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Tick, Tick…BOOM! trailer: Andrew Garfied steps into the shoes of Jonathan Larson in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut based on the ‘Rent’ creator

Netflix has dropped the trailer, key art and the first single 30/90 from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial Tick, Tick…BOOM! The film is an adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s autobiographical pre-Rent musical and stars Andrew Garfield in the lead as Larson. The film is Miranda’s feature directorial debut.

The film follows Garfied as Jon, a young theater composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?

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The film also stars Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus, Joshua Henry, Mj Rodriguez, Bradley Whitford, Tariq Trotter, Judith Light and Vanessa Hudgens.

Tick, Tick…BOOM! is written by Steven Levenson and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, Julie Oh and Lin-Manuel Miranda. The film will release in select theatres and on Netflix on November 19.

(Source: YouTube)

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