Nothing gold can stay indeed.

Multitalented musician and producer Pharrell Williams and French filmmaker Michel Gondry have scrapped their coming-of-age movie musical Golden in the midst of postproduction, explaining that they couldn’t execute their vision for the project.

“When all of us got into the editing room we collectively decided there wasn’t a path forward to tell the version of this story that we originally envisioned,” Williams and Gondry said Friday in a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly. “We appreciate all the hard work of the talented cast and crew. While we’re disappointed, we can’t deliver this film, we have incredible partners at Universal and will collaborate in a different capacity again soon.”

Previously slated to hit theaters May 5 and formerly titled Atlantis, the film was set up at Universal Pictures, where Williams has a longstanding creative partnership. According to Variety, which first reported the news, Universal will eat roughly $20 million in costs on the project, and it will not be shopped elsewhere. The studio had no comment.

Golden was a star-studded affair, with a cast that included Halle Bailey, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Janelle Monáe, Missy Elliott, Quinta Brunson, and Anderson .Paak.

Williams has been recognized with 13 Grammys on 39 nominations, for work on his own and in collaboration with artists such as Nile Rodgers, Daft Punk, Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and Janet Jackson. He was also named men’s creative director at Louis Vuitton in 2023.

Gondry won an Oscar for writing 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which he also directed, along with movies such as Be Kind Rewind and The Science of Sleep. He’s helmed music videos from artists such as the White Stripes, Björk, Radiohead, and Paul McCartney.

Last year, Universal’s Focus Features division released the animated movie Piece by Piece, a collab between Williams and director Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Won’t You be My Neighbor?) telling Williams’ life story entirely in Legos. The film features the voices of Williams, Gwen Stefani, Jay-Z, Timbaland, and many other music standouts.

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Speaking to Empire magazine in November, Williams explained then that Piece By Piece was about his life in general, “whereas Golden is about a neighborhood that I grew up in.”

He added, “It’s a musical expedition set in the summer of 1977 in Virginia Beach. It’s a coming-of-age story about self-discovery and pursuing your dreams, but it’s so much more magical than that. It’s a celebration of Black life, Black culture, and most importantly, Black joy.”