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Even for Lin-Manuel Miranda, you have to admit he had a hell of a 2021 — moviewise at least. Part of all that has to do with timing, as the film adaptation of his Tony-winning musical In the Heights had been delayed a year to Covid delays in its release, but nevertheless it kicked off a remarkable year when it finally…

The stars are set for the Critics Choice Association’s inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema. The group said today that Clifton Collins Jr, Natalie Morales, Eugenio Derbez, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Olga Merediz and the creative team behind Vivo — including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Gloria Estefan — are among the…

China has dated a trio of studio movies for the early part of November, just as MGM/Eon/Universal's No Time To Die bows today and with Warner Bros/Legendary's Dune having opened last weekend. Notably, Disney's Jungle Cruise will sail into the massive market on November 12. Before that, Paramount's Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe…

Outer Banks notched a repeat win in Nielsen’s U.S. streaming rankings for the week of August 9 to 15, though viewership dropped by about half in its second full week on Netflix. The 20 episodes of the mystery drama collected 1.16 billion total minutes of viewing, down from 2.1 billion in the previous week. The No. 2…

It is turning out to be quite a year for Lin-Manuel Miranda. His Tony-winning In the Heights hit movie screens, his Hamilton has 12 Emmy nominations including one for him, his directorial effort Tick Tick…Boom is about to take off on the fall festival circuit, and he has two animated films including the fall release: E…

Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation have unveiled the trailer for Vivo, the anticipated animated film starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, which premieres globally on August 6. The musical adventure pic—featuring original songs by Miranda—centers on his character Vivo, a one-of-kind kinkajou (or rainforest "honey bear") who…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has licensed all global rights, sans China, to Sony Pictures Animation’s Vivo. The movie, directed by Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco (The Croods) and co-directed by Brandon Jeffords (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2) with new songs written and performed by Tony-winning Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Mira…

Sony said Friday that the sequel to its Oscar-winning animated pic Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will hit theaters on April 8, 2022. The studio also said that another Sony Pictures Animation project — the musical adventure tale Vivo, with original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda — is being pushed back five months to…

Sony Pictures Animation said this evening that it has shifted the release date for Vivo, its big project anchored by 11 songs written by Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda. The studio had fast-tracked the project on the heels of Miranda’s success driving the music for Disney’s Moana, originally setting a December 18, 2020…

This morning on the Sony lot, Sony Pictures Animation previewed their upcoming slate of films, including The Emoji Movie, Smurfs: The Lost Village, and The Star, all of which will bow in 2017. Among the future releases discussed moving beyond 2017 were Hotel Transylvania 3, with Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and director…

EXCLUSIVE: In a week where Lin-Manuel Miranda had the number one movie in Moana, the number one album with The Hamilton Mixtape and the top Broadway show in Hamilton, he has set a big animated film project to follow Moana. Sony Pictures Animation chief Kristine Belson has fast tracked Vivo, a film that will be…