Coming to Netflix (and select cinemas) this Autumn, Lin-Manuel Miranda directs Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK… BOOM!, a new film based on RENT creator Jonathan Larson‘s autobiographical musical about one man’s race against time to create something extraordinary.
The film follows Jon (Andrew Garfield), a young theatre composer who’s waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he’s due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
