: Nov 25, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: More to come…...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Cast Ensemble
Updated: Nov 25, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: More to come…...
- 11/25/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Three of this year’s breakthrough performers in top films join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Oscar and guild contenders. Each person from these films will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, December 1, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 awards contenders:
“The Tender Bar”: Daniel Ranieri
Synopsis: A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar.
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This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2022 awards contenders:
“The Tender Bar”: Daniel Ranieri
Synopsis: A boy growing up on Long Island seeks out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar.
- 11/23/2021
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Diaz IV, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Noah Catala, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mateo Gomez, Marc Anthony | Written by Quiara Alegría Hudes, Lin-Manuel Miranda | Directed by Jon M. Chu
A magnificent musical, unlike anything that has been seen for a very long time. In The Heights conjures up everything that is purely American and purely Hollywood, and it’s an absolute joy to to be a member of its audience… 16 years since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical first hit the stage it’s finally here on the big screen, fully formed and bursting with life. Now passed into the hands of director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) who helps bring the stage production to life with a perfect blend of cinema and stage.!
It’s a rare ability to be able to capture the wonder of the...
A magnificent musical, unlike anything that has been seen for a very long time. In The Heights conjures up everything that is purely American and purely Hollywood, and it’s an absolute joy to to be a member of its audience… 16 years since Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical first hit the stage it’s finally here on the big screen, fully formed and bursting with life. Now passed into the hands of director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) who helps bring the stage production to life with a perfect blend of cinema and stage.!
It’s a rare ability to be able to capture the wonder of the...
- 6/30/2021
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
In the Heights Review — In the Heights (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Jon M. Chu, and starring Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Diaz IV, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, Noah Catala, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mateo Gomez, Marc Anthony, and Patrick Page. In the [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: In The Heights (2021): A Fun, Energetic Summer Movie Crowd Pleaser...
- 6/21/2021
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
Rita Moreno has posted a new statement saying that she is “incredibly disappointed” following her comments about the lack of Afro-Latino representation in “In the Heights.”
During an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, Moreno defended “In the Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda over criticism that the film did not cast any dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in its leading roles.
“Well I’m simply saying, can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone?” Moreno said on the show. “There’s a lot of people who are Puertorriqueños, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. And this is how it is, and it would be so nice if they hadn’t come up with that and just left it alone, just for now. I mean, they’re really attacking the wrong person.”
In...
During an appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on Tuesday night, Moreno defended “In the Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda over criticism that the film did not cast any dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in its leading roles.
“Well I’m simply saying, can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone?” Moreno said on the show. “There’s a lot of people who are Puertorriqueños, who are also from Guatemala, who are dark and who are also fair. We are all colors in Puerto Rico. And this is how it is, and it would be so nice if they hadn’t come up with that and just left it alone, just for now. I mean, they’re really attacking the wrong person.”
In...
- 6/17/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Rita Moreno is defending Lin-Manuel Miranda and “In the Heights” following criticism over the film’s lack of Afro-Latino representation.
On tonight’s episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Moreno appeared to promote her documentary, “Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” and later brought up the “In the Heights” controversy.
“Can we talk for a second about that criticism about Lin-Manuel? That really upsets me,” Moreno said to Colbert.
Moreno is referring to criticism regarding the lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s cast, particularly in leading roles. Online discussion on the topic over the weekend stemmed from a video article in The Root, published on Wednesday. In an interview with “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu and stars Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera and Gregory Diaz IV, journalist Felice León questioned the film’s casting decisions. “What would you say to folks who...
On tonight’s episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” Moreno appeared to promote her documentary, “Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It,” and later brought up the “In the Heights” controversy.
“Can we talk for a second about that criticism about Lin-Manuel? That really upsets me,” Moreno said to Colbert.
Moreno is referring to criticism regarding the lack of dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s cast, particularly in leading roles. Online discussion on the topic over the weekend stemmed from a video article in The Root, published on Wednesday. In an interview with “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu and stars Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera and Gregory Diaz IV, journalist Felice León questioned the film’s casting decisions. “What would you say to folks who...
- 6/16/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Lin-Manuel Miranda has responded to criticism that new film In the Heights, which is based on his hit Broadway musical, failed to represent Washington Heights’ Afro-Latino community.
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, host and producer Felice León from The Root spoke with director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over the weekend about the lack of Afro-Latino actors in principal roles in a video that went viral. On Monday, Miranda addressed the issue via Twitter.
“I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation...
As The Hollywood Reporter reports, host and producer Felice León from The Root spoke with director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over the weekend about the lack of Afro-Latino actors in principal roles in a video that went viral. On Monday, Miranda addressed the issue via Twitter.
“I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation...
- 6/15/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Lin-Manuel Miranda Addresses Lack of Afro-Latino Representation in ‘In the Heights’: ‘We Fell Short’
“In the Heights” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is addressing criticism over the film’s lack of Afro-Latino representation.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Miranda apologized for not including more dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s cast, especially in the leading roles.
“I started writing ‘In the Heights’ because I didn’t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us — All of us — to feel seen,” Miranda’s statement begins. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.”
The discussion Miranda mentions stems from a video article in The Root, published on Wednesday, which points out that there are no dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s leading roles. In an interview with “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu and stars Leslie Grace,...
In a statement posted to Twitter, Miranda apologized for not including more dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s cast, especially in the leading roles.
“I started writing ‘In the Heights’ because I didn’t feel seen. And over the past 20 years all I wanted was for us — All of us — to feel seen,” Miranda’s statement begins. “I’m seeing the discussion around Afro-Latino representation in our film this weekend and it is clear that many in our dark-skinned Afro-Latino community don’t feel sufficiently represented within it, particularly among the leading roles.”
The discussion Miranda mentions stems from a video article in The Root, published on Wednesday, which points out that there are no dark-skinned Afro-Latinos in the film’s leading roles. In an interview with “In the Heights” director Jon M. Chu and stars Leslie Grace,...
- 6/14/2021
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical In the Heights has been promoted as a long-overdue corrective to the underrepresentation of Latinos in Hollywood, yet during the film’s opening weekend, discussion trended online over the movie’s failure to accurately represent its namesake neighborhood’s Afro-Latino population.
On Sunday, a video from The Root went viral in which host and producer Felice León confronted director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over colorism in the film’s casting choices: “What would you say to folks who say that In the ...
On Sunday, a video from The Root went viral in which host and producer Felice León confronted director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over colorism in the film’s casting choices: “What would you say to folks who say that In the ...
- 6/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical In the Heights has been promoted as a long-overdue corrective to the underrepresentation of Latinos in Hollywood, yet during the film’s opening weekend, discussion trended online over the movie’s failure to accurately represent its namesake neighborhood’s Afro-Latino population.
On Sunday, a video from The Root went viral in which host and producer Felice León confronted director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over colorism in the film’s casting choices: “What would you say to folks who say that In the ...
On Sunday, a video from The Root went viral in which host and producer Felice León confronted director Jon M. Chu and actors Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace and Gregory Diaz IV over colorism in the film’s casting choices: “What would you say to folks who say that In the ...
- 6/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
One of the most suspenseful moments in Jon M. Chu's film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights is when Sonny (Gregory Diaz IV) and Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) learn that they sold someone a lucky lottery ticket from their bodega. Bolstered by a showstopping musical number, the lottery announcement happens pretty early on, but the winner's identity remains a mystery for most of the film. So, who wins the money? At the end of In the Heights, we find out the winner is none other than the lovely Abuela Claudia, the neighborhood's grandma!
At the beginning of the film, we get some foreshadowing about the winner when Usnavi hands Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz) her lottery ticket, and she exclaims, "Paciencia y fe!" or "Patience and faith!" When Usnavi closes up the shop to head to the pool, Sonny picks up a call at the bodega and learns that...
At the beginning of the film, we get some foreshadowing about the winner when Usnavi hands Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz) her lottery ticket, and she exclaims, "Paciencia y fe!" or "Patience and faith!" When Usnavi closes up the shop to head to the pool, Sonny picks up a call at the bodega and learns that...
- 6/14/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
¡Wepa! The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Tony-winning musical, In the Heights, is now streaming on HBO Max and HBO Max subscribers can watch it free online. Starring Hamilton actor Anthony Ramos as Usnavi (Miranda’s original role on Broadway) in a slice-of-life look at New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, In the Heights premiered on HBO Max on June 10.
Directed by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, with a screenplay by the musical’s original playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, as well as music and lyrics by Miranda,...
Directed by Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, with a screenplay by the musical’s original playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, as well as music and lyrics by Miranda,...
- 6/12/2021
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Lin-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 the 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 winning lottery ticket. Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Jimmy Smits and Olga Merediz make up the cast. While the original cast recording exists featuring Miranda in the lead role, Atlantic Records’ soundtrack showcases the remarkable talents of this new cast singing the old favorites, along with a newly written closing song, “Home All Summer.”
Diehards of the musical will immediately notice the shifts of songs… and, lamentably for some, the inevitable cuts. Gone are “Sunrise,...
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 winning lottery ticket. Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Jimmy Smits and Olga Merediz make up the cast. While the original cast recording exists featuring Miranda in the lead role, Atlantic Records’ soundtrack showcases the remarkable talents of this new cast singing the old favorites, along with a newly written closing song, “Home All Summer.”
Diehards of the musical will immediately notice the shifts of songs… and, lamentably for some, the inevitable cuts. Gone are “Sunrise,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” made its debut on Thursday. The musical drama is currently playing in movie theaters, but HBO Max subscribers have the option of enjoying the movie from the comfort of home.
Based off Miranda’s hit stage musical, “In the Heights” takes place in the vibrant New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a tight-knit community of New Yorkers are busy following their dreams and working toward better lives. Anthony Ramos (“A Star is Born”) leads the cast as Usnavi, a bodega owner who saves every penny from his paycheck, while dreaming and singing of a better predicament. The all-star cast also features Melissa Barrera, Corey Hawkins (“Straight Outta Compton”), Leslie Grace,...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” made its debut on Thursday. The musical drama is currently playing in movie theaters, but HBO Max subscribers have the option of enjoying the movie from the comfort of home.
Based off Miranda’s hit stage musical, “In the Heights” takes place in the vibrant New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, where a tight-knit community of New Yorkers are busy following their dreams and working toward better lives. Anthony Ramos (“A Star is Born”) leads the cast as Usnavi, a bodega owner who saves every penny from his paycheck, while dreaming and singing of a better predicament. The all-star cast also features Melissa Barrera, Corey Hawkins (“Straight Outta Compton”), Leslie Grace,...
- 6/10/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
In The Heights is just the film to shake us out of our lockdown funk, and at the end of this month Jon M. Chu and Lin-Manuel Miranda bring the hit stage show to the big screen. Today we present interviews with the director and many of the cast for what is sure to be one of the films of the year. You can read our ecstatic review right here.
The film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and only Mr. Jimmy Smits. John M. Chu directs the film from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes; based on the musical stage play, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes and concept by Miranda. Phoebe Winter and Kate Donaghy are the interviewers.
The film has a June 18th US release and will...
The film stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and only Mr. Jimmy Smits. John M. Chu directs the film from a screenplay by Quiara Alegría Hudes; based on the musical stage play, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, book by Quiara Alegría Hudes and concept by Miranda. Phoebe Winter and Kate Donaghy are the interviewers.
The film has a June 18th US release and will...
- 6/9/2021
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
While the U.S. box office has taken big strides in getting back to normal over the last two weeks, theaters are hoping that Warner Bros.’ “In The Heights” and Sony’s “Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway” will kick the recovery process up to a new level.
Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical is heading to theaters with widespread acclaim behind it. Critics have given a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes with many declaring it the first contender in the 2022 Oscar race.
Analysts and rival distribution execs have also pointed to “In The Heights” as having the perfect formula for a post-covid summer title. It’s vibrant depiction of Latino immigrant culture, combined with actors and filmmakers of color in the credits, is expected to bring in a diverse array of moviegoers while its upbeat vibe and bright musical numbers promise a respite from the misery of the pandemic.
Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical is heading to theaters with widespread acclaim behind it. Critics have given a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes with many declaring it the first contender in the 2022 Oscar race.
Analysts and rival distribution execs have also pointed to “In The Heights” as having the perfect formula for a post-covid summer title. It’s vibrant depiction of Latino immigrant culture, combined with actors and filmmakers of color in the credits, is expected to bring in a diverse array of moviegoers while its upbeat vibe and bright musical numbers promise a respite from the misery of the pandemic.
- 6/8/2021
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
While filming Jon M. Chu’s “In the Heights” (out in theaters and HBO Max on Friday) cinematographer Alice Brooks fell in love with “the people, the smells, the sounds and the taste of Washington Heights.”
That relationship is captured through her framing of the film. From the shoe shot of Vanessa (Melissa Barrera) to the crane shots capturing the neighborhood, Brooks translates Chu’s vision of adapting the Lin Manuel Miranda musical for the screen with aplomb, drawing raves for her camerawork.
During the titular number “In the Heights,” a song and dance that introduces audiences to the key players, Brooks hones in on Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, peering out the bodega window as he dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic. In the window is a reflection of a group of dancers.
Brooks describes the film as one that is an “immigrant story. It is the story...
That relationship is captured through her framing of the film. From the shoe shot of Vanessa (Melissa Barrera) to the crane shots capturing the neighborhood, Brooks translates Chu’s vision of adapting the Lin Manuel Miranda musical for the screen with aplomb, drawing raves for her camerawork.
During the titular number “In the Heights,” a song and dance that introduces audiences to the key players, Brooks hones in on Usnavi, played by Anthony Ramos, peering out the bodega window as he dreams of returning to the Dominican Republic. In the window is a reflection of a group of dancers.
Brooks describes the film as one that is an “immigrant story. It is the story...
- 6/7/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Good morning, and welcome to Washington Heights, where everyone’s got a job and everyone’s got a dream, as the song goes in the film adaptation to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway musical “In the Heights.”
Anticipation has been high for “In the Heights” (reviews have been pretty great too), and on this Monday morning Warner Bros. dropped a tease of the first eight minutes of the film, or more specifically the opening song to the musical. Fans of the stage production will know just how lively and motivating it is, the perfect thing to watch before you’ve had your cup of coffee.
But people anticipating the musical will be surprised to see just how well director Jon M. Chu has done with the material, snapping between characters and visual gags and giving everyone in the cast a moment to shine, particularly Anthony Ramos as Usnavi. He takes over...
Anticipation has been high for “In the Heights” (reviews have been pretty great too), and on this Monday morning Warner Bros. dropped a tease of the first eight minutes of the film, or more specifically the opening song to the musical. Fans of the stage production will know just how lively and motivating it is, the perfect thing to watch before you’ve had your cup of coffee.
But people anticipating the musical will be surprised to see just how well director Jon M. Chu has done with the material, snapping between characters and visual gags and giving everyone in the cast a moment to shine, particularly Anthony Ramos as Usnavi. He takes over...
- 6/7/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
You may enter this contest for your chance to win tickets from CinemaNerdz to see an advance screening of In The Heights on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 7:00pm at the Mjr Troy theater in Troy, Michigan!
As always, there is absolutely no purchase required to enter the contest!
About The Film
In The Heights: The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big…In the Heights. Lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
As always, there is absolutely no purchase required to enter the contest!
About The Film
In The Heights: The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of “Crazy Rich Asians” invite you to a cinematic event, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big…In the Heights. Lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
- 6/3/2021
- by Mike Tyrkus
- CinemaNerdz
"In the Heights" is the new musical drama, directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the stage play by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda, starring Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV and Jimmy Smits, opening in theaters, plus streaming on HBO Max June 11, 2021:
"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
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"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
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- 5/21/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
In Broadway history, there have been only a handful of musicals that center on U.S. Latinos, and only a fraction of those shows were written by people from the communities they were portraying on stage. That’s part of the reason why Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” made waves when it opened on Broadway back in 2008 (after a successful Off Broadway run). More than a decade later, and after a slight pandemic delay, Jon M. Chu’s cinematic adaptation of Miranda’s first musical promises to make an even bigger splash with its celebration of family, love, and the idea of home.
The main voice of “In the Heights” belongs to Usnavi, who is on a beach telling a group of kids about his memories of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood. He introduces Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), who’s not really his abuela but assumed a...
The main voice of “In the Heights” belongs to Usnavi, who is on a beach telling a group of kids about his memories of New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood. He introduces Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz), who’s not really his abuela but assumed a...
- 5/21/2021
- by Monica Castillo
- The Wrap
Romance permeates Jon M. Chu’s big screen adaptation of In the Heights, like the aroma of charcoal on a summer day. Perhaps this should be obvious since the central conflict of the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical remains its two star-crossed couples working things out at the northern, tip-top peak of Manhattan. Yet that’s not where the movie’s true passion lies; like the source material before it, the In the Heights film’s real ardor is for the neighborhood of Washington Heights itself. How else could a picture so endear you to what is otherwise a cup of bodega coffee?
As a jubilant and kaleidoscopic love letter to the handful of city blocks which run adjacent to the George Washington Bridge, In the Heights bursts with a life and creativity that is often blinding, and always intoxicating. It lives in a postcard Neverland version of the usually overlooked and...
As a jubilant and kaleidoscopic love letter to the handful of city blocks which run adjacent to the George Washington Bridge, In the Heights bursts with a life and creativity that is often blinding, and always intoxicating. It lives in a postcard Neverland version of the usually overlooked and...
- 5/21/2021
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
"In the Heights" is the new musical drama, directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the stage play by Hudes and Lin-Manuel Miranda, starring Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV and Jimmy Smits, opening in theaters, plus streaming on HBO Max June 11, 2021:
"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
Click the images to enlarge.... ...
"...lights up on Washington Heights. The scent of a 'cafecito caliente' hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop, where a kaleidoscope of dreams rallies this vibrant and tight-knit community.
"At the intersection of it all is ''bodega owner Usnavi (Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life..."
Click the images to enlarge.... ...
- 5/7/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival said Friday that it will host a special preview screening of Warner Bros’ In the Heights on June 4 at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It will come ahead of the world premiere of the Jon M Chu-directed adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical five days later to open the Tribeca Film Festival.
It’s a coup for the L.A.-based fest, which is run by the Edward James Olmos-founded Latino Film Institute. The preview is taking take one week before In the Heights premieres June 11 in theaters and on HBO Max.
The news comes as Laliff and Tribeca said they are partnering as a celebration of their 20th anniversaries this year.
“We cannot wait to share this incredible film with our audience as part of this year’s festival,” Olmos said in the release announcing the news. “In the Heights...
It’s a coup for the L.A.-based fest, which is run by the Edward James Olmos-founded Latino Film Institute. The preview is taking take one week before In the Heights premieres June 11 in theaters and on HBO Max.
The news comes as Laliff and Tribeca said they are partnering as a celebration of their 20th anniversaries this year.
“We cannot wait to share this incredible film with our audience as part of this year’s festival,” Olmos said in the release announcing the news. “In the Heights...
- 4/30/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical.
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Laliff) will host a preview screening of Warner Bros’ upcoming In The Heights on June 4, and is partnering with Tribeca to celebrate the festivals’ 20th anniversaries.
Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical, which is set to open in cinemas via Warner Bros and debut on HBO Max on June 11.
The preview screening will be in-person and the film centres on the vibrant Washington Heights community in Manhattan and bodega owner Usnavi who dreams of a better life.
Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins,...
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (Laliff) will host a preview screening of Warner Bros’ upcoming In The Heights on June 4, and is partnering with Tribeca to celebrate the festivals’ 20th anniversaries.
Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical, which is set to open in cinemas via Warner Bros and debut on HBO Max on June 11.
The preview screening will be in-person and the film centres on the vibrant Washington Heights community in Manhattan and bodega owner Usnavi who dreams of a better life.
Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins,...
- 4/30/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jon M. Chu’s “In the Heights” will screen at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival with a special preview on June 4 at Hollywood’s Tcl Chinese Theatre.
The film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical will screen five days before the Tribeca Film Festival.
“We cannot wait to share this incredible film with our audience as part of this year’s festival,” said Edward James Olmos, founder of the Latino Film Institute. “’In the Heights’ celebrates the Latino culture and allows us to continue to support our mission of providing a platform of stories that are told by us and for us. We are equally excited to partner with such a renowned film festival like Tribeca and we know that this will be a partnership that will flourish over the years.”
In addition, Laliff and Tribeca will partner as a celebration of their 20th anniversaries.
“Congratulations...
The film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical will screen five days before the Tribeca Film Festival.
“We cannot wait to share this incredible film with our audience as part of this year’s festival,” said Edward James Olmos, founder of the Latino Film Institute. “’In the Heights’ celebrates the Latino culture and allows us to continue to support our mission of providing a platform of stories that are told by us and for us. We are equally excited to partner with such a renowned film festival like Tribeca and we know that this will be a partnership that will flourish over the years.”
In addition, Laliff and Tribeca will partner as a celebration of their 20th anniversaries.
“Congratulations...
- 4/30/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
"Tell the world we are not invisible." Warner Bros aired this brand new 90-second TV trailer for the In the Heights musical during the Academy Awards broadcast last night. We've already posted two official trailers so far, and it's looking better and better the more they show us. This is one of my most anticipated of the summer! In the Heights fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda's kinetic music & lyrics with Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu's lively & authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, universal in its experience. The story follows a bodega owner in Washington Heights, NYC, who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandma's fortune. Starring Anthony Ramos (from the Broadway show), Corey Hawkins, singer/songwriter Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After a shuttered in-person 2020 edition, the Tribeca Film Festival is back in New York City this summer, and with a splashy world premiere to kick off the festivities. Director Jon M. Chu’s long-awaited “In the Heights,” adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, will open the 20th anniversary edition of Tribeca on June 9.
In the spirit of the movie’s setting, the premiere will be hosted at the United Palace in Washington Heights, the very neighborhood where the movie takes place. The festival’s opening night will also be screened simultaneously across all five New York boroughs in multiple open-air venues. Tribeca runs for 12 days this year, June 9-20, and is said to be the first major North American film festival to be held in person since the start of Covid-19.
Quiara Alegría Hudes adapted the screenplay for “In the Heights” from her own Broadway book, with...
In the spirit of the movie’s setting, the premiere will be hosted at the United Palace in Washington Heights, the very neighborhood where the movie takes place. The festival’s opening night will also be screened simultaneously across all five New York boroughs in multiple open-air venues. Tribeca runs for 12 days this year, June 9-20, and is said to be the first major North American film festival to be held in person since the start of Covid-19.
Quiara Alegría Hudes adapted the screenplay for “In the Heights” from her own Broadway book, with...
- 4/16/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
The 20th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, taking advantage of its timing as the city and film business emerges from the pandemic, will open June 9 with the world premiere of In the Heights.
Warner Bros’ adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical, which is directed by Jon Chu, will screen outside at various sites simultaneously, and indoors at the United Palace. The restored 1930 theater is in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, the setting for the film and also Miranda’s longtime home base.
There will also be outdoor screenings on opening night across all five of New York’s boroughs, a first for Tribeca, though the fest has long explored many parts of the city. In 2019, the fest opened with a documentary about Harlem’s Apollo Theater held at the Apollo itself. After shifting its usual April start back to June, the fest will be the...
Warner Bros’ adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical, which is directed by Jon Chu, will screen outside at various sites simultaneously, and indoors at the United Palace. The restored 1930 theater is in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights, the setting for the film and also Miranda’s longtime home base.
There will also be outdoor screenings on opening night across all five of New York’s boroughs, a first for Tribeca, though the fest has long explored many parts of the city. In 2019, the fest opened with a documentary about Harlem’s Apollo Theater held at the Apollo itself. After shifting its usual April start back to June, the fest will be the...
- 4/16/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
In more goods news for exhibition in the upcoming summer schedule, Warner Bros.’ Jon M. Chu directed feature musical is moving from June 18 to June 11.
In the Heights leaves behind Disney/Pixar’s Luca on June 18 and goes to a weekend where the pic is the only wide release.
The movie, which is feature adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s Tony Award-winning musical, dropped a new trailer last weekend.
In the Heights is set in the titular Latinx community of New York City’s bustling Washington Heights. When the neighborhood’s charismatic local bodega owner, and the pic’s humble narrator, finally decides to fulfill his dream of going to the island his parents called home, his departure will change his beloved block forever.
In the Heights stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins (BlacKkKlansman), Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera (TV’s Vida...
In the Heights leaves behind Disney/Pixar’s Luca on June 18 and goes to a weekend where the pic is the only wide release.
The movie, which is feature adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’s Tony Award-winning musical, dropped a new trailer last weekend.
In the Heights is set in the titular Latinx community of New York City’s bustling Washington Heights. When the neighborhood’s charismatic local bodega owner, and the pic’s humble narrator, finally decides to fulfill his dream of going to the island his parents called home, his departure will change his beloved block forever.
In the Heights stars Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins (BlacKkKlansman), Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera (TV’s Vida...
- 3/19/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Warner Bros has dropped its latest trailer for ‘In The Heights’ and takes it all the way to the next level with sun-drenched visuals and feel-good musical dance numbers.
Adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (Hamilton) hit Broadway show, ‘In The Heights’ and its sizzling sultry trailers brings to life beautiful and elegant diversity in a truly universal story of hope and dreams. Director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) dares you to dream big on the vibrant streets of Washington Heights to the foot-stomping sounds of a Latino beat.
The action follows a kaleidoscope of dreams amongst a tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
Just like LA LA Land, with which it may well be compared, Chu’s project never shy...
Adapted from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s (Hamilton) hit Broadway show, ‘In The Heights’ and its sizzling sultry trailers brings to life beautiful and elegant diversity in a truly universal story of hope and dreams. Director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) dares you to dream big on the vibrant streets of Washington Heights to the foot-stomping sounds of a Latino beat.
The action follows a kaleidoscope of dreams amongst a tight-knit community. At the intersection of it all is the likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi (Anthony Ramos), who saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
Just like LA LA Land, with which it may well be compared, Chu’s project never shy...
- 3/15/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"This is the story of a block that was disappearing." A fresh look at the "event of the summer!" Warner Bros has debuted a second trailer for the In the Heights movie, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. The first trailer dropped more than a year ago. In the Heights fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda's kinetic music & lyrics with Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu's lively & authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, universal in its experience. The story follows a bodega owner in Washington Heights, NYC, who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandma's fortune. Starring Anthony Ramos (from the Broadway show), Corey Hawkins, singer/songwriter Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera, Olga Merediz, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Gregory Diaz IV, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco, and Jimmy Smits. This is now set to...
- 3/15/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Vampires Vs The Bronx Film Release Date: October 2, 2020 Director: Oz Rodriguez Written By: Oz Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway Cast: Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy …
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- 10/7/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
The Frog Brothers’ street cred echoes way uptown as Netflix offers up its after-hours, after-school Halloween special treat: Vampires vs. The Bronx. Think of it as Get Out for tweens as the real bloodsuckers in this Bronx tale are the real estate developers looking to gentrify the Concourse. They even dress like landed gentry. “The Murnau guys are chewing up the neighborhood,” street proud Miguel (Jaden Michael) warns his crew. The Murnau real estate firm doesn’t even try to hide it, they have a Vlad the Impaler face on their logo.
Miguel is known as Lil Mayor in the reluctantly transitional neighborhood. He is on a mission to save Tony’s bodega, where he basically grew up. He is the de facto leader of a gang which consists of his two best friends. Bobby (Gerald W. Jones III) just got kicked out of school for fighting, and the local...
Miguel is known as Lil Mayor in the reluctantly transitional neighborhood. He is on a mission to save Tony’s bodega, where he basically grew up. He is the de facto leader of a gang which consists of his two best friends. Bobby (Gerald W. Jones III) just got kicked out of school for fighting, and the local...
- 10/2/2020
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
With Halloween season just beginning, Netflix is stepping up their Netflix and Chills season of horror. This already boasts some awesome titles, with The Binding, The Paramedic, The Babysitter: Killer Queen and Alive having landed in September and many more to follow in October. One of the coolest, though, has got to be new original movie Vampires Vs The Bronx, a horror-comedy with a smart central metaphor.
As you might guess from the title, the film is set in New York’s Bronx where our heroes aren’t just battling immortal fanged creeps, but more insidious menace: gentrification. As the trailer shows, the rich, white and snobby Eurotrash vampires are buying up property and forcing the longtime residents out. So, the bad guys are not simply sucking the literal blood out of the people, but draining away the lifeblood of the neighbourhood itself.
The movie is directed by Saturday Night Live alumnus Oz Rodriguez,...
As you might guess from the title, the film is set in New York’s Bronx where our heroes aren’t just battling immortal fanged creeps, but more insidious menace: gentrification. As the trailer shows, the rich, white and snobby Eurotrash vampires are buying up property and forcing the longtime residents out. So, the bad guys are not simply sucking the literal blood out of the people, but draining away the lifeblood of the neighbourhood itself.
The movie is directed by Saturday Night Live alumnus Oz Rodriguez,...
- 9/29/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
Heading to Netflix on October 2nd, here's a look at the trailer for Vampires vs. The Bronx:
"A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from a band of vampires."
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Written By: Oz Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway
Cast: Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Erin David
To learn more, visit: https://www.netflix.com/VampiresvsTheBronx
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"A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from a band of vampires."
Director: Oz Rodriguez
Written By: Oz Rodriguez and Blaise Hemingway
Cast: Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Erin David
To learn more, visit: https://www.netflix.com/VampiresvsTheBronx
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- 9/29/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Vampires vs the Bronx trailer is out now and it looks every bit as fun and scary.
Netflix has released the first full trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy just in time for Halloween.
Vampires vs the Bronx follows a group of young friends from the Bronx who come together to defend their neighborhood from a band of blood-sucking vampires.
"You all know how this starts," says one of the main characters from the film. "They're turning it into apartments?" another kid asks shortly after they watch a local courthouse being changed into a modern apartment block. "White people with canvas bags? That's always the first sign."
Produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels alongside Erin David, Bert Hamelinck, and Michael Sagol, Vampires vs the Bronx features Jaden Michael, Gregory Diaz IV, Gerald W. Jones III, Shea Whigham, Cliff 'Method Man' Smith, Coco Jones, Joel 'The Kid Mero' Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamano,...
Netflix has released the first full trailer for the upcoming horror-comedy just in time for Halloween.
Vampires vs the Bronx follows a group of young friends from the Bronx who come together to defend their neighborhood from a band of blood-sucking vampires.
"You all know how this starts," says one of the main characters from the film. "They're turning it into apartments?" another kid asks shortly after they watch a local courthouse being changed into a modern apartment block. "White people with canvas bags? That's always the first sign."
Produced by SNL creator Lorne Michaels alongside Erin David, Bert Hamelinck, and Michael Sagol, Vampires vs the Bronx features Jaden Michael, Gregory Diaz IV, Gerald W. Jones III, Shea Whigham, Cliff 'Method Man' Smith, Coco Jones, Joel 'The Kid Mero' Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamano,...
- 9/29/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
Netflix has launched a new trailer ‘Vampires Vs The Bronx’ featuring Jaden Michael, Sarah Gadon, Method Man and Zoe Saldaña.
A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighbourhood from a band of vampires.
Co-written and directed by Oz Rodriguez, the film stars Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña.
Also in trailers – Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke star in trailer for ‘The Sound of Metal
The film hits Netflix October 2nd. Here’s the trailer.
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A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighbourhood from a band of vampires.
Co-written and directed by Oz Rodriguez, the film stars Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones, Joel “The Kid Mero” Martinez, Chris Redd, Vladimir Caamaño, Jeremie Harris, Adam David Thompson, Judy Marte, Richard Bekins, and Zoe Saldaña.
Also in trailers – Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke star in trailer for ‘The Sound of Metal
The film hits Netflix October 2nd. Here’s the trailer.
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- 9/29/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you’ve ever been evicted because your landlord wants to “renovate” and hike the rents, seen your favorite local businesses killed to make room for expensive, low-quality replacements, or watched a racially diverse community turn into an affluent white enclave, you probably already suspect gentrification is an expression of pure evil. Well, now you have proof courtesy of the horror-comedy “Vampires vs. the Bronx,” which drops on Netflix this weekend.
From veteran “SNL” director Osmany Rodriguez (“Brother Nature”), “Vampires vs. the Bronx” follows a group of kids who discover that the gentrification affecting their neighborhood is an invasion of vampires. And uh, just in case you thought they might be the friendly kind, one of them explains that they work in real estate, so, yeah, pure evil. As the kids defend the Bronx at all costs, hilarity — and a lot of gory bloodshed — ensues.
See for yourself in the...
From veteran “SNL” director Osmany Rodriguez (“Brother Nature”), “Vampires vs. the Bronx” follows a group of kids who discover that the gentrification affecting their neighborhood is an invasion of vampires. And uh, just in case you thought they might be the friendly kind, one of them explains that they work in real estate, so, yeah, pure evil. As the kids defend the Bronx at all costs, hilarity — and a lot of gory bloodshed — ensues.
See for yourself in the...
- 9/29/2020
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
Ever wonder what effect a crosstown might have on vampires? Netflix’s upcoming horror comedy is an educational look at an urban problem. There’s a lot of things happening in the neighborhood right now. Keep your eyes open. That may sound vague, but the new Vampires vs. the Bronx trailer is about a silent threat: gentrification. And it’s not just any old white people buying up property in the Boogie Down Bronx; it’s ancient old people who stay that way by sucking the blood out of locals while draining the community of anything special. Have you noticed those missing kids’ posters?
Vampires vs. the Bronx comes from Dominican Republic-raised director Oz Rodriguez, who has worked on Saturday Night Live, A.P. Bio, The Last Man On Earth, and Shrill and Sunnyside. Rodriguez co-wrote the screenplay with Blaise Hemingway (UglyDolls). With the picture being produced by Lorne Michaels, Erin David,...
Vampires vs. the Bronx comes from Dominican Republic-raised director Oz Rodriguez, who has worked on Saturday Night Live, A.P. Bio, The Last Man On Earth, and Shrill and Sunnyside. Rodriguez co-wrote the screenplay with Blaise Hemingway (UglyDolls). With the picture being produced by Lorne Michaels, Erin David,...
- 9/28/2020
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
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