Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the sci-fi comedy Mickey 17 written and directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette and Steven Yeun. The film’s original music is composed by Jung Jaeil (Parasite, Squid Game, Okja, Broker, Twinless). WaterTower Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release. Also click here to check out the music team credits.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the drama Rule Breakers co-written and directed by Bill Guttentag and starring Ali Fazal, Nikohl Boosheri, Amber Afzali, Sara Malal Rowe, Nada El Belkasmi, Noorin Gulamgaus and Nina Hosseinzadeh. Jeff Beal (House of Cards, Monk, Carnivale, Pollock, The Biggest Little Farm, Rome, Appaloosa, Blackfish) has composed the film’s original music. Categorical Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score, as well as an original song performed by Aryana Sayeed and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by Angel Studios.
Another movie opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the fantasy action adventure In the Lost Lands directed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich and Arly Jover. The film’s original music is composed byPaul Haslinger (Underworld, Halt and Catch Fire, The Three Musketeers, Blue Crush, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Crank, Shoot ‘Em Up, Death Race 2000, Prom Night). No word on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed in the U.S. by Vertical.
Also opening in theaters nationwide is the animated feature Night of the Zoopocalypse directed by Ricardo Curtis & Rodrigo Perez-Castro and starring Gabbi Kosmidis, David Harbour, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Scott Thompson. Dan Levy (I Lost My Body, Vesper, Meanwhile on Earth, Star Wars Visions: Sith, Breaking Point, For My Country, Empire of the Wolves) has composed the film’s original music. Because Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score this past January when the movie opened in France. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the animated horror comedy, which is being released stateside by Viva Pictures.
Opening semi-wide in around 800 theaters is the New Zealand psychological horror thriller The Rule of Jenny Pen directed by James Ashcroft and starring John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees, Thomas Sainbury and Ian Mune. John Gibson (Rain of the Children) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows a former judge who must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child’s puppet to abuse the residents of their shared rest home, premiered at last year’s Fantastic Fest and is being distributed by IFC Films & Shudder.
Opening in around 200 theaters is the biographical sports drama Queen of the Ring co-written and directed by Ash Avildsen and starring Emily Bett, Josh Lucas, Francesca Eastwood, Tyler Posey, Deborah Ann Woll, Cara Buono, Marie Avgeropolous, Martin Kove, Adam Demos, Gavin Casalegno and Walton Goggins. The film’s original score is composed by Aaron Gilhuis (Bandit, Me, Life by Ella, Parallax, Christmas Is Canceled, The Miseducation of Bindu). Sumerian Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the songs from the movie, including several produced by Gilhuis, today. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the Sumerian release.
Opening in Los Angeles and New York today is the comedy drama On Becoming a Guinea Fowl written and directed by Rungano Nyoni and starring Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela and Henry B.J. Phiri. Lucrecia Dalt (The Baby, The Seed) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been released. Check out our previous news article for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and is being released by A24.
Also opening in select theaters this weekend is the Canadian drama Seven Veils written and directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Liddiard, Douglas Smith, Ambur Braid, Vinessa Antoine, Mark O’Brien and Michael Kupfer-Radecky. The film’s original music is composed by Mychael Danna (Life of Pi, Moneyball,Capote, Where the Crawdads Sing, Little Miss Sunshine, The Good Dinosaur, The Addams Family). No word on soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement to learn more about the movie, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and is being distributed in the U.S. by Variance & XYZ Films.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters is the Italian comedy drama There’s Still Tomorrow (C’è ancora domani) directed by Paola Cortellesi and starring Cortellesi herself, Valerio Mastandrea, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Emanuela Fanelli, Giorgio Colangeli and Vinicio Marchioni. Lele Marchitelli (The Great Beauty, Mare of Easttown, The Young Pope, The Hand of God, The New Pope, Loro) has composed the film’s original music. Octopus Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score back in late 2023 when the movie opened in Italy. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the dramedy, which is being released stateside by Greenwich Entertainment.
Opening in select theaters today before premiering on Netflix next Friday, March 14, is the sci-fi adventure The Electric State directed by Anthony & Joe Russo and starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Jason Alexander, Anthony Mackie, Woody Norman and Brian Cox. The film’s original music is composed by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Avengers: Endgame, Forrest Gump, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Cast Away, Predator, The Polar Express). Netflix Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score today. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the movie.
Opening in select theaters and on VOD today is the comedy thriller F*** Marry Kill directed by Laura Murphy and starring Lucy Hale, Virginia Gardner, Brooke Nevin, Samer Salem, Brendan Morgan, Jedidiah Goodacre, Bethany Brown, and JayR Tinaco. Corey Wallace (Supercell, Artik, Siberia, Cursed Friends, Valley of Bones) has composed the film’s original music. No soundtrack album has been announced. The movie, which follows a true-crime junkie who finds herself at the center of a real-life murder case when she realizes that one of the three men she’s dating could be the infamous “Swipe Right Killer, is produced by BuzzFeed Studios and is being released by Lionsgate.
