Tomorrow and Tomorrow movie cast adds Sky Yang and Sean Kaufman
Sky Yang and Sean Kaufman will join Daisy Edgar-Jones in Paramount’s film of Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling novel.
By Poppy Nakagawa · Culture Writer
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The Tomorrow and Tomorrow movie cast is locking in its central trio: Sky Yang and Sean Kaufman will star with Daisy Edgar-Jones in Paramount’s adaptation of Gabrielle Zevin’s bestselling novel, Variety reported.
Yang has been cast as Sam Masur, while Kaufman will play Marx Watanabe. Edgar-Jones is set to play Sadie in the film version of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, the 2022 novel that follows friends and creative partners across decades.
Who is in the Tomorrow and Tomorrow movie cast?
According to Variety, Daisy Edgar-Jones will play Sadie, Sky Yang will play Sam Masur, and Sean Kaufman will play Marx Watanabe. The story centers on Sadie and Sam, who first meet as children and later reconnect in college, with Marx, Sam’s roommate and friend, becoming part of their orbit.
The trio go on to build a video game studio called Unfair Games. The novel tracks the intensity, strain and heartbreak of making art with other people, set against the growth of the video game business in the 1990s and 2000s.
Siân Heder, who won an Oscar for CODA, is directing the Paramount film and writing the screenplay. Variety reported that Heder’s script is based on earlier drafts by Mark Bomback and Zevin.
What has Sky Yang been in?
Yang starred in Justin Lin’s drama Last Days, which Variety said drew strong reviews at Sundance, and also appeared in the horror film Whistle. His upcoming slate includes Paul Greengrass’s historical drama The Uprising, alongside Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell, Tom Hollander and Cosmo Jarvis.
Variety reported that Yang recently completed work on Unspeakable, directed by Corinna Faith and co-starring Eliza Scanlen, and wrapped The Exiles in Taiwan, directed by Midi Z and featuring Sam Worthington. On television, he appeared in ITV’s Holding. His film career began with a lead role in Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon.
What has Sean Kaufman been in?
Kaufman is widely known for Amazon Prime Video’s romance series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Variety reported that he is also set for Ron Howard’s war drama Alone at Dawn, which features Adam Driver, Anne Hathaway and Betty Gilpin.
He has also been cast opposite Matt Damon in an untitled Universal event film from Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the Oscar-winning duo behind Everything Everywhere All at Once. Kaufman is also attached to Other Mommy, a horror thriller with Jessica Chastain, and will return as his The Summer I Turned Pretty character in the upcoming film.
When will Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow be released?
Paramount has dated Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow for Nov. 12, 2027, according to Variety. Temple Hill’s Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner are producing, with Zevin serving as executive producer.
Zevin’s novel has sold more than four million copies worldwide and has been published across 40 foreign-language territories, Variety reported. The New York Times named it one of the 100 best books of the 21st century, and the Los Angeles Times named it among the best fiction books of the past 30 years.
Variety reported that Yang is represented by Independent Talent Group, Range Media Partners, Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein, and Pippa Beng. Kaufman is represented by CESD, Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Austen.
This story draws on original reporting from Variety.