Atli Örvarsson has been hired to score the upcoming thriller The Perfect Guy. The film is directed by David M. Rosenthal and stars Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Charles S. Dutton, Rutina Wesley and Kathryn Morris. The movie follows a woman who meets an IT expert who appears to be the perfect guy, but soon discovers a violent side of him. Tommy Oliver, Darryl Taja, Nicole Rocklin (Middle of Nowhere) and Wendy Rhoads (The Haunting in Connecticut) are producing the Screen Gems production. Tyger Williams (Menace II Society) has written the screenplay. Örvarsson has previously collaborated with Rosenthal on the director’s last feature A Single Shot starring Sam Rockwell. The Perfect Guy will be released nationwide on September 11, 2015 by Sony Pictures/Screen Gems.
Örvarsson whose previous film scoring credits also include Vantage Point, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones also continues to score NBC’s Chicago Fire and Chicago A.D.. Both shows have already been renewed for next TV season.