John Debney (The Passion of the Christ, Elf, The Jungle Book, Iron Man 2, Hocus Pocus, The Garfield Movie, Bruce Almighty) has composed the original score for the new comedy Space Cadet. The film is written and directed by Liz W. Garcia (The Lifeguard, One Percent More Humid) and stars Emma Roberts, Tom Hopper, Poppy Liu, Gabrielle Union, Desi Lydic, Kuhoo Verma, Sebastián Yatra, Andrew Call, Yasha Jackson, Troy Iwata, Josephine Huang, Sam Robards, Dave Foley and Joshua Harto. The movie revolves around a young Florida woman who has always dreamed of going to space, when her “doctored” application lands her in NASA’s ultra-competitive astronaut training program. Greg Silverman (Pink Skies Ahead, The 24th Day) and Jon Berg (Doctor Sleep, Justice League) are producing the project for Stampede Ventures. Space Cadet will premiere on July 4, 2024 exclusively on Prime Video.
Debney alsohas Kevin Costner’s Horizon: An American Saga: Chapter 1 (to open in theaters on June 28) and Chapter 2 (August 16), as well as the Netflix animated film In Your Dreams (to premiere in 2025) coming up.
