Lin-Manuel Miranda Addresses Colorism in 'In The Heights' on Twitter: 'I Am Truly Sorry'

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In a Twitter post last night, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator, and writer of the Broadway musical “In The Heights,” on which the Jon M. Chu-directed film of the same name is based, posted an apology in response to discussions of the film’s colorism from audiences and critics.

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In a Twitter post last night, Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator, and writer of the Broadway musical “In The Heights,” on which the Jon M. Chu-directed film of the same name is based, posted an apology in response to discussions of the film’s colorism from audiences and critics.

In The Heights.Addressing a recent interview with The Root journalist Felice León, in which León asked director Jon M. Chu about how dark-skinned Latino actors only appeared in background scenes, Miranda acknowledged the film “fell short”.“I started writing In the Heights because I didn’t feel seen,” Miranda began in a statement on Twitter.

Jon M. Chu is responding to accusations of “white washing” the roles of Afro-Latinx characters in the In The Heights movie.

The movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s 2008 Broadway musical In The Heights is drawing lots of attention this summer — but now it may be for all the wrong reasons.

In The Heights, and that includes some superstar celebs who simply can’t stop singing the film’s praises.One of the biggest names to talk about their love of the film is  Ariana Grande, who couldn’t have been more excited about getting to see a screening of the movie early. The “thank u, next” singer raved about the musical for a full minute in a video that director Jon M. Chu shared on Twitter on Thursday, June 10.“So I am the biggest In the Heights stan that you will ever find on Earth, and a few weeks ago, I had the privilege of seeing an early showing of the In the Heights movie,” she said in the clip.

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Third-party streaming viewership stat org Samba TV reports this morning that 693k U.S. households watched In the Heights on HBO Max in their live+3-day window. The news comes in the wake of the Warner Bros. feature musical losing the No. 1 spot at the weekend B.O. to the third session of Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II, $11.5M to $12M.

, it’s hard not to think about the impact the movie musical based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Broadway production will have during this year’s awards season.  Debuting in theaters (and on HBO Max the same day), the film directed by Jon M.

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SATURDAY UPDATE: Refresh for updates While it appeared that the summer box office was dusting itself off from the pandemic over the last two weeks, both newcomers Warner Bros. highly anticipated Jon M. Chu directed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights and Sony’s Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway are currently filing less than spectacular results respectively with a No. 1 rank of $5M Friday, $13M 3-day and No. 4 place of $4M Friday, and $10.2M 30-day.

Ellise Shafer administratorWarner Bros. movie musical “In the Heights” is poised to top the domestic box office this weekend, though its 3-day estimate now sits lower than previous predictions.Earlier in the week, “In the Heights” — directed by Jon M.

There’s a quick moment in the movie In the Heights that pays tribute to creator Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s other hit musical, Hamilton.

is going to be the event of the summer — and it's here! Based on the 2007 Tony Award-winning stage musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes, the story got the big screen treatment and fans have been anxious to see the movie. Last March,’ theatrical release was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak, but now it is set to debut in theaters and on HBO Max in June.As fans get excited to finally watch, ET is breaking down everything we know about the movie musical adaptation and how to watch it on HBO Max or in theaters now.

It’s a very In The Heights week for Deadline’s New Hollywood Podcast.