Film Music Reporter has learned that James Newton Howard is currently working on the score for the upcoming drama Darling Companion. The film is directed by Newton Howard’s long time collaborator Lawrence Kasdan. They have previously worked together on such movies as Grand Canyon, Wyatt Earp, French Kiss, Mumford and Dreamcatcher. The project marks Kasdan’s first directorial effort in over eight years. The film centers around a woman who loves her dog more than her husband, and the drama that ensues after he loses the dog after attending a wedding at their vacation home in the Rockies. The independently financed movie stars Kevin Kline, Diane Keaton, Richard Jenkins and Elizabeth Moss. The film was shot last fall and is currently in post-production. No release date has been set.
James Newton Howard has a number of other movies coming out later this year. A soundtrack album for Francis Lawrence’s Water for Elephants was just announced earlier this week. He also has the comedy drama Larry Crowne starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts and Martin Campbell’s comic book adaptation of Green Lantern coming up.
