Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell, Laurence Fisburne join Richard Linklater's next project 'Last Flag Flying'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Richard Linklater has established himself as one of the best filmmakers of our time with his most recent ambitious projects, whether that be his Oscar-nominated film Boyhood or his spiritual sequel to Dazed and Confused titled Everybody Wants Some!! Now, According to THR, Linklater will direct a sequel to The Last Detail which will be titled, Last Flag Flying.

            Last Flag Flying will take place 40 years after the Hal Ashby (Being There, Harold and Maude) classic which covered the short journey of two naval officers played by Jack Nicholson and Otis Young who are tasked with delivering a young officer to naval prison in Portsmouth. Linklater’s sequel is now officially in the works with a new trio to portray those roles though.

            Linklater is teaming up with three Academy Award-nominated actors for the first time for the movie as Bryan Cranston, Steve Carell and Laurence Fishburne are set to star in the sequel to 1973 original film. It also shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that Amazon is backing the film as it has already been the distributors for other big films this year like Woody Allen’s Café Society and Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon.

            I’m a huge fan of Linklater’s work and I love all three actors involved in this project so this one is at the top of my list for sure. What do you guys think though? How do you feel about Cranston, Carell and Fishburne teaming together to work with Linklater? Comment below and let us know!