The Halle Bailey-led Pharrell Williams film musical is set to be released in 2025; it will feature songs by Pasek and Paul

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The Halle Bailey-led Pharrell Williams film musical is set to be released in 2025; it will feature songs by Pasek and Paul

With Michel Gondry at the helm Atlantis will be released in theaters by Universal Pictures.

A release date has been set for an upcoming film musical from director Michel Gondry (Don’t forget me!) and producer and music producer Pharrell Williams, now titled AtlantisThe film will be released on May 9, 2025, through Universal Pictures, according to a report in Variety.

The project, first unveiled in March, is reportedly a coming-of-age story set in 1977 in Virgina Beach, where Williams grew up, but further plot details are scarce. The screenplay is by Tony winners Steven Levenson and Martin Hynes. Songs for the project are by both Williams and Tony-winning Broadway duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Dear Evan Hansen).

It had previously been announced that Broadway veterans such as Brian Tyree Henry would also appear in the film (Lobby Hero) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Spirit) and Halle Bailey (The Little Mermaid) and Kelvin Harrison, Jr. Now Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary School), Anderson .Paak (Fully grown), Janelle Monáe (Moonlight), Tim Meadows (SNL), Jayson Lee (61st Street), Jamilah Rosemond (Rustin), Jaboukie Young-White (Fantasies) and recording artist Missy Elliott were added to this list.

Mimi Valdés produces with Williams through i am OTHER, along with Gil Netter for Gil Netter Productions. Matthew Hirsch, Raffi Adlan, Jennie Lee, Shani Saxon, Tony-winning Broadway director Michael Mayer, and Pasek and Paul serve as executive producers.