Rachel Portman is the composer of the upcoming romantic comedy The Right Kind of Wrong. The movie is directed by Jeremiah Chechik (Christmas Vacation, Diabolique, The Avengers) and stars Ryan Kwanten as a struggling writer who meets the girl of his dreams at her own wedding. Catherine O’Hara, Will Sasso and Sara Canning are co-starring. The film is based on the novel Sex and Sunsets by Tim Dandlin and was adapted for the screen by Megan Martin. Robert Lantos (Eastern Promises, Being Julia, Barney’s Version) is producing the Serendipity Point Film production with Ari Lantos. Chechik has previously collaborated with Portman on the 1993 comedy Benny & Joon starring Johnny Depp. It has just been announced this week that The Right Kind of Wrong will be premiering at this year’s Toronto Film Festival in September.
Portman’s other upcoming projects include Diablo Cody’s Paradise starring Julianne Hough & Russell Brand, Uberto Pasolini’s Still Life and Ama Asante’s Belle, which will also premiere in Toronto and has just been scheduled by Fox Searchlight to be released in US theaters on May 2, 2014.