By Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office Editor Warner Bros. will now open In the Heights on June 18, 2021. The movie based on the hit Broadway musical was expected to open originally on June 26 this year, but the COVID-19 shutdown of theaters pushed the movie off the Warner Bros.
calendar. The pic, directed by Crazy Rich Asians Jon M. Chu, is a feature take on Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ four-time Tony winning musical.
In the original storyline, bodega owner Usnavi (who will be played in the movie by Anthony Ramos) strikes it rich and plans to leave, until the pull of the Latino neighborhood and the people in it give him pause.
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