Martin Phipps and Hans Zimmer have recently scored the upcoming drama Woman in Gold. The film is directed by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) and stars Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern and Jonathan Pryce. The movie follows an elderly Jewish woman who fled Vienna during World War II and, sixty years later, starts her journey to retrieve family possessions seized by the Nazis, among them Klimt’s painting “The Lady in Gold.” Alexi Kaye Campbell has written the screenplay. David M. Thompson (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, What We Did On Our Holiday) is producing the BBC Films and Origin Pictures production with Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt). Phipps has previously worked with the producers on such films as Harry Brown and X + Y. Woman in Gold is set to be released on April 3, 2015 by the Weinstein Company.
As previously reported, Zimmer’s upcoming features projects also include Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Chappie and The Little Prince.
