Olga Merdiz (The Place Beyond the Pines) and Gregory Diaz (Broadway’s Matilda) have joined Anthony Ramos (Hamilton, A Star is Born), Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton), Jimmy Smits, Leslie Grace, and Melissa Barrera in Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical In The Heights, according to a tweet by he famed composer.
In The Heights will be filming this summer on location in NYC’s Washington Heights.
Miranda portrayed the lead role of Usnavi in the Broadway musical, and also wrote the music and lyrics.
In the Heights is set in Washington Heights in New York City and focuses on a bodega owner who is closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.