Richard Linklater‘s Boyhood follow-up, a film being referred to as Everybody Wants Some has a release date and it’s not coming in 2015. Previously known as That’s What I’m Talking About, but most affectionately known as the “spiritual sequel” to Linklater’s classic (yes, classic) Dazed and Confused, Paramount has now set an April 15, 2016 release date for the flick, perhaps just long enough to give them time to settle on a name, because I don’t think Everybody Wants Some is going to fly with the marketing department. Hell, the trailer for the upcoming We Are Your Friends trailer got laughs when the title popped up at a recent screening of mine.
As for the film, it largely features lesser-knowns in its cast and takes place in the 1980s, following an incoming college freshman who experiences his first weekend in college as a pitcher on the school’s baseball team, as he and his cohorts navigate the freedom and responsibility associated with their parent-free surroundings. Ryan Guzman, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch, Will Brittain, Glen Powell and Blake Jenner star.
The current title comes from the Van Halen song of the same name, which is surely featured in the movie along with the likes of Blondie, Talking Heads, Pat Benatar and Devo.
