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Not sure this really counts as "current-films" since it won't be ready
until at least 2040 (if it ever gets finished).


From Variety.com ...


Richard Linklater Will Shoot 'Merrily We Roll Along'
Adaptation for 20 Years
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After spending 12 years on his Oscar-nominated drama "Boyhood,"
Richard Linklater is ready to try the approach again.

Linklater will direct an adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and
George Furth's "Merrily We Roll Along," which will be shot over
a 20-year period. Beanie Feldstein, Ben Platt and Blake Jenner
are set to star in the film for Blumhouse.

"I first saw, and fell in love with 'Merrily' in the '80s and
I can't think of a better place to spend the next 20 years than
in the world of a Sondheim musical. I don't enter this
multi-year experience lightly, but it seems the best, perhaps
the only way, to do this story justice on film," said Linklater.

Ginger Sledge, Jason Blum, Jonathan Marc Sherman and Linklater
are producers on the film.

Linklater, along with stars Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and
Ellar Coltrane, shot "Boyhood" over the course of 12 years. The
film would go on to receive several Oscar nominations and a
supporting actress win for Arquette.

Rick Pappas brokered the deal for "Merrily We Roll Along" on
behalf of Sondheim and Furth.

Feldstein is repped by Brillstein, WME and attorney Danny
Passman. Platt is repped by CAA, One Entertainment, Adam Mersel
and Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer. Jenner is repped by Atlas
Artists, CAA, Viewpoint and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.


<https://variety.com/2019/film/news/richard-linklater-merrily-we-roll-along-20-years-1203318934/>

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