The Newton Brothers are currently scoring the upcoming sci-fi thriller Extinction. The film is directed by Ben Young (Hounds of Love) and stars Michael Peña, Lizzy Caplan, Mike Colter, Lilly Aspell, Emma Booth and Israel Broussard. The movie follows a father who suffers from a recurring dream about the loss of his family while witnessing the force bent on destruction. Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Lights Out), Spenser Cohen and Bradley Caleb Kane (Black Sails) wrote the screenplay. Todd Lieberman & David Hoberman (Beauty and the Beast, The Fighter, The Proposal) are producing the project for Mandeville Films. Extinction is set to be released on January 26, 2018 by Universal Pictures.
The Newton Brothers (Oculus, Ouja: Origin of Evil, Life of Crime) have also recently scored the second season of BBC America’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, which currently airs every Saturday night.