Richard Linklater returned to form as a critical darling with "A Scanner Darkly" (released in the same year), 2009's "Me and Orson Welles" garnering an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 2012's "Bernie" receiving a 91% rating. In 2014 he released a film in the making for 12 years titled "Boyhood", which received overwhelming critical acclaim. His daughter Lorelei Linklater co-stars in the film as the sister of the central character. For a while Linklater was attached to direct a remake of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" for Warner Brothers. In 2014, however, he dropped the project in favor of working on a
Hamish Linklater Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca in the Jackie Robinson biopic film "42". Linklater also joined the cast of Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" in a recurring role, playing senior producer Jerry Dantana. He remained for six episodes, until earning the role of Andrew Keanelly on the CBS series "The Crazy Ones", which premiered in September 2013. In 2017, Linklater was cast in a recurring role in the FX original series "Legion", based on the Marvel Comics character. Linklater married playwright Jessica Goldberg in January 2002; they divorced in 2012. They have one daughter. Linklater is in a relationship with actress Lily