{"id":9825,"date":"2025-05-08T22:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/disney-develops-molina-baseball-dynasty-film-with-lin-manuel-miranda\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:26:19","slug":"disney-develops-molina-baseball-dynasty-film-with-lin-manuel-miranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/2025\/05\/08\/disney-develops-molina-baseball-dynasty-film-with-lin-manuel-miranda\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney develops &#8220;Molina&#8221; Baseball dynasty film with Lin-Manuel Miranda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction to Molina<\/h2>\n<p>Disney has set a new project in motion, based on the New York Times Bestseller autobiographical book &quot;Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty&quot; by Bengie Molina. This project tells the story of the Molina brothers, who made history in the world of professional baseball.<\/p>\n<h2>The Story Behind Molina<\/h2>\n<p>The book, written by Bengie Molina, follows the life and upbringing of Bengie, Jose, and Yadier Molina &#8211; the only three brothers who all made it to the top ranks of professional baseball at the same time. What&#8217;s even more incredible is that all three brothers from Puerto Rico became catchers and won World Series rings. The story is a testament to the power of family, perseverance, and dedication.<\/p>\n<h2>The Team Behind the Project<\/h2>\n<p>Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jose Rivera, who also hails from Puerto Rico, is writing the script for the project. Rivera is known for his work on &quot;Motorcycle Diaries&quot; and &quot;100 Years of Solitude&quot;. The project is being produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Luis Miranda Jr., along with Jonathan Eirich and Diana Nabatoff. Nick Reynolds from Rideback is serving as an executive producer.<\/p>\n<h2>The Producers&#8217; Background<\/h2>\n<p>Lin-Manuel Miranda has had a successful run with Disney, with two original song Oscar nominations for &quot;Dos Oruguitas&quot; from &quot;Encanto&quot; and &quot;How Far I&#8217;ll Go&quot; from &quot;Moana&quot;. He recently wrote the songs for the studio&#8217;s profitable &quot;Mufasa&quot;, which has grossed over $722 million globally. Miranda&#8217;s filmed live stage version of his multi-Tony-winning &quot;Hamilton&quot; was also acquired by Disney and became a huge success.<\/p>\n<h2>The Future of the Project<\/h2>\n<p>Rivera will be repped by UTA, Code Entertainment, and Skrzyniarz &amp; Mallean. Miranda is repped by WME, Liebman Entertainment, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin &amp; Dunham. With a talented team behind it, the project is expected to be a hit. Rideback&#8217;s &quot;Lilo &amp; Stitch&quot; is set to open on May 23 and is expected to gross over $120 million on the four-day Memorial Day weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction to Molina Disney has set a new project in motion, based on the New York Times Bestseller autobiographical book &quot;Molina: The Story of the Father Who Raised an Unlikely Baseball Dynasty&quot; by Bengie Molina. This project tells the story of the Molina brothers, who made history in the world of professional baseball. The Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-film-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9827,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9825\/revisions\/9827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nanamedia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}