April 2 (UPI) — Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton writer and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to direct the film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s chamber choir musical about Internet addiction, Octet.
Miranda’s 5000 Broadway Productions announced the project Thursday.
This will be the first film Miranda helms since 2021’s tick, tick…Boom!, an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical.
Julie Oh, who was a producer on tick, tick…Boom!, is now head of film and television for Miranda’s production company and will serve as a producer on Octet.
“I haven’t stopped thinking about Octet since I saw Annie Tippe’s premiere production in November of 2019,” Miranda said in a statement Thursday.
“Dave Malloy’s score is versatile, brilliant and grows more relevant with each passing year. It won’t leave me alone so here we are.”
Malloy added: “I am over the moon that Lin-Manuel is turning Octet into a movie! I was utterly gobsmacked by his work on tick, tick…Boom!, and feel so honored to have such a beacon of the musical theater world bring this piece into a new life.
“As a brilliant storyteller, fellow internet junkie, and dear friend, I know he’s going to make something amazing. And our cast is completely ridiculous,” Malloy added.