Film & TV NewsLin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Vivo Moves Up Release DateThe Sony animated film will arrive in theatres in 2020.
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Ryan McPhee
January 29, 2018
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Sony Pictures Animation’s Vivo, featuring songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a script by his In the Heights collaborator Quiara Alegría Hudes, will arrive in theatres a few weeks earlier than expected.
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Initially fast-tracked for a December 18, 2020, release, the film will now premiere a bit sooner that year on November 6, according to Deadline.
The project was initially developed by DreamWorks shortly after the success of In the Heights. The story follows a thrill-seeking capuchin monkey with (naturally) a passion for music who travels from Havana to Miami.
Miranda, who won his third Grammy Award over the weekend for Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go,” will star in Disney’s upcoming Mary Poppins Returns, premiering Christmas Day. His additional screen projects in the pipeline include collaborating with Alan Menken on Disney’s live-action The Little Mermaid and executive producing and contributing music to Showtime’s Kingkiller Chronicle.
PHOTO RECAP: Looking Back at In the Heights' Broadway Closing Night
PHOTO RECAP: Looking Back at In the Heights' Broadway Closing Night
In the Heights, the groundbreaking musical created by Latino American writers, populated by an eclectic cast including Latino American performers and offering a slice of the Latino American experience, ended its Broadway run Jan. 9, 2011.
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Priscilla Lopez, Marcy Harriell, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Arielle Jacobs, Andrea Burns, Courtney Reed, Seth Stewart and the cast of In The Heights
Co-presented with The Grammy Museum, the event came just after the Best Musical winner picked up a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album.
