The trailer for the upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation has arrived!
Ben Platt reprises his Tony Award-winning role as the title character in the film version of the hit Broadway show.
Stephen Chbosky directed the film, about an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understanding and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age.
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Colton Ryan has landed a new television role!
The 25-year-old actor has been cast opposite Elle Fanning in the upcoming Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville, Variety reports.
The series is based off the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron about a “texting-suicide” case, and “will explore Carter’s relationship with Conrad “Coco†Roy III (Ryan) and the events that led to his death and, later, her controversial conviction of involuntary manslaughter.”
Elle will play Michelle Carter, and she will also executive produce.
According to Variety, “Coco is described in the series as a sweet, caring young man grappling with anxiety and loneliness in a world he doesn’t feel he fits into. When he serendipitously meets Carter, he sees in her someone who understands his struggles and seems to see the real him. But his relationship with Carter takes a dark turn as he sets his sights on ending his life and becomes dependent on her support to see it through.”
Colton can currently be seen in the film Uncle Frank, which is available to watch on Prime Video, as well as the AppleTV+ series Little Voices. He will soon star in the movie adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen as Connor Murphy, which will debut in September!
The upcoming Dear Evan Hansen movie adaptation has just been given a release date!
The film version will premiere in theaters on September 14th, Universal Pictures announced, via Deadline.
Ben Platt will be reprising the title role, for which he won a Tony award for.
Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams and Julianne Moore also star.
Here’s a synopsis: “The story follows Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who died by suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.â€
Stephen Chbosky is directing the movie, with a script by Steven Levenson, who also wrote the book for the stage musical. The musical’s songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, along with Steven also serve as executive producers, as well as Ben‘s dad Marc Platt.
The Dear Evan Hansen cast is getting closer to being complete!
It was just announced that Atypical star Nik Dodani and Little Voice star Colton Ryan have joined the cast of the Broadway musical’s movie adaptation, Deadline reveals.
Nik will take on the role of Jared, Evan’s enterprising family friend. Colton will play Connor, a troubled high school senior who is a catalyst for the plot of the musical.
Colton is no stranger to the role of Connor in Dear Evan Hansen, as he was an understudy for the role in the original Broadway cast!
Nik can be seen in the upcoming second season of Trinkets on Netflix, while Colton stars in the first season of Sara Bareille‘s musical show Little Voice on Apple TV+.
In case you missed it, find out which actress was also just cast in a role in Dear Evan Hansen, and will also co-write a new, original song!
