Joseph Trapanese (Oblivion, The Raid 2, Straight Outta Compton, Project Power, Lady and the Tramp, The Greatest Showman) has been tapped to score the upcoming action thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland. The film is directed by Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Antiporno) and stars Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The movie is set in the frontier city of Samurai Town and follows a ruthless bank robber who is sprung from jail to find the missing granddaughter of a wealthy warlord. Aaron Hendry and Reza Sixo Safai wrote the screenplay. Safai is also producing the project with Michael Mendelsohn (Synchronic, Hangman), Laura Rister (The Tale, IO), Ko Mori (Lords of Chaos, Man from Reno) and Nate Bolotin (Mandy, iBoy). Prisoners of the Ghostland will premiere in January at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
Also coming up for Trapanese is the Netflix series Shadow and Bone, which is set to premiere in 2021.
