Den 3. februar 2020 blev det meddelt, at [[Walt Disney Studios]] havde erhvervet de verdensomspændende distributionsrettigheder til filmen for 75 millioner dollars.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rubin|first=Rebecca|date=3. februar 2020|title='Hamilton' Movie With Original Broadway Cast Coming to Theaters|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hamilton-movie-lin-manuel-miranda-2-1203490645/|access-date=28. juni 2020|archive-date=3. februar 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203172358/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hamilton-movie-lin-manuel-miranda-2-1203490645/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Disney overbød med succes flere konkurrenter, herunder [[Warner Bros.]], 20th Century Fox (senere opkøbt af Disney og omdøbt til [[20th Century Studios]]) og [[Netflix]], som alle havde udtrykt interesse for filmrettighederne.
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Handlen, angiveligt en af de dyreste erhvervelser af filmrettigheder,<ref name="deadline-1">{{cite web|last1=Fleming Jr|first1=Mike|date=3. februar 2020|title=Disney Paid $75 Million For Worldwide Movie Rights To Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton'; Biggest Film Acquisition Deal Ever?|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929|access-date=3. februar 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-date=3. februar 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203195927/https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/|url-status=live}}</ref>
blev forhandlet af Walt Disney Pictures' direktør [[Sean Bailey]] og sat i bevægelse, efter at Disney CEO [[Bob Iger]] henvendte sig til producenterne med personlig interesse i at erhverve filmrettighederne.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike|date=6. februar 2020|title=Disney Makes Bruno Mars Deal; Platinum-Selling Singer Will Star In, Produce Music-Driven Theatrical Film|work=Deadline.com|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/bruno-mars-disney-deal-live-action-theatrical-feature-flim-sean-bailehy-mitchell-leib-1202852299/|access-date=14. juli 2020|archive-date=25. december 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225215140/https://deadline.com/2020/02/bruno-mars-disney-deal-live-action-theatrical-feature-flim-sean-bailehy-mitchell-leib-1202852299/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Paulson">{{Cite news|last=Paulson|first=Michael|date=25. juni 2020|title='Hamilton' Is Coming to the Small Screen. This Is How It Got There.|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/movies/hamilton-movie-disney-streaming.html|access-date=28. juni 2020|archive-date=25. december 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225215142/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/25/movies/hamilton-movie-disney-streaming.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
Filmen er produceret af Miranda, [[Jeffrey Seller]] og Kail.<ref name="deadline-2">{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike|date=3. februar 2020|title=Disney Paid $75 Million For Worldwide Movie Rights To Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Hamilton'; Biggest Film Acquisition Deal Ever?|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/|access-date=29. juni 2020|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|language=en|archive-date=25. december 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225215215/https://deadline.com/2020/02/disney-paid-75-million-hamilton-movie-deal-lin-manuel-miranda-largest-film-acquisition-ever-1202849929/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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