Lin-Manuel Miranda to direct movie musical adaptation of ‘Octet’

‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to direct the movie musical adaptation of Dave Malloy’s ‘Octet’.

First staged off Broadway in 2019, ‘Octet’ is an acapella musical about eight individuals who gather in a church basement to talk about their internet addiction.

It was written and created by Malloy, with the 2019 production under Signature Theatre, directed by Annie Tippe.

Miranda’s second directorial project

This marks Miranda’s second venture into film directing after making his successful directorial debut in 2021 with the Oscar-nominated movie musical ‘tick, tick… BOOM!’ starring Andrew Garfield.

Malloy will adapt the musical for the screen and will also executive produce.

Speaking about the upcoming movie, Miranda said: “I haven’t stopped thinking about Octet since I saw Annie Tippe’s premiere production in November of 2019.”

“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,” he added in a statement quoted by The Hollywood Reporter.

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Malloy, meanwhile, said he is “over the moon” that Miranda is turning his musical 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,” he added.

The film’s release date or its casting has yet to be announced.

Miranda has made his mark in both theater and film, having created Tony-winning musicals ‘Hamilton’ and ‘In The Heights’.

He is also responsible for some of the iconic and catchy songs from Disney’s ‘Encanto’ and ‘Moana’.

Apart from ‘Octet’, Malloy also wrote ‘Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812’, a Tony-winning sung-through musical adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’.

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