What to stream this weekend: In the Heights, Love, Victor
UPI News Service, 06/11/2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda s musical In the Heights gets adapted into a feature film, Love, Victor Season 2 arrives in time for Pride Month and Omar Sy is back for Lupin Part 2 this weekend.
ADVERTISEMENT In addition, Tuca & Bertie moves to a new destination for Season 2 and Flack returns for a second season.
Here s a rundown on some of the films, television shows and video games that are set to be released this weekend.
Films In the Heights HBO Max
Anthony Ramos is a young bodega owner with big dreams in In the Heights, which is available on HBO Max. The film is based on the Broadway musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), and follows a tight-knight Washington Heights community as they stick together to save their neighborhood. Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) directs.
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Love, Simon spinoff
Love, Victorturned out to be a must-binge that followed a young Victor as he navigated life in high school as a closeted gay teen. Throughout the first season, Michael Ciminoâs character starts to fall for the local coffee shopâs cute barista, George Searâs Benji. By the end of the season, Benji had broken up with his boyfriend to be with Victor, and their relationship left some major cliffhangers for the budding couple.
As we pick up with
Love, Victor in Season 2 coming next Friday, June 11, it looks like a lot is going to be falling into place for Victor and Benji. In a new clip from Hulu (playing above) the high schoolers seem to get physical everywhere they go, whether it s at work, their bedrooms or in between classes. The only problem is all the funny roadblocks that get into their way.
Michael Cimino teases Love, Victor Season 2, new song on GMA
UPI News Service, 06/03/2021
Michael Cimino is sharing details about Love, Victor Season 2.
ADVERTISEMENT The 21-year-old actor discussed the show s upcoming season during Wednesday s episode of Good Morning America.
Love, Victor is a spinoff the 2018 film Love, Simon. The Hulu series follows Victor Salazar (Cimino), a teenager from a Puerto Rican and Columbian-American family who comes out as gay.
On GMA, Cimino said the new season will explore how Victor s coming out affects his relationship with his family. Well, this season s definitely more about Victor discovering what being gay means to him and what it means to the rest of the world, he said. So now, it s kind of talking about the dynamic that he has between both of his parents.