Merrily We Roll Along

Franklin Shepard is a talented Broadway composer who abandons his theater career and all his friends in New York in order to produce films in Los Angeles. The story begins at the height of his Hollywood fame and moves backwards in time, showing snapshots of the most important moments in Frank’s life that shaped the man he is today.

Genres
Music, Comedy
Director
Richard Linklater

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along is an upcoming American epic musical film co-written and directed by Richard Linklater, based on the 1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, which is in turn adapted from the 1934 play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. Jason Blum serves as a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner. The film is set to star Paul Mescal, Ben Platt, and Beanie Feldstein.

Production

On August 29, 2019, Blumhouse Productions acquired the rights to make a Merrily We Roll Along film, with Richard Linklater directing the film and producing along with Ginger Sledge, Jason Blum, and Jonathan Marc Sherman. Production on the film was announced to commence every few years to reflect the characters age over 20 years, similar to how Boyhood (also written and directed by Linklater) was shot over 12 years.

Blake Jenner, who collaborated with Linklater in Everybody Wants Some!!, was initially cast alongside Feldstein and Platt, but exited the film in late 2019 (after having filmed the "Our Time" sequence) following allegations of domestic abuse made by his ex-wife Melissa Benoist. Actor Paul Mescal took over the role of Franklin Shepard, and footage was reshot between late 2021 and early 2022.

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