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Another Broadway musical will be coming to a movie theater near you. Tony Award-winning "In the Heights" will soar to new heights on the big screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Full Article at MSN Entertainment
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Another Broadway musical will be coming to a movie theater near you. Tony Award-winning "In the Heights" will soar to new heights on the big screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Full Article at Entertainment Tonight
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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 29: Director Kenny Ortega and Dizzy Feet Foundation founding member Nigel Lythgoe arrive at the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Inaugural Celebration of Dance at The Kodak Theater on November 29, 2009 in Hollywood, California. View Photo »
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couldn't wait to get to London ... This was not a retirement plan.
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"This Is It" producer Kenny Ortega has signed on to direct the screen version of "In the Heights" for Universal. Full Article at New York Post
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Universal has hired him to oversee the film, the rights to which it bought up in 2008. The package included the show's creator Lin-Manuel, who also created the lead role, plus the writer and producers. Full Article at Empire: Movie News & Reviews
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Kenny Ortega - director of the High School Musical movies and Michael Jackson's This Is It - is attached to bring the Tony-winning Broadway musical In The Heights to the silver screen. Full Article at ABC Online
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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 29: Director Kenny Ortega arrives at the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Inaugural Celebration of Dance at The Kodak Theater on November 29, 2009 in Hollywood, California. View Photo »
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Kenny Ortega did an amazing job directing this film ... He and Michael put together an amazing group of musicians and dancers, and the film really does give you a rare opportunity to see his genius at work.
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Universal Pictures has set Kenny Ortega to direct "In the Heights," the bigscreen adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Full Article at Variety
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Kenny Ortega, the director of the "High School Musical" movies and "Michael Jackson's This Is It," is attached to direct Universal's adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical "In the Heights." Full Article at Hollywood Reporter
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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 29: Director Kenny Ortega and Dizzy Feet Foundation founding member Nigel Lythgoe arrive at the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Inaugural Celebration of Dance at The Kodak Theater on November 29, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 29: Actor Channing Tatum (L) and Director Kenny Ortega attend the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Inaugural Celebration of Dance cocktail reception at The Kodak Theater on November 29, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
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HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 29: Director Kenny Ortega and Dizzy Feet Foundation founding member and actress Katie Holmes arrive at the Dizzy Feet Foundation's Inaugural Celebration of Dance at The Kodak Theater on November 29, 2009 in Hollywood, California.
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couldn't wait to get to London ... This was not a retirement plan.
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Kenny Ortega did an amazing job directing this film ... He and Michael put together an amazing group of musicians and dancers, and the film really does give you a rare opportunity to see his genius at work.
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We wouldn’t have movie musicals this day if it wasn’t for Michael Jackson
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We had completed all of the show as it would have been staged at London's O2
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Awards, Oscars, that's all great wishful thinking
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It also came from my background of loving Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ and being a huge fan of all of his short film work
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It was not planned ... wanted to take a few deep breaths and relax before I resurface…None of this [Michael Jackson and This Is It] was happening when I started working on Footloose with Paramount. I honestly love the team I was working with on it…It had been a wonderful couple of years developing the i...
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What we did here was focus on telling a good story and creating a film for the fans really enabling them to understand what Michael Jackson had dreamed for them
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Everyone in a Michael Jackson show is an extension of Michael Jackson
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Michael stood out in front of the stage with me and looked at the rehearsal and said, 'This is the dream. This is the dream, good Kenny. You did it,' ... I think there was this feeling in the room, in the air — we all could feel like you were on the plane, you were packed. We were going. You could see L...
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This is sacred documentation of Michael Jackson's last theatrical endeavor
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We met with other creative people, in television, film and music, and he was already writing screenplays with other people, creating music with other people ... So he was really out there and invested, and far from retiring. ... All of those projects, Michael had invited me to be his partner on. I was l...
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We know the fans are going to come -- the question is, are people that weren't necessarily diehard Michael Jackson fans going to come? ... If so, I would hope the film would have some legs and a reason to stay there.
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Michael stood out in front of the stage that night with me and looked up at the rehearsal and said, 'This is the dream. We did it good, Kenny, we did it. Very good.' There was this anticipation of tomorrow, this anticipation of London and this great feeling about what we'd accomplished over the past cou...
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We created a screening for her at Sony… Columbia, which is (the same lot as) the old MGM, which is where she used to have a contract
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He was excited, looking forward to (it), happy, pleased with what we had accomplished up until that moment and looking forward to finishing up the rehearsals in Los Angeles and moving on to London
