Opening in theaters nationwide this weekend is the action/horror comedy They Will Kill You co-written and directed by Kirill Sokolov and starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Tom Felton, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette. The film’s original music is composed by Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queen’s Gambit, Hacks, Lessons in Chemistry, Godless, A Walk Among the Tombstones, Dept. Q, Ezra, Griselda, Chupa, Just Beyond). Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our previous news article for the full album details and to learn more about the Warner Bros. Pictures release.
Also opening wide is the horror comedy Forbidden Fruits co-written and directed by Meredith Alloway and starring Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Lola Tung, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union. Anna Drubich (Barbarian, Fear Street Part 3: 1666, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Werewolves Within, Sting, Time Cut) has composed the film’s original music. Waxwork Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last Friday. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and for more information about the movie, which is being released by the Independent Film Company & Shudder.
Opening semi-wide in around 800 theaters is the documentary The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist directed by Daniel Roher & Charlie Tyrell and produced by Daniel Kwan, Jonathan Wang, Shane Boris, Diane Becker and Ted Tremper. The film’s original music is composed by Marius de Vries (Coda, Sucker Punch, Kick-Ass, Easy Virtue, Strange Magic, The End) & Matt Robertson (Navalny, Bad Genius). Back Lot Music has released a soundtrack album featuring the composers’ score today. Check out our previous article for the full album details and to learn more about the movie, which is being distributed by Focus Features.
Opening in select U.S. theaters is the French body horror drama Alpha written and directed by Julia Ducournau and starring Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros, Louai El Amrousy, Finnegan Oldfield and Emma Mackey. Jim Williams (Titane, Possessor, Beast, Raw, House of Spoils, A Field in England, Resurrection, Sightseers) has composed the film’s original music. Milan Records has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last fall overseas when the movie opened in France and today in the U.S. Click here for the full album details and for more information about the drama, which is being released stateside by Neon.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters today following an awards-qualifying release last November is the animated feature A Magnificent Life (Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol) written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The film’s original music written by Italian jazz pianist, singer and composer Stefano Bollani (Il pataffio). Warner Music France has released a soundtrack album featuring the musician’s score last October when the movie opened in France. Check out our soundtrack announcement for the full album details and to learn more about the animated drama, which is being distributed stateside by Sony Pictures Classics.
Opening in New York today before expanding to more markets over the next couple of weeks is the comedy Fantasy Life written and directed by Matthew Shear and starring Amanda Peet, Shear himself, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Holland Taylor,Jessica Harper and Sheng Wang. Christopher Bear (of the rock band Grizzly Bear) (Roofman, Past Lives, High Maintenance, Mother, Couch, Swallowed, The Passenger) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release. Check out our scoring assignment announcement for more information about the movie, which premiered at last year’s SXSW Film Festival and is being released by Greenwich Entertainment.
Also opening in New York today before expanding to more cities in the coming weeks is the comedy drama Our Hero, Balthazar co-written and directed by Oscar Boyson and starring Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Jennifer Ehle, Chris Bauer, Anna Baryshnikov, Noah Centineo, Avan Jogia, Becky Ann Baker and Pippa Knowles. The film’s original music is composed by James William Blades (Mutt, Freediver). No soundtrack album has been announced yet. The movie, which follows a wealthy New York teenager eager to impress his activist crush who follows an online connection to Texas, where he’s convinced he can stop an act of extreme violence, premiered at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival and is being distributed by Picturehouse.
Also opening in select theaters today is the Canadian/New Zealand comedy drama Holy Days written and directed by Nat Boltt and starring Judy Davis, Miriam Margolyes, Elijah Tamati and Jacki Weaver. Karl Sölve Steven (Come to Daddy, Uproar, Bookworm, The Justice of Bunny King, Pike River, The Girl on the Bridge, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a #@%!) has composed the film’s original music. No word yet on a soundtrack release .The movie, which is based on the novel by Dame Joy Cowley and follows three unconventional nun who embark on a last-ditch road trip across New Zealand from north to south on a journey to fight for their independence, premiered at this year’s Santa Barbara Film Festival and is being released in the U.S. by Blue Fox Entertainment.
Also opening in select U.S. theaters and on VOD today is the French thriller 13 Days, 13 Nights (13 jours, 13 nuits) co-written and directed by Martin Bourboulon and starring Roschdy Zem, Lyna Khoudri, Christophe Montenez and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Guillaume Roussel (The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan & Milady, 3 Days to Kill, Black Beauty, Lift, The Spy, Happy!, November, Expend4bles, The Man with the Iron Heart) has composed the film’s original music. Pathé Films has released a soundtrack album featuring the composer’s score last summer when the movie opened in France. Click here for the full album details and to learn more about the thriller, which is being distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
