Producer Cassian Elwes has confirmed in a recent conversation with Deadline that Danny Elfman (Batman, SpiderMan, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Edward Scissorhands, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Men in Black, Alice in Wonderland) is set to score the upcoming hostage thriller Dead Man’s Wire. The film is directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Bill Skarsgard, Dacre Montgomery, Al Pacino, Kelly Lynch, Myha’la, Cary Elwes and Colman Domingo. The movie is based on a true story and follows a former real estate developer who takes the mortgage banker who did him wrong hostage, demanding $5 million and a personal apology. Austin Kolodney wrote the screenplay. Cassian Elwes (The Butler, Mudbound) is also producing the project with Joel David Moore (Hide and Seek, The Immaculate Room), Tom Culliver, Sam Pressman (Daliland), Mark Amin (Filth, Good Kill), Remi & Noor Alfallah, Andrea Bucko (On Our Way), Matt Murphie, and Paula Paizes. Elfman has previously collaborated with Van Sant on the features To Die For, Good Will Hunting, Psycho, Milk, Restless, Promised Land and Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot. Dead Man’s Wire has recently been shooting in Louisville, Kentucky and is expected to be premiere in late 2025.
As previously reported, Elfman also has Luc Besson’s Dracula: A Love Story (to be released in French theaters this summer) coming up.
