The Newton Brothers have signed on to score the upcoming horror thriller The Bye Bye Man. The film is directed by Stacy Title (The Last Supper) and stars Douglas Smith, Cressida Bonas, Lucien Laviscount, Doug Jones, Cleo King, Jenna Kanell, Erica Tremblay, Carrie-Anne Moss and Faye Dunaway. The movie follows three Wisconsin college students who move into an old, off-campus house, where they find themselves hunted by a supernatural entity called The Bye Bye Man. Jonathan Penner has written the screenplay. Trevor Macy (The Raven) is producing the project for Intrepid Pictures and Jeffrey Soros & Simon Horsman are producing for LAMF.The Newton Brothers have previously scored such films as Oculus, Before I Wake, Hush for Intrepid and are also scoring the production company’s upcoming horror sequel Ouija 2. The Bye Bye Man is set to be released on June 3, 2016 by STX Entertainment.
As previously reported, the composers’ other upcoming projects include the thriller Urge starring Pierce Brosnan.
