Paul Mescal is in talks to join Richard Linklater's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical 'Merrily We Roll Along'.
Richard Linklater loves to film a movie in real-time. He did it with his film Boyhood, filmed over the span of 12 years to keep star Ellar Coltrane as the main character throughout the movie. And now he's doing it with an adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical Merrily We Roll Along.
But now, in an Above the Line reports that Jenner is confirmed to be gone from the project and Paul Mescal is reportedly in talks to take over. While Jenner has filmed some scenes in what is to be a 20 year project, the replacement would be in the earlier stages of Linklater's film, so it wouldn't be too hard to replace him now. And given Jenner's controversies, it is best to change up the casting now before too much of filming has gone underway.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Merrily We Roll Along spans twenty years and Linklater, much like with his film Boyhood, is filming the movie in the same timeline that the musical goes through. And if it is like Boyhood in its shooting schedule, that will mean small shoots throughout the years, but still a total of 20 years in filming it, and Mescal taking over as Franklin is an interesting and exciting choice for the role.
Currently, there is an off-Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along that is transferring to Broadway in the fall. The off-Broadway production starred Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, and Lindsay Mendez, and we don't know who is transferring to Broadway, but it does mean that the staged show is a nice filler for us until we potentially get Linklater's Merrily We Roll Along in 20 years — and I hope that it is with Mescal as the lead.
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