Klaus Badelt has a number of movies coming out in 2011. Already recorded is the score for the horror comedy Dylan Dog: Dead of Night. The film based on the comic book series Dylan Dog centers around supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans. The film is directed by Kevin Munroe, who previously worked with Badelt on the 2007 animated film TMNT (Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles). The movie stars Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Peter Stormare and Taye Diggs. No domestic release date has been announced, but the movie is scheduled to open in March in Italy (click here to watch the Italian movie trailer). For more information on Dylan Dog, visit the official production blog.
Also already recorded is Badelt’s music for the French sci-fi animation film The Prodigies. In the film directed by Antoine Charreyron, five young prodigies assaulted in New York’s Central Park plot the perfect revenge. A teaser trailer has recently been released, which can be watched below. To find more images from the movie, visit the French film webpage. The film will be released in France on May 25, 2011 and no US release date has been announced.
In a recent interview on Blog Talk Radio’s 123 FilmX show, Badelt also announced that he is scoring his first pure horror film The Howling: Reborn. Directed by Joe Nimziki, the movie apparently is an original chapter in the Howling universe. Anchor Bay has picked up rights to the film and it is expected to be released sometime later this year.
In addition, it has just been announced that Magnolia Pictures has picked up domestic rights for the French thriller Point Blank , which has been released in France last year. Badelt already released his score on his own label as announced last year.
In related news, Badelt has just released a new score on his music label. Hexe Lilli: Die Reise nach Mandolan is a German family fantasy movie and features themes by Badelt and a score by Ian Honeyman. To listen to the soundtrack album and download the score, visit Klaus Badelt’s online store.
Still awaiting a domestic release is Mikael Hafstrom’s romantic drama Shanghai starring John Cusack, Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, David Morse, Franka Potente, Ken Watanabe, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Hugh Bonneville. The film is a period piece set in the 40’s and revolves around an American expat who returns to Shanghai in the months before Pearl Harbor due to the death of his friend. The movie has already been released in many international territories including China. The Weinstein Company who is releasing Shanghai in the US is expected to make an announcement regarding the film’s domestic release soon.
