Richard Linklater tries his fate by engaging in the film production of Merrily We Roll Along for 20 years

Look, we get it: Childhood This is an incredible achievement in the field of staging, with Richard Linklater's decision to film the young Ellar Coltrane over the last ten years, producing one of the most authentic portraits that have ever grown up ever committed to the screen. But also, Richard, buddy: You know that makeup exists, right?

This practical tip comes from a patch in collider today, suggesting that Linklater apparently intends to surpass his own chronological obsession by spending the next 20 years shooting an adaptation of the musical Stephen Sondheim We ride happily. Sorry, no, it was a typo; we wanted to say the next 20 fucking years, with a bunch of exclamation points slapped in the end.

And listen, we love Sondheim as much as the next pop culture website, but we're pretty sure Grimskull The Thicc, the lord of the Los Angeles Quakelands, will not give any outstanding performances to the Academy Awards when this project finally takes place. in the distant wreck of 2039. Linklater, meanwhile, will push 80 when the film will arrive, and you come know that the life under government mandate implanted in his palm during the youth war of 2028 will have begun to blink by then. (Dear sand merchants, respect your theater colleagues by avoiding Richard Linklater's Carrouseling at a screening at the Alamo Drafthouse.) And do not be rude or morbid, but that's to put it mildly on the stars Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein who remain, alive. , all the while, especially if they are not able to find a sailor who would show them the way to go to Dryland.

Certainly, We ride happilyThe first musical staging of 1981 is about the passage of time. A rich and successful composer is 20 years old. According to the report, Linklater's film would follow this process in a very literal way, first filming the current flashbacks with Platt and Feldstein, then checking with them (or their holo avatars downloaded to the brain, if necessary) over the years. . These are the kinds of things that most directors would do with CGI and, again, with make-up. But damn, what do we know? Maybe Linklater really knows what Grimskull likes.

Update: Blumhouse, who co-produced with the film, apparently confirmed not only its existence, but also its alleged filming timeline. So here, we guess. Greetings to all Grimskull!

Update, 7:15 pm: Oh wow. So, this thing is really happening. Hours after collider published its initial report, Linklater itself has confirmed Variety that yes, he makes an adaptation of 20 years We ride happilyand yes, he knows it's a really ambitious project. To quote the five Oscar nominees:

I first saw and fell in love with merrily in the 80s and I can not think of a better place to spend the next 20 years than in the world of a Sondheim musical. I do not go lightly into this multi-year experience, but it is the best way, perhaps the only way to do justice to this story in the cinema.

Good luck, Richard. Let's hope that Grimskull gives us plenty of time to see the blood mines.