Miranda returns to Broadway; House of the Dragon kills Jace
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- Lin-Manuel Miranda co-wrote Warriors with Eisa Davis; previews begin March 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne, opening in April — his first original Broadway musical since Hamilton debuted.link ›
- The October 2024 concept album stacked Lauryn Hill, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony, Billy Porter, Ghostface Killah, RZA, Colman Domingo, and Cam'ron; Nas exec produced with Mike Elizondo producing.link ›
- Jace (Harry Collett) drowns in the House of the Dragon Season 3 premiere after dragon Vermax is hit by a ballista bolt during the Battle of the Gullet.link ›
- Madonna told Interview her biopic died over Universal's refusal to fund a big-budget scope; the studio reportedly doubted she'd stay in Serbia more than four days.link ›
- Agnieszka Holland will direct Berlinweh, a non-linear Marlene Dietrich biopic structured around four days in Paris 1937, Bergen-Belsen 1945, Tel Aviv 1960, and Paris 1983.link ›
- Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun — starring Jenna Ortega as a solar-powered robot opposite Amy Adams — opens theatrically Oct. 23 via Sony's 3000 Pictures.link ›
- Warner Bros. Pictures Animation confirmed a new Powerpuff Girls movie at Annecy but stressed no deal is in place; the 2002 film grossed just $16M against an $11M budget.link ›
- Jay-Z will sit down with Rick Rubin for "Jay-Z in 8," an eight-part HBO documentary series premiering this fall; Daniel Kaluuya joins as executive producer.link ›
Lin-Manuel Miranda finally has a date for his first original Broadway musical since Hamilton. Warriors, co-written with Eisa Davis and adapted from Walter Hill's 1979 film with the title gang recast as women, begins previews at the Lunt-Fontanne in March 2027 before opening in April. The project arrives pre-stacked: a 2024 concept album featuring Lauryn Hill, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Billy Porter, Ghostface Killah, and RZA, plus a Korins-led design team and Jenny Koons directing. On the TV side, House of the Dragon's Season 3 premiere drowned Jace (Harry Collett) in the Battle of the Gullet, leaving Rhaenyra with three underage sons and a gutted navy.
The stories behind this week
Miranda's 'Warriors' Musical Sets Broadway Bow atA Hamilton-scale gap separates Miranda's last original Broadway musical from this one, making the Lunt-Fontanne bow a high-visibility return to the form that made him a cultural force. The A-list concept album — Hill, Nas, Porter, RZA — already gave the project crossover hip-hop and theater credibility, and a female-gang rewrite of a 1979 cult property signals a deliberate creative reframe rather than a nostalgia play.
Agnieszka Holland to Direct Non-Linear Dietrich BiopicThe same team behind Holland's recent "Franz" (2025) is re-teaming, giving the project a proven working relationship from day one. The non-linear, four-day structure emphasizes Dietrich's wartime and exile identity — Bergen-Belsen 1945, Tel Aviv 1960 — over Hollywood stardom, distinguishing it from prior Dietrich biopics. Films Boutique handling world sales out of Berlin signals an international festival play rather than a domestic-first release.
Jenna Ortega Leads Taika Waititi's 'Klara and the Sun'Sony's 3000 Pictures is pairing Waititi's directorial voice with Ishiguro's introspective sci-fi and anchoring the film on Ortega's streaming-era profile from Netflix's 'Wednesday.' The Oct. 23 theatrical date positions a quiet, character-driven adaptation — Ishiguro's previous 'Never Let Me Go' was a modest performer in 2010 — for a broader audience than the source novel typically reaches.
Madonna Biopic Scrapped Over Universal Budget DisputeMadonna's account reframes the cancellation as a financial dispute, not a creative one — a studio unwilling to fund the scope of a pop icon's life story. The script is now trapped in a rights dispute with Universal, blocking a Netflix series adaptation and leaving Madonna without a path to tell her own story on her own terms.
Warner Bros. Developing New Powerpuff Girls MovieWarner is signaling renewed commitment to its animation IP pipeline, but the no-greenlight, no-deal caveat shows this is an early-stage announcement rather than a locked project. The franchise's history — a 2002 movie that earned $16M on an $11M budget and a live-action adaptation that never aired — means the studio is betting on a property with a proven track record of stumbling when it moves beyond television.
Jace Drowns in House of the Dragon Season 3 PremiereJace's death strips Rhaenyra of her most battle-ready son at a critical moment, leaving her with only underage heirs (Joffrey, Aegon III, Viserys II) and a decimated navy. With her naval forces gutted and no eligible dragonriders among her remaining sons, taking King's Landing becomes substantially harder as Season 3 progresses.
Mercedes Ron Signs First-Look Deal With Amazon MGMAmazon MGM Studios is locking down Ron — the author whose Culpables trilogy alone has driven 100 million views and who anchors 11 book-to-screen projects in the pipeline — as a multi-year creative engine. The executive producer credit hands her direct control over how her IP migrates to English-language YA, joining franchises like Maxton Hall and The Summer I Turned Pretty in Amazon's bet that proven book IP is its most reliable international growth lever.
Jay-Z Documentary Series Set At HBO – Watch The TeaserRubin's directorial hand — he previously helmed "McCartney 3,2,1" — suggests extended, unfiltered conversations rather than a quick career rewind, and Daniel Kaluuya joining Rubin and Carter as executive producer marks the project as a prestige event beyond a standard music retrospective.
Why it matters: Miranda's first original Broadway musical since Hamilton — opening April 2027 at the Lunt-Fontanne — instantly becomes the Tony favorite for that season and re-establishes Broadway's hip-hop musical form around a single architect.
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