So Merrily We Roll Along will shoot periodically over 20 years to allow the cast to age.
Richard Linklater felt that the only way to do the story of Merrily We Roll Along justice was to shoot it over a time period that is true to the story itself.
The film is being shot in reverse, as the end of the story, at least in the musical, finds the characters in their mid-20s.
So if the movie maintains the musical’s structure, the end of the film is already in the can.