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Trailer released for Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation Jonathan Larson's Tick Tick Boom

Published on

June 13, 2021

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Netflix have released a trailer of Jonathan Larson's Tick Tick Boom directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda starring Andrew Garfield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJXFRshQfw

Lin-Manuel Miranda directs and Andrew Garfield stars in TICK, TICK... BOOM!, a new film based on Rent creator Jonathan Larson's autobiographical musical about one man's race against time to create something extraordinary.

Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda makes his feature directorial debut with tick, tick…BOOM!, an adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, who revolutionized theatre as the creator of Rent.  The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner  Andrew Garfield), a young theatre composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical.  Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic.  With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?

tick, tick…BOOM! stars Academy Award nominee & Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesús, Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry, MJ Rodriguez, Emmy Award winner Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, with Emmy and Tony Award winner Judith Light, and Vanessa Hudgens.  The film is written by Tony Award winner Steven Levenson, and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, Julie Oh, and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Tick Tick Boom will be available on Netflix and in cinemas this Autumn.

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