Harry Gregson-Williams is set to reunite with Antoine Fuqua on the upcoming action thriller sequel The Equalizer 2. The film stars Denzel Washington, Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman who reprise their characters from the original movie. They are joined by Pedro Pascal and Ashton Anders. Richard Wenk wrote the screenplay. Jason Blumenthal & Todd Black (The Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds), Washington, Steve Tisch (Forrest Gump, Mace Neufeld (Patriot Games, Invictus), Alex Siskin and Tony Eldridge are producing the project. Gregson-Williams has previously scored the original Equalizer movie in 2014 and also collaborated with Fuqua (Training Day) on 1997’s The Replacement Killers. The director’s previous two movies, Southpaw and The Magnificent Seven, featured music by James Horner and Simon Franglen. The Equalizer 2 is set to be released on August 3, 2018 by Sony Pictures.
As previously reported, Gregson-Williams also has Jon Turteltaub’s The Meg starring Jason Statham. He also scored Simon Baker’s drama Breath, which premiered in September at the Toronto Film Festival and is expected to be released in 2018.
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