Rob Simonsen is reteaming with director Marc Webb on the upcoming drama The Only Living Boy in New York. The movie starring Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Callum Turner, Pierce Brosnan, Cynthia Nixon and Kiersey Clemons centers on a young man who finds himself way over his head when he starts an affair with an alluring woman who happens to be his father’s mistress. Allan Loeb (21, Just Go With It) wrote the screenplay. Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa (Little Miss Sunshine, Election, Cold Mountain, Nebraska) are producing the project. Simonsen previously scored Webb’s last feature Gifted, which is currently playing in theaters nationwide, and also co-scored his first feature (500) Days of Summer with Mychael Danna. The Only Living Boy in New York is set to be released on August 11, 2017 by Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions.
Simonsen also has Lawrence Sher’s Bastards starring Owen Wilson, Ed Helms coming up. The comedy is set to be released on December 25, 2017 by Warner Bros. Pictures. He also scored the indie drama The House of Tomorrow, which recently premiered at the San Francisco Film Festival and is currently awaiting a distribution deal.