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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Octet announced a star-studded cast, led by Amanda Seyfried and Rachel Zegler with Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jonathan Groff, Phillipa Soo, Tramell Tillman, Gaten Matarazzo, and Paul-Jordan Jansen, as the Off-Broadway chamber-choir about eight people in a support group for internet addiction heads to the screen, signaling a bold, thrilling direction after Tick, Tick… Boom!
Amanda Seyfried and Rachel Zegler have joined Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Octet film musical, with Tramell Tillman, Phillipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Paula, and Paul-Jordan Jansen rounding out the cast; Seyfried will play Jessica, Zegler Velma, and Tillman Marvin. The adaptation of Dave Malloy’s musical, directed by Annie Tippe, follows eight internet-obsessed people who lock away their phones to connect, marking Miranda’s second feature directing effort.
Casting for the film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Octet has been announced, with Amanda Seyfried as Jessica and Rachel Zegler as Velma leading a cast that includes Gaten Matarazzo, Phillipa Soo, Jonathan Groff, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Tramell Tillman and Paul-Jordan Jansen; Lin-Manuel Miranda will direct, and Malloy is adapting his own musical for the screen.
Lin-Manuel Miranda revealed the cast for his upcoming feature film adaptation of Dave Malloy’s musical Octet, naming Amanda Seyfried, Rachel Zegler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Philipa Soo, Gaten Matarazzo, Jonathan Groff, Tramell Tillman, and Paul-Jordan Jansen, with rehearsals underway as he directs his second feature after tick, tick…BOOM! The musical centers on internet addiction through an eight-person support group in a church basement.