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Lin-Manuel Miranda's animated musical Vivo to premiere on Netflix

Big news for Lin-Manuel Miranda fans!

| London |

27 April 2021

There's about to be something of a deluge of Lin-Manuel Miranda-related projects dropping over the coming months, and Sony has just added to the hype.

The company has revealed that animated film Vivo, featuring music written and performed by Miranda, will premiere on Netflix. The piece is directed by Oscar nominee Kirk DeMicco with co-direction by Brandon Jeffords, and follows a kinkajou (honey-bear) voiced by Miranda, who plays music for crowds in Havana. Gloria Estefan also stars, with the screenplay by DeMicco and Quiara Alegría Hudes.

Update: The film will be released on Netflix on 6 August 2021, with a first-look trailer released today:

Vivo and Gabi sing their way through the Florida Everglades—without a map or a plan—to deliver a song that will change everything.

VIVO arrives August 6 on Netflix! #VivoMovie pic.twitter.com/DtEht0xPZ0

— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) July 21, 2021

Vivo isn't even the only new piece featuring Miranda's creative talents heading to Netflix – the film version of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick…Boom! will also premiere on the platform, with a cast led by Andrew Garfield. You can find out more here.

If that isn't enough, Miranda is also working on the tunes for the new live-action Little Mermaid film, while also premiering to reveal his own Disney animated piece, Encanto, set to land this autumn.