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Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled Blue Moon, Richard Linklater’s latest film, for release on October 17 in New York and Los Angeles, with a broader rollout planned for October 24. The biographical drama centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, one half of the iconic Rodgers and Hart songwriting duo, during a pivotal evening in 1943.

Set almost entirely at Sardi’s Restaurant, the film unfolds on the night Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway—Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II after parting ways with Hart. Ethan Hawke plays Hart, who reflects on his legacy and confronts the emotional toll of professional displacement. The cast includes Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott.

The story takes place over a single night, capturing the personal and artistic reckoning of a man witnessing the reshaping of American musical theater without his involvement. Hawke and Linklater, long-time collaborators, team up for the ninth time on this project. Their...

Sony Pictures Classics has dated Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon about Rogers & Harts tunesmith Lorenz Hart for Oct. 17 with an expansion on Oct. 24.

The news comes in a week when Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague is making its world premiere at Cannes.

The movie stars Ethan Hawke as Hart, as well as Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott in the final days of the legendary musical scribe. The movie is set primarily in Sardi’s Restaurant on March 31, 1943, the opening night of Oklahoma!, Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement.

The movie, which made its world premiere at Berlin, reps Academy Award nominee Hawke’s ninth collaboration with Linklater. The Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at Berlin went to Scott.

Linklater produced Blue Moon alongside Mike Blizzard (Hit Man) and John Sloss. The film is a Detour/Renovo production in association with Wild Atlantic Pictures,...

Sony Pictures Classics has set Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” for a limited release on Oct. 17 with a nationwide rollout on Oct. 24.

The film, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, stars Linklater’s longtime collaborator Ethan Hawke in the actor-director duo’s ninth film together. It follows the final days of Lorenz Hart, the first collaborator with famed songwriter Richard Rodgers before his more famous partnership with Oscar Hammerstein. The film is set in 1943 on the opening night of “Oklahoma!,” the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical.

The film also stars Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott, the latter of whom won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at Berlin. Robert Kaplow wrote the screenplay.

Linklater produced the film alongside Mike Blizzard and John Sloss. The film is a Detour/Renovo production in association with Wild Atlantic Pictures, Under the Influence and Cinetic Media. Additional EPs include Wild Atlantic’s Macdara Kelleher,...

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up all rights worldwide to Richard Linklater’s upcoming Blue Moon starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott.

Production is scheduled to begin in early July in Dublin on the feature, which profiles the final days of Lorenz Hart, one half of the songwriting team Rodgers & Hart.

Blue Moon is set primarily in Sardi’s Restaurant on March 31, 1943, the opening night of Oklahoma!, Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement.

Sony Pictures Classics is co-financing with Renovo Media Group and will support the production. Sony will release the film worldwide.

Sony Pictures Classics has nabbed the worldwide rights to Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, which is set to star Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale and Andrew Scott.

Production is set to start in early July in Dublin on the drama about the final days of Lorenz Hart, half of the songwriting team Rodgers & Hart and set around Sardi’s Restaurant on March 31, 1943, on the opening night of Oklahoma!

That production marked Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II as Hart’s replacement. Sony Pictures Classics and Renovo Media Group are financing Blue Moon, which is written by Robert Kaplow and reunites Linklater with Hawke in their ninth movie together.

“Robert, Ethan and I have been developing this story for over a decade and are excited and grateful that the time has come to bring this to life,” Linklater said in a statement. Sony Pictures and Linklater have also collaborated...

After making his last two movies for Netflix, Richard Linklater is heading back to movie theaters for his next project, and he’s also reuniting with one of his longtime collaborators for the first time in a decade: Ethan Hawke.

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the rights to what will be Linklater’s next film, “Blue Moon,” the distributor announced Tuesday, June 18. Joining the project are Hawke, now working with Linklater for the ninth time, as well as Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and “Ripley” star Andrew Scott.

Principal photography on “Blue Moon” begins in Dublin, Ireland this summer with financing from Sony Pictures Classics and Renovo Media Group.

“Blue Moon” is about the final days of Lorenz Hart, who was half of the songwriting duo Rodgers and Hart. The film takes place largely in Sardi’s Restaurant on March 31, 1943 on the opening night of “Oklahoma!,” the first project Rodgers would...

Exclusive: Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to Blue Moon, the new film from Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater (Hit Man), on which we were first to report, and which will be his next effort after all, with production commencing in Dublin, Ireland this summer.

Ethan Hawke is set to star, in his ninth collaboration with Linklater. Others aboard for roles include Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Bobby Cannavale (Ezra) and Andrew Scott (Ripley).

According to Linklater, who’d previously hinted at a long-time passion project with Hawke, “Robert, Ethan, and I have been developing this story for over a decade and are excited and grateful that the time has come to bring this to life.”

Written by Robert Kaplow, author of the novel Me and Orson Welles which inspired the Linklater film of the same name, Blue Moon profiles the final days of Lorenz Hart, part of the hit songwriting team Rodgers & Hart.

'The Sensation of Sight," the first feature by director-writer-producer Aaron J. Wiederspahn, features a splendid performance by David Strathairn, who played legendary TV journalist Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck."

In "Sensation," made in 2006, Strathairn is an introspective former high school English teacher who gives up job and family (a wife and son) because of a tragedy for which he holds himself responsible.

Now - dressed in suit, hat and sneakers - he walks around his New England hamlet...

• Did anybody else besides me pitch a heterosexual admiration tent in their pants solely from David Strathairn’s performance in Good Night, and Good Luck? I didn’t know Edward R. Murrow personally, but after watching that movie I felt like he became a part of me. That older part that smokes on live television and accuses senators of instilling fear into the nation. God bless America. Strathairn has quite a few projects on his plate. He’s signed on to the thriller Fracture, written by Daniel Pyne (Pacific Heights, Doc Hollywood) and Glenn Gers (Mad Money) which will be directed by Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear). Ryan Gosling (The Notebook) plays an assistant district attorney who wants revenge on Anthony Hopkins (The World’s Fastest Indian) who killed his wife but is freed on a technicality. The film also co-stars Rosamund Pike (Pride & Prejudice). He will also next be

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