Film Music Reporter

Kevin Riepl has signed on to score Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. The reboot of the horror franchise is directed Kaare Andrews (Altitude) and stars Sean Astin, Brando Eaton, Lydia Hearst, Jillian Murray, Ryan Donowho and Mitch Ryan. The movie follows a bachelor party cruise in the Caribbean that unexpectedly runs ashore on a medical research island, where a deadly virus is unleashed. Jake Wade Wall (The Hitcher, When a Stranger Calls) has written the screenplay. Evan Astrowsky who produced Eli Roth’s original Cabin Fever movie (scored by Nathan Barr) is producing for Hypotenuse Pictures, along with Indomina Productions. Riepl who has recently scored the horror thriller Silent Night starring Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King has previously worked with Andrews on a segment of the anthology film The ABCs of Death. Cabin Fever: Patient Zero was shot in the Dominican Republic this past fall and is now in post-production. No release date has been announced yet.