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The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival lineup is here — and it’s stacked with big names!
Days after announcing thatLin-Manuel Miranda’sIn the Heightsmovie adaptation will be opening the festival, the full 2021 lineup dropped on Tuesday. The 2021 Tribeca Film Festival runs June 9-20.
Theroux and Glazer star opposite Pierce Brosnan inFalse Positive,a horror co-written and starring Glazer that follows a woman struggling with fertility who seems to find her miracle in a celebrated reproductive specialist (Brosnan). Paradise isn’t always what it seems as the now-expectant mother is thrown into a spiral of suspicion, threatening her grasp on reality.
Lister-Jones' comedyHow It Endsassembles quite the star-studded cast and was shot entirely during the pandemic. Lister-Jones stars as Liza, who feels weirdly fine about the world coming to an end.
The late Anthony Bourdain is also honoredRoadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, a documentary about the figure whose life touched so many.
Anthony Ramos and Melissa Barrera in In the Heights.Macall Polay
Tribeca previously announced that the festival’s opening movie on June 9 will beIn the Heights.
To make it even more special, the opening will take place in Washington Heights, the Manhattan neighborhood where Miranda grew up and based the musical in.
“It is such an honor to open the 20th anniversary Tribeca Film Festival with In the Heights. We’re so excited to welcome them uptown! This will be an unforgettable night at the United Palace. We can’t wait to share this musical love letter to our community, with our community, in our community,” Miranda shared in a press release.
The movie will also get the special honor of being screened simultaneously in all five of Manhattan’s boroughs at open-air venues.
For the full festival lineup visit theTribeca Film Festival website.
source: people.com
