Dear Evan Hansen trailer teases Broadway smash’s movie adaptation

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

The first trailer for Dear Evan Hansen has arrived & the film adaptation is looking to recapture the magic of the popular Broadway phenomenon.

The film, which stars Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Danny Pino, Colton Ryan, and DeMarius Copes, is directed by Stephen Chbosky & also sees Ben Platt reprising his Broadway character of Evan Hansen. The story follows a high school student with a social anxiety disorder that takes advantage of the suicide of a classmate for his own emotional gain after accidentally letting a letter he wrote to himself be taken by the classmate, whose family mistakes it for being written by their son to Evan.

Dear Evan Hansen was nominated for nine awards at the 71st Tony Awards and the musical ended up taking six awards home, including Best Actor in a Musical for Ben Platt and Best Musical. The film version is written for the screen by the show’s Tony winner Steven Levenson with music and lyrics by the show’s Oscar, Grammy, and Tony-winning songwriting team of Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, best-known for their work on La La Land and The Greatest Showman.

Did YOU like the trailer? Dear Evan Hansen hits screens on September 24, 2021. You can check out the film's official key art below!