Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Kingkiller Chronicle’ Adaptation: 5 Things to Know

Many fans’ dreams came true when Lionsgate announced Tuesday that “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda would be a creative producer and “musical mastermind” to help the studio develop and produce an adaptation of Patrick Rothfuss’ “Kingkiller Chronicle” fantasy trilogy.

The studio is mounting a feature film and accompanying TV series adaptation of the fantasy series, which follows musician Kvothe and his own three-day autobiographical account of his adventures.

Lin-Manuel Miranda to Produce 'Kingkiller Chronicle' Film, TV Series Adaptation

Miranda will compose original music for the project, as well as writing songs and maybe even develop a stage version one day.

The Miranda-Rothfuss mutual admiration society is an ongoing, public thing, with Miranda frequently tweeting at Rothfuss or just tweeting quotes from the books, and in 2015, he proposed working together, informally.

[...] that a pivotal scene from the first book in the series, “The Name of the Wind,” inspired one of “Hamilton’s” songs.

In April, Miranda revealed that “The Story of Tonight” featuring Hamilton and his fellow idealistic and buzzed friends singing about the coming revolution, “is me trying to capture the feel of Kvothe & his friends leaving the Eaolian.”

Rothfuss himself has some thoughts on who should play various characters in the movie, such as Natalie Portman (circa 2007) as the female lead, Denna.

To that purpose, I think I’d need to get a no-name actor with some serious acting chops to play the male lead.

Music is central to the world of “Kingkiller,” and lead character Kvothe plays the lute.