Composer Kris Bowers (Bridgerton, King Richard, Green Book, Queen Charlotte, Space Jam: A New Legacy) is reuniting with director Ava DuVernay (Selma, A Wrinkle in Time) on the upcoming drama Origin. The film is written and directed by DuVernay and stars Aunjanue Ellis, Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Connie Nielsen, Blair Underwood, Victoria Pedretti, Finn Wittrock, Isha Blaaker, Donna Mills, Leonardo Nam and Emily Yancy. The movie is inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s nonfiction book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents and examines an “unspoken system of hierarchy that has shaped America”. DuVernay is also producing the ARRAY Filmworks production with Paul Garnes (Queen Sugar, Naomi). Bowers has previously collaborated with DuVernay on the TV shows When They See Us, Colin in Black and White and DMZ. Origin will premiere this September at the 2023 Venice Film Festival.
Bowers’ other recent projects include Justin Simien’s Haunted Mansion, which is opening in theaters this coming weekend, Blitz Bazawule’s The Color Purple, which is set to be released on December 25, Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, which will finish its series run tomorrow on Disney+, as well as the documentary Anthem, which is now available to stream on Hulu.
