Musical Merrily We Roll Along - Richard Linklater

[Sawyer]

Exclusive: Richard Linklater, Ben Platt, Beanie Feldstein Team for Sondheim Musical

TWENTY YEARS?!?! Linklater is wild.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well guys. I really don't plan on being here as often in 20 years if at all.

 

[DarkKnight88]

So just to be clear about this, this is a film that begins shooting now but won’t be completed until 2039 as he’ll be shooting on and off for the next 20 years as the actors age?

Don’t do anything stupid actors!

 

[Sawyer]

It's not even just the actors. Linklater turns 60 next year. Now, obviously, people can live to 80, but... sometimes stuff happens.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Fair, but even with a director who, God forbid, dies, the film can still be finished.

The main two lead actors, not so much.

 

[Sawyer]

The Broadway cast really said “Some of y’all won’t even be here when that Linklater movie drops. Let’s do this for them.”