blake-neelyBlake Neely revealed in a recent interview in Variety that he is set to reunite with Greg Berlanti on the upcoming feature coming-of-age comedy drama Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda. The film is directed by Berlanti and stars Nick Robinson, Jennifer Garner, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Logan Miller, Tony Hale, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer and Talitha Bateman. The movie is based on Becky Albertalli’s 2015 book of the same title and centers on a gay teenager, who, after an email written by him falls into the wrong hands, is forced to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before being pushed out. Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger wrote the screenplay. Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Fault in Our StarsThe Maze RunnerThe Twilight Saga) and Isaac Klausner are producing the project for Temple Hill. Neely has previously composed the music for Berlanti’s last feature, Life As We Know It, as well as for numerous Berlanti-produced TV series, including EverwoodBrothers & Sisters, and current shows, such as ArrowThe Flash, SupergirlLegends of TomorrowRiverdale and BlindspotSimon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda is set to be released on March 16, 2018 by 20th Century Fox.

Neely has also composed the score for the new Netflix docu-series The Keepers directed by Ryan White about the unsolved murder of a Baltimore nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death. The 7-parter is executive produced by White, Jessica Hargrave, Josh Braun, Ben Cotner (Five Came Back), Jason Spingarn-Koff and Lisa Nishimura (13th). Neely previously scored White’s 2014 feature The Case Against 8 and last year’s documentary SerenaThe Keepers will premiere on May 19, 2017 on Netflix.