Film Music Reporter

Herrick Entertainment and Groundswell Productions have announced that Jenny Lewis will be writing the score for the upcoming indie drama Very Good Girls. The film marks the directorial debut of Naomi Foner and stars Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen as two lifelong best friends, both determined to lose their virginity as a rite of passage into the adult world. When they fall in love with the same boy, their quest threatens to tear their relationship apart. Boyd Holbrook, Demi Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Barkin, Kiernan Shipka and Peter Sarsgaard are co-starring. Foner whose previous credits as a screenwriter include Running on Empty, Losing Isiah and Bee Season has also written the film’s script. Herrick Herrick (Vanishing on 7th Street), Michael London (Sideways, House of Sand and Fog) and Mary Jane Skalski (The Visitor, The Station Agent) are producing the project. Lewis is best known as a former member and primary vocalist of the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. Very Good Girls marks her first film scoring assignment. In addition, she will also serve as the movie’s music supervisor. The drama has just started principal photography in New York. A release in 2013 is expected. (via The Playlist and Coming Soon)