Overview
- Miranda posted a rehearsal sign-in sheet Tuesday on Instagram that confirmed the full eight-person cast and that rehearsals have started.
- Amanda Seyfried (Jessica), Rachel Zegler (Velma), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Paula), Phillipa Soo (Karly), Jonathan Groff (Henry), Gaten Matarazzo (Toby), Tramell Tillman (Marvin) and Paul-Jordan Jansen (Ed) lead the ensemble.
- The film adapts Dave Malloy’s 2019 a cappella chamber musical about eight people in a church-basement support group who lock their phones and confront digital dependency.
- Miranda said he prioritized performers with solo vocal chops and choir experience to serve the piece’s close harmonies and ensemble blend.
- Creator Dave Malloy is writing the screenplay and serving as an executive producer, with producers Julie Oh, John Skidmore and Luis A. Miranda Jr. attached and financing partners including TodayTix Group and Jeffrey Seller, while any 2027 release talk remains speculative.