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If you enter the Hamilton lottery every. single. day., still have no luck, and cry/scream into your phone every time you don’t get picked—no, I’m not speaking from experience—then with just a little patience, you’ll be able to see the hit musical for yourself.

Even better, fans will get to see it over and over again, featuring the whole original cast, including (my father) Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Several unnamed Hollywood studios are in a bidding war over movie rights for a 2016 recorded performance of the hit musical. The Wall Street Journal says that the film would not play in theaters until at least 2020 or 2021, and the bid could go up to $50 million.

The musical—which Miranda wrote the music, lyrics, and book for—opened in 2015 and was inspired by Rob Chernow’s 2004 book about the founding father Alexander Hamilton. The show received a record 16 Tony nominations (and won 11 of them), the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama, and the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. The show has since opened up in Chicago, Washington, D.C., London, and Cleveland.

Miranda has also since composed the score for Moana and will star in the upcoming Disney film, Marry Poppins Returns. An adaptation for Miranda’s In The Heights musical has a June 26, 2020 release date from Warner Bros., and he will make his directoral debut on a movie version of the play Tick. Tick…Boom!

About the author

Maddie Michalik

Maddie Michalik

Maddie Michalik is the senior editor at the Pop Insider, best known as the resident Insta Queen, where she fuels her geeky heart with the latest entertainment and pop culture news. She travels to different stations in the U.S. and Canada to show all her fav products on TV! Maddie is also an editor at the Toy Insider, the leading consumer holiday gift guide and toy review and news website, and serves as the editor-in-chief of leading trade magazine The Toy Book and weekly e-newsletter Toy Report, keeping the toy industry up to date with the latest happenings. Her love for consuming media is surpassed only by her love creating it (especially when she gets to talk about her favorite things). She is a Leslie Knope in training, and you can often find her rereading the Harry Potter series with a cup of coffee in her hand and patiently waiting for the next season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. See more of Maddie on Twitter and Instagram @MaddieMichalik.

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