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You don’t have to throw away your shot (or hundreds of dollars) to see Hamilton.
A filmed version of the wildly popular stage musical is coming to cinemas (and Disney+) next year. And the Internet is 100 percent here for it.
Featuring the original Broadway cast—including creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda—Hamilton will hit screens on Oct. 15, 2021. It’s unclear whether this is a one-off event or an extended release.
Miranda tweeted the news on Monday, teasing followers with a cryptic “Wait for it” message before making the big announcement.
Fans are understandably over the moon: Broadway ticket prices start at $230 for a midweek matinee, and range from £43 ($56) to £230 ($300) in London.
For those living under a rock for the past five years, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit musical tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton through hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, and show tunes.
Hamilton premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (also home to Miranda’s 2008 debut In the Heights) in August 2015. The critically acclaimed production went on to win 11 Tony Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize, and some A-list fans.
“Lin-Manuel Miranda created an unforgettable theater experience and a true cultural phenomenon, and it was for good reason that Hamilton has hailed as an astonishing work of art,” Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.
“All who saw it with the original cast will never forget that singular experience,” he boasted. “And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share this same Broadway experience with millions of people around the world.”
The film is set for release in North America next year (so I’ll still have to pony up the cash to watch it on the West End).
As with any cinematic showing of a live performance, though, I am a bit wary: One of theater’s greatest joys is being able to view the show in your own way—not only as the movie director intends.
That may not be a problem, according to Disney, which called its screening “a leap forward” in the art of live capture, promising that it will “transport” audiences “in a uniquely intimate way.”
Exactly what that means remains to be seen.
Miranda is happy with the final product, though. So I’m in.
“I’m so proud of what [director] Tommy Kail has been able to capture in this filmed version of Hamilton—a live theatrical experience that feels just as immediate in your local movie theater,” the almost-EGOT winner said. “We’re excited to partner with Disney to bring the original Broadway company of Hamilton to the largest audience possible.”
Disney’s production of a 2016 stage performance includes original cast members:
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
Christopher Jackson as George Washington
Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison
Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds
Jonathan Groff as King George III
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You don’t have to throw away your shot (or hundreds of dollars) to see Hamilton.
A filmed version of the wildly popular stage musical is coming to cinemas (and Disney+) next year. And the Internet is 100 percent here for it.
Featuring the original Broadway cast—including creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda—Hamilton will hit screens on Oct. 15, 2021. It’s unclear whether this is a one-off event or an extended release.
Miranda tweeted the news on Monday, teasing followers with a cryptic “Wait for it” message before making the big announcement.
Fans are understandably over the moon: Broadway ticket prices start at $230 for a midweek matinee, and range from £43 ($56) to £230 ($300) in London.
For those living under a rock for the past five years, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash-hit musical tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton through hip hop, R&B, pop, soul, and show tunes.
Hamilton premiered on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (also home to Miranda’s 2008 debut In the Heights) in August 2015. The critically acclaimed production went on to win 11 Tony Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Grammy, a Pulitzer Prize, and some A-list fans.
“Lin-Manuel Miranda created an unforgettable theater experience and a true cultural phenomenon, and it was for good reason that Hamilton has hailed as an astonishing work of art,” Bob Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.
“All who saw it with the original cast will never forget that singular experience,” he boasted. “And we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share this same Broadway experience with millions of people around the world.”
The film is set for release in North America next year (so I’ll still have to pony up the cash to watch it on the West End).
As with any cinematic showing of a live performance, though, I am a bit wary: One of theater’s greatest joys is being able to view the show in your own way—not only as the movie director intends.
That may not be a problem, according to Disney, which called its screening “a leap forward” in the art of live capture, promising that it will “transport” audiences “in a uniquely intimate way.”
Exactly what that means remains to be seen.
Miranda is happy with the final product, though. So I’m in.
“I’m so proud of what [director] Tommy Kail has been able to capture in this filmed version of Hamilton—a live theatrical experience that feels just as immediate in your local movie theater,” the almost-EGOT winner said. “We’re excited to partner with Disney to bring the original Broadway company of Hamilton to the largest audience possible.”
Disney’s production of a 2016 stage performance includes original cast members:
Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton
Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton
Leslie Odom Jr. as Aaron Burr
Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler
Christopher Jackson as George Washington
Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson
Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan/James Madison
Anthony Ramos as John Laurens/Philip Hamilton
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds
Jonathan Groff as King George III
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Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has reportedly been nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
Swedish lawmakers Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling submitted the 17-year-old’s name for consideration, according to the Associated Press.
Thunberg “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis,” the Left Party members said. “Action for reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace.”
The schoolgirl who inspired an international movement to fight climate change was recommended for the prize last year by three Norwegian members of parliament.
In 2018, Thunberg was just a pigtailed kid camping outside Sweden’s parliament, demanding reduced carbon emissions.
Now, she’s a ponytailed phenom who’s emboldened students across the world to hold climate strikes.
Motivated by the Parkland teen activists in Florida, Thunberg created the Fridays For The Future movement, trading weekly school lessons for regular protests.
In December, she became the youngest recipient of Time Magazine’s Person of the Year tradition, which began in 1927.
Busy making the world a better place, Thunberg has not yet addressed the 2020 Peace Prize nod. Last year, she tweeted that “It’s obviously a great honor and nice to be nominated for such a big prize.”
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won in 2019 for his efforts to achieve international peace.
If Greta prevails (fingers crossed!), she would be the 54th female Nobel Prize recipient and 18th woman to earn the Peace Prize in the award’s 118-year history.
Since 1901, male nominees have dominated the annual list, winning on 73 more occasions than women, according to Refinery29.
Then 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai, champion of women’s and girls’ rights to education, won the Peace Prize alongside child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi in 2014. Most recently, human rights activist Nadia Murad snagged the 2018 medal “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”
The Norwegian Nobel Institute neither confirms nor denies nominees until an official list is published 50 years later. (Definitive proof will be available in 2070.)
This year’s winner will be announced in early October.
More on Geek.com:
- Greta Thunberg: ‘Nothing Has Been Done’ to Fight Climate Change
- When Greta Met David: Thunberg, Attenborough Talk Climate Crisis
- Greta Thunberg Documentary to Hit Hulu in 2020
So, the first (and most likely, only) season of HBO’s Watchmen series is done. It will be remembered as an across-the-board success that not only maintained loyalty and reverence for its source material, but was also unafraid to innovate within that time-honored universe. And despite the Emmy snub, the risk mostly paid off…which is why I’m waiting on DC to fully commit within the panels as well as the screen.
Sister Night Comic
Played by Regina King, Angela Abar is one of the most intriguing, likeable protagonists I’ve ever seen in science fiction. Capable, competent, determined and refreshingly vulgar, I’d easily put King’s ass-kicking heroine up there with the likes of Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor. Put simply, there’s no reason for there to not be an impending Sister Night comic series. DC Comics seems to make a pass at diversity about as often as they do at rebooting (or at least semi rebooting) their entire universe, both of which usually have mixed results. Meanwhile, Marvel has had a pretty decent run selling us on Black characters such as Miles Morales, Luke Cage, and the Black Panther. And sure, DC has some success Duke Thomas, Vixen, and everyone’s favorite Green Lantern, John Stewart, but introducing readers to Sister Night would be a creatively fulfilling venture on a couple of levels.
The Marvel Example
In 2003, Marvel dropped a limited series entitled Truth: Red, White and Black that would alter the history of the Marvel Universe with the reveal that the super soldier serum that created Captain America had been tested on a Black man, Isaiah, during the Tuskegee experiments. A couple of generations later (in comic time), the grandson of Isaiah Bradley took up the mantle of Patriot after growing up hearing of his legend. This brief summary alone brings about the possibility of so much world building about the secret history of the Marvel Universe. Now, imagine this kind of push for a limited comic series for Sister Night, a direct descendant of the first superhero in the Watchmen universe, now revealed to be a black man who wanted to wage war on police corruption. DC would be doing itself an enormous favor in the diversity game to add a character of such nuance to its roster and fictional history.
Don’t Stop Now
Now, certainly the argument could be made in the wake of the Watchmen show’s nigh-unanimous success and the critical praise for King’s performance that DC has already done itself said favor. We’ve already seen that there are those in the industry that will do anything to dismiss any mainstream success and popularity of Black characters as either a fluke or a fad. Less enlightened comic fans could very easily dismiss Sister Night and the direction the show took the Watchmen universe as a “version” of the story and not canon. A comic series would be doubling down on a diverse character that has been proven to be successful. And in a time when the Big Two are notorious for retreating to centering more familiar white franchises at the first sign of dissent in the readership, what better character to run with than an ass-kicking nun-themed detective that rides out in a Buick to Knight Rider-esque EDM music? Face it. The world needs more Sister Night.
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Off jump, Tokyo Godfathers is a classic. It’s a critically acclaimed film, it’s a tour de force in the world of animation and it has sincerely one of the best narratives about family in a film in the this decade. Sidebar: it’s also one of my favorite Christmas films. (Look if y’all keep saying Die Hard fits that category, then Tokyo Godfathers does too, Fight me.)last
2020 continues to be a year that wants to test our combined limits of how much grief, severe annoyance and disappointment in our governments and dystopian feels we can take so to hear news that such a film is bringing brought back, remastered with care to theatres makes my heart smile. Seeing Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers in the news brings me a little hope in helping to set this God awful year right and hopefully back on track.
The film follows three homeless people’s lives that are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. Set in modern-day Tokyo, as the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future, together. There’s plenty of hijinks and proud declarations mixed with themes of hope, found family, facing great odds against you and being at your wits ends when people don’t recognize your humanity.
When I think back to my first viewing of this film, I remember what stood out the most: the challenge present of our protagonists and how people failed to acknowledge their humanity time and time again throughout the film even though they were on a noble mission. With already having a strike against them by society for being homeless, they were also — an alcoholic, a drag queen, and an 11-year-old girl. From cops to shopkeepers to scary men who like to inflict violence on those who are less fortunate, the trio is put through the wringer.
They were constantly dismissed, belittled, harassed, ignored and even physically beaten for the audacity of existing. While adding an abandoned infant on Christmas Eve to their watch sets off this adventurous tale, I never forgot this charming film and how redemption and hope can touch anyone and how doing the right thing isn’t always the easiest task. Tokyo Godfathers is exactly a film with the right messages that so many of us can care to see right now in this dismal beginning of a year that I can only hope deep down will become brighter and better.
Miyuki: God must be busy at this time of year.
Hana: Better once a year than never.
And look…has it really been ten years since director Satoshi Kon’s death??? His golden filmography includes such beloved films that include Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Paprikra which have stood the test of time in storytelling that aged well and has served as influence for the film industry–even outside the animated industry! In the sphere of Hollywood, I can think of Black Swan and Inception off the top of my head that fit that bill.
To know that Tokyo Godfathers hasn’t been forgotten and will be introduced to a newer generation of fans of anime, to know that a newer generation of fans will get to be introduced to a master of storytelling that we haven’t forgotten is a lovely tribute to the visionary, warms my heart and gives me a little peace to take with me when I think about tomorrow.
This adored classic will be in theatres in all its restored beauty come March for two nights only! Co-written by Keiko Nobumoto (Cowboy Bebop, Wold’s Rain, Space Dandy) and featuring an endearing score by Keiichi Suzuki (Okko’s Inn, The Earthbound video games), this is one you just can’t miss this year!
Keeping fighting the good fight against the oppressive and disheartening circumstances and news cycles what seek to keep you down and treat yourself to this film about family, keeping the faith in dark times and the necessity of doing the right thing—always.
See more about tickets and other information here. See more from GKIDS about the film on your favorite social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Tickets are now on sale! ✨
TOKYO GODFATHERS, from Satoshi Kon (#PerfectBlue #Paprika), returns to theaters in a new restoration on MAR 9 & 11!
?March 9 – Subtitled
?March 11 – New English Dub
Tickets/Locations: https://t.co/tDVgf9aHPE#SatoshiKon #TokyoGodfathers pic.twitter.com/qTLUBG2vit— GKIDS Films ☀️ WEATHERING WITH YOU now playing! (@GKIDSfilms) January 31, 2020
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