Ilan Eshkeri has signed on to score the upcoming romantic comedy I Give It a Year. The film marks the directorial debut of Dan Mazer who is best known for his collaborations with Sacha Baron Cohen as a writer/producer of Borat, The Dictator, Bruno and Ali G Indahouse. The comedy starring Rose Byrne, Anna Faris, Simon Baker, Rafe Spall, Minnie Driver and Jason Flemyng follows a mismatched couple as they struggle to survive their first year of marriage. Mazer has also written the screenplay and Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner (Atonement, Love Actually) are producing the Working Title Films and StudioCanal production with Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt). Eshkeri has previously scored last year’s comedy Johnny English Reborn for Working Title. His other credits include Matthew Vaughn’s Stardust and Layer Cake, as well as Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus. I Give It a Year is set for a release in Europe in early 2013. No word yet on a domestic release date.
Eshkeri’s other upcoming projects include Ralph Fiennes’ The Other Woman, the romantic comedy Austenland starring Keri Russell and the animated feature Justin and the Knights of Valour.
