Alan Silvestri is set to reteam with Robert Zemeckis on the upcoming fantasy drama The Women of Marwen. The film starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, Eiza Gonzalez, Diane Kruger, Falk Hentschel and Gwendoline Christie is based on Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary Marwencol about a man who builds a miniature WWII-era village to help him get over a terrible life event. Zemeckis has also co-written the screenplay with Caroline Thompson (Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas) and is producing the ImageMovers production with Jack Rapke & Steve Starkey (Cast Away, What Lies Beneath) and Cherylanne Martin. Silvestri has previously scored all of Zemeckis’ features dating back to 1984’s Romancing the Stone, including Back to the Future, Forrest Gump and The Polar Express. The Women of Marwen is set to be released on November 21, 2018 by Universal Pictures.
Silvestri also has Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One coming out this week. The composer has also recently recorded his score for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, which will be released on April 27.
Although expected these are good news indeed. Could anyone imagine a Zemeckis movie without a Silvestri score?
BTW: Happy 68th Birthday, Alan!
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