Film Music Reporter

The Playlist is reporting that Dan Boeckner will be scoring the upcoming comedy Adult World. The film is directed by Scott Coffey (Ellie Parker) and stars Emma Roberts as a recent college graduate with a degree in poetry who is forced to work in an erotic bookstore called Adult World to help pay off her debt. John Cusack, Evan Peters and Cloris Leachman are co-starring in the comedy. Andy Cochran has written the screenplay. Justin Nappi & Kevin Turen (Arbitrage) are producing for TreeHouse Pictures and Joy Gorman (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) is producing for Anonymous Content. Alex Goldstone and Manu Gargi (Ghost Rider: Spirit of the Vengeance) are also among the film’s producers. Boeckner is best known as the frontman of the indie rock bands Wolf Parade and Handsome Fur. Adult World would mark the singer/songwriter’s film scoring debut. The comedy is currently in post-production and no release date plans have been announced yet.