{"id":1897236,"date":"2026-04-22T21:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1897236"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:27:51","slug":"epic-the-musical-animated-film-on-the-way-from-jerry-bruckheimer-jorge-rivera-herrans-kevin-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1897236","title":{"rendered":"\u2018EPIC: The Musical\u2019 Animated Film On the Way From Jerry Bruckheimer, Jorge Rivera-Herrans &amp; Kevin Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/atlantic-records-x-epic-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--featured a-bb-pro-article-image-offsets a-bbpro-font-body-m a-dropcap\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<div class=\"pmc-contextual-player\" data-pmc-adm-ad-id=\"10140328\">\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTrending on Billboard\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJorge Rivera-Herrans\u2019 audio reimagining of Homer\u2019s <em>Odyssey <\/em>will now get the animated film treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAcademy Award-nominated producer <strong>Jerry Bruckheimer<\/strong> has partnered with Rivera-Herrans and Atlantic Music Group president\/Grammy Award-winning producer <strong>Kevin Weaver <\/strong>to produce the film adaptation of Rivera-Herrans\u2019 \u00a0<em>EPIC: The Musical<\/em><em>.<\/em> Jerry Bruckheimer Films\u2019 Chad Oman will also produce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-align-items-center u-align-items-flex-start@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest  lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column@mobile-max u-width-710@desktop lrv-u-margin-lr-auto lrv-u-margin-tb-1 u-margin-b-250@mobile-max u-margin-t-275@mobile-max u-margin-t-250@desktop u-margin-b-250@desktop u-margin-lr-n1@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-border-color-brand-secondary-dark lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-padding-tb-1  lrv-u-padding-tb-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-r-1@mobile-max lrv-u-padding-l-00@mobile-max u-grid-gap-18@desktop u-grid-gap-0@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 lrv-u-padding-a-050 u-padding-l-0625@mobile-max u-padding-b-0.375@mobile-max  lrv-u-background-color-brand-primary u-margin-t-n2@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-l-1@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-075@mobile-max\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary a-font-accent-xl u-font-weight-800 u-letter-spacing-0179 u-line-height-normal lrv-u-color-grey-dark bb-pro-related-stories-label lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between  a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card  lrv-u-width-100p\">\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-width-191 u-width-150@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image   lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/atlantic-records-x-epic-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"(L-R) Kevin Weaver, Atlantic Records; Jorge Rivera-Herrans; Brandon Davis, Atlantic Records\" height width><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content  lrv-u-padding-l-150@desktop lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  c-title a-font-basic u-font-size-22@desktop u-font-size-16@mobile-max u-line-height-26px u-line-height-22px@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.625@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line@desktop a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max lrv-u-color-grey-dark lrv-u-color-grey-dark:hover\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tAtlantic Records to Release \u2018EPIC: The Musical\u2019 on Vinyl for First\u00a0Time\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"o-article-byline \/\/ lrv-a-unstyle-list a-font-accent-m lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-word-spacing-n3px u-padding-t-0.875@desktop u-padding-t-00@mobile-max\">\n<li class=\"lrv-u-flex a-byline-color\">\n<div class=\"c-tagline  u-word-spacing-n3px a-children-link-color-black:hover a-truncate-ellipsis-2line\"><span>Melinda Newman<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCAA will shortly begin shipping the project to studios and streaming services, according to <em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, which broke the story. The project also reunites Weaver and Bruckheimer, who worked together on the Academy Award-nominated film <em>F1.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRivera-Herrans began writing the audio-only sung-through retelling of Homer\u2019s ancient Greek poem <em>The Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0 in 2019 while attending the University of Notre Dame, where he switched majors from medicine to film, theater, television and music. He started documenting his process on social media in 2021, when he posted a segment of the song \u201cFull Speed Ahead,\u201d which went viral. <em>The Ocean Saga<\/em>, the first of the nine sagas, dropped in 2023, with new sagas releasing every few months. The final saga came out in December 2024. Rivera-Herrans, who played Odysseus, cast the other parts online, assembling an ensemble of 25 performers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEight of the sagas charted in the top three on <em>Billboard<\/em>\u2019s Cast Albums chart, with four titles reaching No. 1. Following a late 2024 change by <em>Billboard<\/em> that shifted concept albums not from a theatrically staged show from the Cast Albums chart to the Compilation Albums chart, EPIC\u2019s last two chapters both topped the latter tally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSince its debut,\u00a0<em>EPIC<\/em>\u00a0has generated more than 4 billion global streams and over 7 billion short-form views.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn September, Rivera-Herrans\u2019 music was made available through a limited-edition $350 nine-vinyl EP, holographic mega box.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/epic-musical-film-jerry-bruckheimer-jorge-rivera-herrans\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/atlantic-records-x-epic-billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] Trending on Billboard Jorge Rivera-Herrans\u2019 audio reimagining of Homer\u2019s Odyssey will now get the animated film treatment. Academy Award-nominated producer Jerry Bruckheimer has partnered with Rivera-Herrans and Atlantic Music Group president\/Grammy Award-winning producer Kevin Weaver to produce the film adaptation of Rivera-Herrans\u2019 \u00a0EPIC: The Musical. 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