Hamilton Broadway Coming to Disney Plus July 3 — Page 3

Plannietink08 said: "Given the bumpy start to DISNEY+ and what they’re doing to elevate LMM I’m not surprised by this decision. Amazing news though."

What bumpy start? Other than the overwhelming demand that caused some crashing on its release day, it was relatively smooth.

bear88 said: "I'm as eager as anyone to see it, even if I was more excited about seeing the musical in a theater, but I'm curious about the business angle (and a few other things).

- Disney paid a lot of money for the rights to Hamilton, and there's no way the company will be ableto make a profit on its investment with new Disney+ subscriptions. I was never sure how well it would do as a theatrical release, but now we'll never know what how much money a professionally shot megahit musical with crossover appeal could do as a film. I'm a bit bummed we'll never find out.

- That said, I understand the logic of releasing it on the Fourth of July weekend. Disney acquired an asset that has unique value to the company at this time - a critically-acclaimed musical, filmed almost four years ago, just sitting around when people are eager for something new to watch (or in the case of people who have seen it, to see in a different format). Hamilton's value now is almost certainly higher for Disney now than it would have been next year as a theatrical release that might not have made big money.

- There weren't many questions answered. While I assume Hamilton won't come and go quickly on Disney+, it raises questions about whether it will be available to purchase, in a theater (ever), et cetera. Yes, I guess we'll be getting the muted version on Disney+, which is annoying.

While $75 million is a lot of money and certainly Disney won’t make back its investment as quickly as the original planned 2021 theatrical release, it’s still cheaper to put Hamilton on Disney+ versus the $200-300 million production budget films (Mulan, Black Widow) that Disney makes that would typically earn $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Plus, it now makes its 2021 release slot available for another film.

Given it’s popularity, hopefully Disney releases it on Blu-ray and VOD with bonus features. This would likely be Disney’s route in markets without Disney+, although Disney could also license it to a third party where Disney+ doesn’t exist.

The early debut on Disney+ should allow the original cast, crew, and producers some small but nice residuals.

Elfuhbuh said: "I’m not a fan of this choice of streaming service; getting pretty sick of Disney sticking their fingers all over everything. "

Disney bought the rights. Why would they put it on another streaming service?

Has it been announced it was indeed going to be censored?

Updated On: 5/15/20 at 05:11 PM

Kad said: "Your personal opinion of the show doesn’t change the fact it is the rare musical in modern times to become a cultural phenomenon."

And nowhere in my posting did I state that it wasn't. My personal opinion. As you noted.

Hamilton is a good musical, but it was one-timer for me.

SFFrontRow said: "BrodyFosse123 said: "Oh, you silly kids. This’ll be available everywhere after it airs. Even if it streams only once."

I hope this is true. Even if Disney only does limited time only sale of DVD, it'd go fast."

That's not what he meant, though there is no doubt in my mind they will release it on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital downloads.

schubox said: "Elfuhbuh said: "I’m not a fan of this choice of streaming service; getting pretty sick of Disney sticking their fingers all over everything. "

Disney bought the rights. Why would they put it on another streaming service?"


Maybe you and others here missed the last part of my sentence, but I’m unhappy that Disney bought the rights at all. They’ve been grabbing too many companies and properties, to the point where they almost have a monopoly on the entertainment industry by now.

I wonder if they'll bleep anything

The first thing that came to my head when I read that it was going to be released in 2021 was 'why would they do this when the rabid desire by non-theatre fans to see Hamilton is still incredibly high?' I really wondered whether this would lower the intensity to see Hamilton once available in the movies. (I know that Phantom and Les Mis have had something resembling the show shown years ago on TV, but they were past their huge demand days and were long on TKTS).

When Covid19 came along, I always assumed that Hamilton, The Music Man and maybe some other things with big stars might get people back into seats sooner than they might otherwise.

God only knows when Broadway will re-open, and I hope that there may be a vaccine somewhere around that (sooner-than-later) time; I wonder whether this availability on Disney (presumably even for repeat viewing for some time) will cause the fervor to dissipate, in which case Hamilton might not be quite the must-see show to get people back into theatre seats when it does return. (Before COVID, I assumed that Hamilton would probably run as long as at least The Lion King or Wicked. Between COVID and all the exposure it will get on Disney, I wonder whether this will lead a much reduced run than would have been the case. All theoretical, as there is no way of knowing).

Since the theatrical producers have been as greedy as possible ($199 for the last row of the rear mezzanine against the wall???), this whole thing seems surprising to me.

I also wonder whether there will ever be an 'opened up' Hamilton movie, if the taped version proves to be a huge success.

While I am personally delighted that it will be on Disney with the incredible original cast, I really question the business decision of previously IMO very greedy producers.

Tons of movies on Disney + are not censored, I don't expect this will be either.

Incorrect!