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.
- Status
- In Production
- Production
- Blumhouse Productions, Detour Filmproduction, Universal Pictures
Keywords
- friendship
- musical
- based on play or musical
- musical theater
- reverse chronology
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Top Cast
Paul Mescal as Franklin Shepard
Ben Platt as Charley Kringas
Beanie Feldstein as Mary Flynn
Mallory Bechtel as Beth Spencer
Hannah Cruz as Gussie Carnegie
Boo Arnold as Mr. Spencer
Leah Loftin as Mrs. Spencer
Top Crew
Richard Linklater · Director, Screenplay
Jonathan Marc Sherman · Screenplay
Sandra Adair · Editor
Mike Blizzard · Producer
Jason Blum · Producer
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