Rachel Portman has been tapped to score Diablo Cody’s currently untitled directorial feature debut. The comedy written and directed by the Academy Award-winning writer (Juno, Young Adult) writer stars Julianne Hough, Russell Brand, Octavia Spencer and Holly Hunter. The movie follows a sheltered young woman who loses her faith after a plane crash and goes to Las Vegas to experience the wild life, where she meets an unlikely companion who helps her find her true self. Mason Novick (500 Days of Summer, Juno) is producing and Nathan Kahane (50/50, Stranger Than Fiction) is executive producing the Mandate Pictures production. No word yet on when the film will be released.
As previously reported, Portman also has Pat O’Connor’s drama Private Peaceful based on on a novel by Michael Morpurgo coming up. She also co-scored the period drama Bel Ami starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci, which is set to be released in the US on June 8.
