April 14 (UPI) — Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Hamilton composer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced the cast list for his new movie musical, Octet.
He posted the roster on Instagram Tuesday.
It reads: Amanda Seyfried is Jessica; Rachel Zegler is Velma; Sheryl Lee Ralph is Paula; Phillipa Soo is Karly; Gaten Matarazzo is Toby; Jonathan Groff is Henry; Tramell Tillman is Marvin and Paul-Jordan Jansen is Ed.
Rehearsals are already underway.
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This marks the first film Miranda will direct since 2021’s tick, tick…Boom!, an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s semi-autobiographical musical.
“I haven’t stopped thinking about Octet since I saw Annie Tippe’s premiere production in November of 2019,” Miranda said at the time the project was announced earlier this month.
“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.”