Rob Simonsen is currently recording his score for the upcoming coming-of-age drama Love, Simon. The film is directed by Greg Berlanti (Life As We Know It, Everwood) and stars Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Alexandra Shipp, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Miles Heizer, Keiynan Lonsdale, Logan Miller, Jennifer Garner, Josh Duhamel and Tony Hale. The movie is based on Becky Albertalli’s 2015 book Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 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 & Elizabeth Berger wrote the screenplay. Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Fault in Our Stars, The Maze Runner, The Twilight Saga) are producing the project for Temple Hill. Blake Neely was originally attached to score the film. Love, Simon will be released on March 16, 2018 by 20th Century Fox. Visit the official movie website for updates.
Simonsen (500 Days of Summer, Foxcatcher, Nerve, The Spectacular Now) also has Jason Reitman’s Tully starring Charlize Theron, Lawrence Sher’s Father Figures starring Owen Wilson & Ed Helms and Neil Burger’s The Upside starring Bryan Cranston & Kevin Hart coming up.
