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Alyssa Greenberg/WWD Lin-Manuel Miranda will direct a feature film adaptation of the award-winning stage musical “Octet.”
The project marks his second film directing effort since his debut with “Tick, Tick… Boom!” in 2021.
“Eight internet-obsessed people meet in a church basement and lock their phones in a box,” reads the official description of the Dave Malloy (“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”) show, adding that the story “follows an octet of people struggling with digital dependency, charting their compulsions using only the analog vibrancy of their own voices. With witty lyrics, shimmering harmonies and virtuosic solos, ‘Octet’ sings of connection, redemption, hope — and how we can be truly present with each other.”
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