Composer Geoff Zanelli is reteaming with director Deon Taylor on the upcoming thriller Black and Blue. The film starring Naomie Harris, Frank Grillo, Mike Colter, Nafessa Williams, Reid Scott, Beau Knapp, James Moses Black, Frankie Smith and Tyrese Gibson follows a rookie New Orleans cop who rounds the corner just as corrupt narc officers are murdering a drug dealer, an event captured by her body cam. Peter A. Dowling (Flightplan) wrote the screenplay. Sean Sorensen (Mayhem) is producing the project. Zanelli has previously collaborated with Taylor on last year’s Traffik and this year’s The Intruder. Black and Blue is set to be released on October 25 by Screen Gems/Sony Pictures.
Zanelli’s other upcoming projects also include Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, David Koepp’s thriller You Should Have Left and the animated feature Red Shoes & the 7 Dwarfs.