A Dazed and Confused book coming? (Yes, it is, more info added)

2023 will mark the 30th anniversary of the release of the film, and I expect some special screenings and celebrations (at least in Austin), as the same was done for the 25th anniversary.

However, there may be something even more interesting coming down the line. On January 22, 2020, Adam Goldberg (Mike Newhouse) posted the following in his Instagram story feed.  It does not actually say the book's subject is solely Dazed and Confused, but if the follow-up interview last 90 minutes and was exclusively about his Dazed experience, it gives me hope.  If this is truly a book dedicated to the movie, that would be amazing news!

UPDATE MAY 14, 2020:  Adam has mentioned the book several other times over the course of the last few months and so I decided to ask him on Twitter if he could confirm the book and any details.  Amazingly, he responded and did confirm the book, couldn't remember too many details but said the author has been working on it for a few years and it should be great.  I'd like to thank Adam for responding, he's a really nice person, and what amazing news! 

UPDATE MAY 23, 2020:  I've found what I believe is "the book", due in November 2020, authored by Melissa Maerz and titled "Alright, Alright, Alright: An Oral History Of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused" on HarperCollins.  Even beyond the involvement of the cast, this book has the full involvement of Linklater himself.  This looks to be about the best news I could ever get related to this movie! 

Here's a link to the publisher's page, which has links to pre-order on Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, etc.:  https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062908513/alright-alright-alright/

And the blurb if you don't care to click on the link:

"The definitive oral history of the cult classic Dazed and Confused, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the cast and crew and written with the cooperation of Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater.

Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater, it introduced a cast of unknowns who would become the next generation of movie stars. Embraced as a cultural touchstone, the 1993 film would also make Matthew McConaughey’s famous phrase—alright, alright, alright—ubiquitous. But it started with a simple idea: Linklater thought people might like to watch a movie about high school kids just hanging out and listening to music on the last day of school in 1976.   

 To some, that might not even sound like a movie. But to a few studio executives, it sounded enough like the next American Graffiti to justify the risk. Dazed and Confused made almost no money at the box office and seemed destined to disappear. Then something weird happened: Linklater turned out to be right. This wasn’t the kind of movie everybody liked, but it was the kind of movie certain people loved, with an intensity that felt personal. No matter what their high school experience was like, they thought Dazed and Confused was about them.

 Alright, Alright, Alright is the story of how this iconic film came together and why it worked. Combining behind-the-scenes photos and insights from nearly the entire cast, including Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and many others, and with the full cooperation of Linklater himself, it offers an inside look at how a budding filmmaker and a cast of newcomers made a period piece that would feel timeless for decades to come."