hot-pursuit.jpgChristophe Beck is scoring the upcoming action comedy Hot Pursuit. The film is directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) and stars Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara and Michael Mosley. The movie follows apolice officer trying to protect a drug boss’s widow as they race through Texas pursued by crooked cops and gunmen. David Feeney (New Girl, 2 Broke Girls) and John Quaintance (Material Girls, Aquamarine) have written the screenplay. Dana Fox (What Happens in Vegas, Couples Retreat) is producing the Metro-Goldwayn-Mayer (MGM) production with Witherspoon and Bruna Papandrea (Wild, Warm Bodies) for their Pacific Standard production company. Hot Pursuit is set to be released on May 8, 2015 by Warner Bros. Pictures. For updates on the comedy, visit the official movie website.

Beck’s upcoming projects also include Marvel’s Ant-ManTerminator Genisys, the animated feature The Peanuts Movie and the comedies Sisters and Get Hard. The composer of such films as FrozenEdge of TomorrowThe Muppets and The Hangover has also scored Hot Tub Time Machine 2, which opens nationwide this weekend.