Netflix Teases New Musical Film By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonathan Larson with ‘tick, tick…BOOM!’

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GLOBAL — Premiering on Netflix this fall, tick, tick…BOOM!  is an explosive musical film by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda who’s making his feature directorial debut with this adaptation of the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the revolutionary mind behind Rent.

The film follows Jon (Academy Award nominee and Tony Award winner Andrew Garfield), a young theater 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.

tick, tick…BOOM!, Image courtesy of Netflix

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.

Watch the teaser for tick, tick… BOOM! below: