Christopher Young (Hellraiser, Spider-Man 3, The Hurricane, Sinister, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Shipping News, Drag Me to Hell) has revealed during a recent composer panel hosted by Dread Central that he is currently composing the music for the upcoming horror thriller Abyzou. The film is directed by Oliver Park and stars Nick Blood, Emm Wiseman, Allan Corduner, Paul Kaye, Daniel Ben Zenou and Jodie Jacobs. The film is set in a Hasidic community and follows a family struggling with unresolved trauma which finds itself at the mercy of an ancient demon bent on destroying them from the inside. Hank Hoffman wrote the screenplay based on a story by himself & Jonathan Yunger. Yunger is producing the Millennium Media production with Jeffrey Greenstein (The Outpost, Security), Les Weldon (The Expendables series, The Hitman’s Bodyguard) and Yariv Lerner (Angel Has Fallen, Hellboy). Abyzou is currently in post-production. No word yet on a release date.
Young is also attached to score another Millennium films production, The Piper written and directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen. The horror movie follows a young composer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto, but soon discovers that playing the music summons deadly consequences. Yunger, Weldon, Greenstein and Lerner are producing the project with Bernard Kira and Tanner Mobley. No production start date has been announced yet.
