Two weeks ago, I exclusively reported that Ethan Hawke was going to be the lead in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon.” That’s been confirmed today via press release.
There’s a lot more news concerning this film, which has now been acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. “Blue Moon” has added Margaret Qualley, Andrew Scott and Bobby Cannavale to its cast. Production is supposed to start this summer in Ireland.
Robert Kaplow, who co-wrote Linklater’s underrated “Me and Orson Welles,” has penned the screenplay. The summer shoot means that Linklater will, in all likelihood, have two films ready for release next year, the other one being his French New Wave tribute “Nouvelle Vague.”
“Blue Moon” is said to tackle the songwriting team of Rodgers & Hart. The film is set primarily in Sardi’s Restaurant on March 31, 1943, the opening night of their musical “Oklahoma!”, which marked Rodgers’s first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement.