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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Paul Mescal’s New Movie Is Taking 20 YEARS to Shoot · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Some movies take longer than others to shoot, particularly a
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  Speaker 2: big budget popcorn blockbuster like Avengers Doomsday, which reportedly took
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  Speaker 2: six long months to film. But Paul Mescal's new movie
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  Speaker 2: makes that schedule look like a blip because it's.
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  Speaker 1: Taken, again, there's 20 years to shoot.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's kind of hard to believe, but it's a
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  Speaker 3: film by acclaimed indie filmmaker Richard Linklater called Merrily We
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  Speaker 3: Roll Along, who's always been fascinated with aging in his films.
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  Speaker 1: And he's done something similar.
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  Speaker 3: His 2014 movie Boyhood was shot over 12 years with
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  Speaker 3: the same actors to show the growth of the central
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  Speaker 3: character from age six to 18.
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  Speaker 4: But this movie is actually pushing it way further. Paul
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  Speaker 4: signed a contract committing to nine different shoots across two decades.
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  Speaker 4: They've actually already shot four of the chapters.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they've quietly been at it for a few years,
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  Speaker 2: which is why the actual due date for the film
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  Speaker 2: is 2040, 14 years from now. But it takes serious
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  Speaker 2: dedication to a director's vision to carve out time across
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  Speaker 2: that much time, two decades to bring it to life.
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  Speaker 1: So look for Merrily. We roll along in theaters 2040.
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  Speaker 1: That's direct from Hollywood.