--- description: The new star of every Hollywood musical title: Listen to Anna Kendrick Sing in 'The Last Five Years' Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a9cefd43fffb177/69876d4e2dce0134299dc46e/455292616.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Listen to Anna Kendrick Sing in _The Last Five Years_ Trailer by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 4:27 PM CUT  Actress Anna Kendrick attends "The Voices" premiere during the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival Actress Anna Kendrick attends "The Voices" premiere during the 2014 Toronto International Film FestivalLeonard Adam—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 8, 2014 4:27 PM CUT Remember the girl in high school who got cast as the lead in every single musical? Anna Kendrick is the official darling of the Hollywood drama department. And… we aren’t complaining. In case you hadn’t heard enough of Anna Kendrick’s lovely voice in the [_Into the Woods_ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Byk9Is3TjY "undefined")or [_Pitch Perfect 2_](http://time.com/3597368/pitch-perfect-2-trailer/ "undefined")trailers, let us proudly present the trailer for the latest musical-turned-movie: _The Last Five Years._ The film, based on Jason Robert Brown’s off-Broadway production of the same name, follows Jamie (_Smash’s_ Jeremy Jordan) and Cathy (Kendrick) in contrasting timelines. Audience members jump backwards and forwards in time as Jamie sings about their relationship from the beginning to end and Kendrick sings from the end to the beginning. While there is no set date for a wide release yet, _The Last Five Years_ will be “coming soon.” _Read next:_ [_Anna Kendrick May Be a Princess, But She’s No Damsel in Distress_](http://time.com/3592456/anna-kendrick-may-be-a-princess-but-shes-no-damsel-in-distress/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3623360/anna-kendrick-sings-last-five-years-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3623360/anna-kendrick-sings-last-five-years-trailer/"},"headline":"Listen to Anna Kendrick Sing in The Last Five Years Trailer","datePublished":"2014-12-08T16:27:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:39:18.075Z","description":"The new star of every Hollywood musical","url":"https://time.com/3623360/anna-kendrick-sings-last-five-years-trailer/","keywords":["movies","Anna Kendrick","Trailer","Trailers","Musical"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a9cefd43fffb177/69876d4e2dce0134299dc46e/455292616.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a9cefd43fffb177/69876d4e2dce0134299dc46e/455292616.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"The Voices\" Premiere - 2014 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"\"The Voices\" Premiere - 2014 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"Leonard Adam—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3623360/anna-kendrick-sings-last-five-years-trailer/","name":"Listen to Anna Kendrick Sing in The Last Five Years Trailer"}}]}] ```