Blue Moon will reunite Linklater with Robert Kaplow, whose novel Me and Orson Welles inspired Linklater’s 2008 film of the same name. It will center on the legendary songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and it will be set on the night of the Broadway opening of the legendary musical Oklahoma!, which saw Rodgers collaborate with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement for the first time.

This is a long-time passion project for Linklater and Hawke, and they’re excited and grateful to finally bring it to life after developing the story for over a decade. Hawke previously collaborated with Linklater on several projects, including the Before trilogy and Boyhood.

In addition to Hawke, Blue Moon will also star Margaret Qualley (Drive-Away Dolls), Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher), and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers).

Sony Pictures Classics’ spokesperson said they’re thrilled to finally announce this project is officially happening after developing it with Linklater for a full year. Their relationship goes all the way back to the 90s when they distributed his film SubUrbia before joining forces on Before Midnight.

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The Fleabag actor has been cast as the lead in the new television series, Ripley.

The adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, will be courtesy of Showtime and include eight episodes.

The character of Tom Ripley was previously brought to life in 1999 by Matt Damon in the film by Anthony Minghella.

Steven Zaillian from The Night Of both writes and directs the series which will center around Ripley who is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home, marking his “first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder.”

“We are so thrilled to have the supremely talented filmmaker, Steve Zaillian, adapt the singular saga of Tom Ripley from Patricia Highsmith’s novels as an ongoing series for Showtime,” said Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine in a statement. “With Andrew Scott, whose charisma knows no bounds, inhabiting the iconic lead role, we feel confident that this will be a special one.”

We tend to agree.

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Blue Moon will reunite Linklater with Robert Kaplow, whose novel Me and Orson Welles inspired Linklater’s 2008 film of the same name. It will center on the legendary songwriting duo Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and it will be set on the night of the Broadway opening of the legendary musical Oklahoma!, which saw Rodgers collaborate with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement for the first time.

This is a long-time passion project for Linklater and Hawke, and they’re excited and grateful to finally bring it to life after developing the story for over a decade. Hawke previously collaborated with Linklater on several projects, including the Before trilogy and Boyhood.

In addition to Hawke, Blue Moon will also star Margaret Qualley (Drive-Away Dolls), Bobby Cannavale (The Watcher), and Andrew Scott (All of Us Strangers).

Sony Pictures Classics’ spokesperson said they’re thrilled to finally announce this project is officially happening after developing it with Linklater for a full year. Their relationship goes all the way back to the 90s when they distributed his film SubUrbia before joining forces on Before Midnight.

The post Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, & More Join Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” appeared first on thestarsworldwide.com.

The Fleabag actor has been cast as the lead in the new television series, Ripley.

The adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, will be courtesy of Showtime and include eight episodes.

The character of Tom Ripley was previously brought to life in 1999 by Matt Damon in the film by Anthony Minghella.

Steven Zaillian from The Night Of both writes and directs the series which will center around Ripley who is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home, marking his “first step into a complex life of deceit, fraud, and murder.”

“We are so thrilled to have the supremely talented filmmaker, Steve Zaillian, adapt the singular saga of Tom Ripley from Patricia Highsmith’s novels as an ongoing series for Showtime,” said Showtime entertainment president Gary Levine in a statement. “With Andrew Scott, whose charisma knows no bounds, inhabiting the iconic lead role, we feel confident that this will be a special one.”

We tend to agree.

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