Posted on 02/04/2020 7:06:22 AM PST by C19fan
When Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted the news Monday that the movie adaptation of his groundbreaking Broadway show Hamilton was set for release by Disney in fall 2021, he omitted one of the most breathtaking parts of the deal.
According to sources, Disney beat out other suitors and paid $75 million for worldwide rights to the show that won 11 Tony Awards in 2016, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Disney won the deal with a commitment for a wide global theatrical release for the 2 hour, 40 minute movie, which was shot two weeks before the original cast left.
I can’t think of an acquisition of a finished film that has gone for more money than this one. It is, however, a seminal cultural zeitgeist event and, as Miranda himself has said, the movie allows people to avoid having to pay $500 a seat, which they were before the original cast and he moved on. You could hardly call this profligate spending, given that when Hamilton finishes its traditional theatrical run, it will then become a major title on the Disney+ streaming service.
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Would not and will not watch......so yeah.
Right-it’s only propaganda for people too dumb to research the topic on their own and see just how inaccurate and deliberately revisionist it is.
Will they show the movie on BET?
I won’t be watching it.
Libtard progressives are largely historical revisionists anyhow.....real recorded history eludes them, such as they were the party of slavery, etc., so yeah....
Universal paid 100 million to Spielberg ‘s company for Cats... Disney’s deal for a verified film seems pretty good by that metric.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)
The musical tells the story of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton through music that draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes; the show also incorporates color-conscious casting of non-white actors as the Founding Fathers and other historical figures.[1][2][3] Through this use of modern storytelling methods, Hamilton has been described as being about “America then, as told by America now.”[4]
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The musical closes with a reflection on historical memory, showing how Eliza kept Hamilton’s legacy alive (”Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story”).
I wonder if anyone believes that people will be singing or even remember the songs from this show or movie? People are still performing songs from Rogers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Lowe and a host of others who created wonderful musicals for the theatre and the silver screen. I doubt the only thing Hamilton will be remembered for his being pictured on money.
The third release, on March 2, 2018, was “The Hamilton Polka” by “Weird Al” Yankovic, a polka medley of some of the songs from the musical. A fan of Yankovic since childhood, Miranda became friends with him after they tried to develop a musical together. About the origin of the song, Yankovic said, “Lin pitched it to me as a polka medley way more hesitantly than [he] should have. He was like, ‘Would you want to do a polka medley?’ I was like, ‘Of course I do!’” Since Yankovic was busy working on his new tour, he wouldn’t be able to release the song in February, so he suggested calling March 2 “February 30th”. Miranda said it was “the most perfect ‘Weird Al’ creative problem solving possible”.[61]
I could be wrong, but I think the movie studios still have no idea who their audience is. The reason Hamilton got so popular and had such high ticket price values was because it was an event a limited number of people were able to physically go to, brag about later, and look sophisticated. That’s how theater works. Basic economics + social media. Supply is constrained, demand stays high because of the rather small but consistent population is spreading the word in blog articles and Instagram posts.
Even if the story is gold, (and frequently stories set for a theater do not translate well for movies, much less for tv) the mechanics of it are now all different. A stage show has a forced perspective that a movie audience would never tolerate. Demand will be met after just a few days of release, either for better or for worse. And in Hamilton’s case particularly, people will stop bragging about getting tickets for the weekend or saying how magical it was and “you just had to be there.”
But whatever, it’s a movie, it’s not my money and a lot of people who did want to see it will still have their fancy pants friends saying “well, when I saw it with the original cast...” And the creater cashed out quite well. Might be one of the most expensive non-cgi movies ever, and at least it’s not a sequel to an 80s movie that nobody wanted.
Because we all know if an all white cast did a play on Martin Luther King Jr. it would get the same praise and awards.
Has to have been the most pandering stage play ever.
Going international?
I predict very limited interest outside the USA.
It might do OK in the USA as a film.
However, if making the movie costs more than $50 million, Disney will never break even on the purchase price.
if they spent 50 million filming two shows, then I sure don't want these lefties running healthcare.
I’ll pass on this. However, I do think a live production in theaters is a better way to see a stage musical than a realistic film.
I’m not sure it would do that well in the U.S..
Thanks for that post. I was wondering why a woman in a dog obedience class was loudly bragging about going to this show. I was wondering why anyone would care.
You’ve explained it, this is the “Cecil the lion” demographic. People caught on the winds of social media.
Black Hamilton? Sorry . . . it’s an insult to the Founding Father.
It’ll bomb.
Fad is over.
This movie will make hundreds of millions. The original cast is legendary. I lived in NYC when the show first came out and it was absolutely impossible to get tickets without paying a ridiculous amount of money. Say what you want about the actual show, but this was a good move by Disney.
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