Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the thriller The Rental directed by Dave Franco and starring Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White and Toby Huss. The film’s original music is composed by Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans (Ozark, The Outsider, The Gift, Enemy, Boy Erased, Martha Marcy May Marlene). Lakeshore Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the IFC Films release.
Also opening in select theaters today before coming out on VOD next Friday, July 31, is the thriller The Big Ugly written and directed by Scott Wiper and starring Vinnie Jones, Ron Perlman, Malcolm McDowell, Nicholas Braun and Leven Rambin. Alex Heffes (The Last King of Scotland, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Roots, 11.22.63, Touching the Void) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which is being distributed by Vertical Entertainment.
Also opening in select theaters before opening on VOD on Tuesday, July 31, is the comedy drama Yes, God, Yes written and directed by Karen Maine and starring Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, Wolfgang Novogratz, Francesca Reale, Susan Blackwell, Parker Wierling, Alisha Boe and Donna Lynne Champlin. The film’s original music is composed by Ian Hultquist (Assassination Nation, Dickinson, A-X-L, Animals, My Blind Brother, Good Girls). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our previous article to learn more about the movie, which premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Vertical Entertainment.
Another movie opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the horror thriller Amulet written and directed by Romola Garai and starring Carla Juri, Alec Secareanu, Imelda Staunto and Angeliki Papoulia. Sarah Angliss has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. The movie follows former soldier who is left homeless after an accident and takes refuge in the decaying home of a lonely young woman in desperate need of help as she cares for her ailing mother. The thriller premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is being distributed by Magnolia Pictures’ Magnet Releasing.
Also opening on VOD today is the thriller Most Wanted written and directed by Daniel Roby and starring Antoine Olivier Pilon, Josh Hartnett and Jim Gaffigan. The film’s original music is composed by Eloi Painchaud (Mesrine). No word on a soundtrack release. The movie, which centers on an investigative reporter as he fights to expose the twisted truth behind a heroin bust orchestrated by dirty cops to frame an innocent man and sentencing him to life in a Thai prison, is being released in the U.S. by Saban Films.
Opening in select U.S. virtual theaters is the British comedy Fisherman’s Friends directed by Chris Foggin and starring Daniel Mays, James Purefoy, David Hayman, Dave Johns, Sam Swainsbury, Tuppence Middleton, Maggie Steed, Vahid Gold, Christian Brassington and Noel Clarke. Rupert Christie (SuperBob) has composed the film’s original score. Island Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie (click here for the full album details), as well as a separate soundtrack featuring Christie’s score (click here for more information). The comedy is being distributed in the U.S. by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
