'Hamilton' Will Hit Disney+ Just in Time For Independence Day
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is not throwing away its shot at making the most of the Hamilton movie. The Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical is now scheduled to hit the Disney+ streaming service on July 3, 2020, nearly 16 months before its originally scheduled premiere.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's production studio created a filmed version of Hamilton back in 2016, putting cameras on stage during three performances of the musical with the original Broadway cast. The resulting movie has a runtime of 2 hours and 40 minutes. The completed production was then shelved in order to give Hamilton some time to rack up ticket sales for the live Broadway show.
Three months ago, Disney paid $75 million for the right to publish Hamilton on Disney+ with an original premiere set for Oct. 21, 2021. This deal was struck just before COVID-19 became a global pandemic and turned the entertainment industry upside down. Millions of consumers around the world are working from home and avoiding public spaces, giving them more time and incentive to check out convenient media-streaming services such as Disney+.
Source Fool.com
