Amy Adams has signed on to join the film adaptation of the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” at Universal Pictures.
The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Adams will play Cynthia Murphy, the mother of the classmate that commits suicide. Ben Platt, Kaitlyn Dever and Amandla Stenberg co-star.
Steven Levenson wrote the script while Stephen Chbosky (“Wonder,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”) will direct.
Source: Deadline
