Andrew Garfield is set to star in the film adaptation of “Tick, Tick…Boom!,” which is the feature directorial debut of Lin-Manuel Miranda, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The movie is set up at Netflix and is based on the autobiographical, off-Broadway play by the writer of “Rent,” Jonathan Larson. Larson died tragically in 1996 the night before the musical “Rent” made its first preview performance and eventually became a worldwide sensation, winning Larson multiple posthumous Tony awards and the Pulitzer Prize.
Netflix acquired worldwide rights to the film back in June, and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Julie Oh are set as producers alongside Miranda.