Music remained a big theme of the trailers presented – in this case by musical creator Lin-Manuel Miranda – as we got a new look at In The Heights via a fresh trailer. Check it out:
Taking the lead here is Anthony Ramos, one of Lin-Manuel’s frequent collaborators. He’s Usnavi, the role Miranda originally inhabited, a bodega owner in the largely latin Washington Heights district of New York – a neighbourhood facing the pressures of gentrification and escalating rents.
The film tells the story of Usnavi’s generation, a tapestry of characters exploring and navigating their personal identities as the neighborhood begins to change. It’s set predominantly over the course of a weekend, as the temperature soars, a power grid failure causes a blackout, and someone bags a winning lottery ticket. Plus Lin himself plays a small but important side-character, a Piragua seller, who you can once again briefly see here. The new trailer was an emotional one, building from quiet character moments to the ebullience of the big ensemble performances.
With Jon M. Chu directing, In The Heights will be out in the UK on 18 June.