Disney Dropped the Trailer for Hamilton’s Movie Adaptation
By George Robbins
Disney has managed to cement its streaming service during this pandemic by getting people to flock to their site with content for them to keep busy watching. Not long after the pandemic began Disney had no choice but to shut down their amusement parks which are massive money makers for them. As a result of having to shut down the parks, it was estimated that they would be losing out on billions of dollars in revenue, but this isn’t their only form of revenue. Not long after theaters shut down and all movies in there were forced out, they made announcements about bringing movies to digital earlier than anticipated to keep people busy.
Since then, they have been making sure that their streaming service keeps up to date in order to keep their viewership numbers up during the pandemic. While the service may not be their only source of revenue, it is one of the constant sources they have currently available to them. They are still trying to keep their biggest theatrical releases in theaters by simply delaying them, but they need some new content here and there to keep crowds busy. This is why they recently announced things like the ‘Frozen 2’ making of documentary which will premiere on Disney+ on June 26th. This is also complimented by other releases in the near future such as ‘Hamilton.’
The ‘Hamilton’ movie is the film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name which goes through the life of founding father Alexander Hamilton. The musical is inspired by the 2004 biography of the founding father and the show’s music has a combination of hip-hop, R&B, pop, and soul. It was met almost immediately by critical success and was then moved to Broadway within a few months after its initial performance where it won 11 Tony Awards and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Now, an edited form of the musical will be appearing on Disney+ as a film for people to watch on July 3rd instead of its intended theatrical release in October 2021.