A big screen version of smash hit musical Hamilton is coming to movie theaters in 2021, its creator announced on Monday.

The show - which has become one of the highest grossing Broadway musicals of all time since its 2015 debut - tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the founding fathers of the US.

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who also stars in Hamilton, said the film would be a live performance of the show at New York's Richard Rodgers Theatre that comprised the original cast.

It will be distributed by Disney and released on October 15, 2021, he said in a tweet. Variety magazine said it would get theatrical runs in the US and Canada.

Hamilton has made $633 million in box-office receipts and has been seen by 2.5 million people in New York alone since arriving at Broadway in August 2015, according to Broadway.com.

A production of Hamilton has also been on in London's West End since 2017 and a three-year tour of the show just ended in Chicago.

Mixing political history with rap and hip hop, the show won 11 Tony Awards in 2016.

Another of Miranda's musicals, In the Heights, has been adapted for theaters and is due out in June.