Christophe Beck has taken over scoring duties on the upcoming thriller Runner, Runner. The film is directed by Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) and stars Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Ben Affleck, Anthony Mackie, Oliver Cooper, Michael Esper and Ben Schwartz. The movie centers on a young man who is cheated out of his tuition money playing online poker and flies to Costa Rica in the hope of reclaiming his losses from the site’s billionaire owner and ends up becoming the corrupt CEO’s right-hand man. Brian Koppelman & David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen, Runaway Jury) co-wrote the screenplay and are also producing New Regency Pictures production with Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Davisson Killoran (The Ides of March, Orphan) for Appian Way and Michael Shamberg & Stacey Sher (Django Unchained, Contagion) for Double Feature Films. Chris Hajian was previously attached to score the film as reported earlier this year. Runner, Runner is set to be released on September 27, 2013 by 20th Century Fox. To learn more about the thriller, visit the official movie website.
Beck’s most recent projects The Hangover Part III and The Internship are currently playing in theaters. The composer’s other upcoming projects include the supernatural action comedy R.I.P.D. starring Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges, which is set to be released on July 19 by Universal Pictures. Also coming up for Beck is Disney’s animated feature Frozen. The first teaser trailer has just been released and can be checked out below. The film is set to open on November 27, 2013 by Walt Disney Pictures.
